Book description
Savvy advice for developing the necessary skills to become a vital
part of any management team
Today's IT leaders are faced with an unprecedented leadership and
organizational challenge. The entire landscape has changed over the
past few years and it is now time for leaders and organizations to
re-invent themselves to meet the new order. IT leaders need to
redefine their role into one of being a trusted business advisor.
IT Leadership Manual provides you with a set of specific
recommendations and suggestions to assist you in your self-evaluations
and to develop a personal plan for the future. It helps you build the
leader in you, as well as how to become a formidable competitor in
your own right.
- Essential coverage of one of the most demanded IT topics
- Helps you redefine your role from IT leader into trusted business
advisor
- Discusses leadership style, building out your network, achieving
balance, the art of sales, and more
- Written for IT managers and executives
- Helps you transform from the backroom support service to a
recognized member of the leadership team
- Gives you the tools to migrate to today's expectations;
Innovation, collaboration, influencer, trusted advisor
Traditional skills no longer apply. Organizations are now demanding a
new set of expectations from IT leaders. IT Leadership Manual
reveals how you can adopt new styles to make the transformation from
IT manager to top management.
ALAN R. GUIBORD has more than thirty years of global IT
leadership experience. The founder and Chairman of The Advisory
Council (TAC), Guibord is considered an IT visionary. He has held CIO
positions in small to midsized organizations as well as Global Fortune
500 corporations. He served as a member of their top executive teams.
Additionally, Guibord has lectured at leading universities, presented
to IT leadership groups around the world, and acted as an advisor to
several key firms, including Oracle, 3Com, and Microsoft. He is also a
coach and mentor to several IT executives.
