Hi Folks
I’m not a CIO but I read the columns here religiously.
I need some help with a problem: How do I get on with my new CIO? Lets call him Tim.
Tim came to us from our holding company. Very insecure, intensely sensitive about what people say and think about him, unable to support or back his staff, assigns projects and tasks to my subordinates without telling me, hates confrontation and debate, insensitive, indecisive, forgetful, puts subordinates down, reminds us of our rightful places, a keen political player, harbours a grudge.
And my attributes? Perhaps tempremental, straight talker, not interested in politics at all, concerned with our departments morale, get the job done, like healthy debate, concede and acknowledge a good point, kick hard against something that is not value adding. Ive been with our company for 11 years and NEVER had a problem with anyone until Tim drifted in.
Basically, we are fire and ice, and it’s tearing our department apart. We cant meet without arguing. We have a tense, silent truce.
Any constructive ideas?