Defining a successful CIO
In order to be successful CIOs need to keep their eyes on the horizon and
fostering innovation. Regardless of each CIOs style, there are essential actions
that CIOs can take.
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- CIOs must deliver on meeting business operational
objectives – Organizations that demand high-performance IT need CIOs
to focus on managing essential IT activities and getting information to
decision makers faster and more accurately. The business expects CIOs
operating with a mandate to concentrate about half of their efforts on the
fundamentals of delivering IT services.
- CIOs must focus on delivering quality services – CIOs
focused on cross-enterprise growth continuously tune business processes and
internal collaboration to gain tighter integration. Like all CIOs, those
working with an expand mandate are responsible for the fundamentals – a
well-run digital infrastructure that offers data security, integrity and
system availability. Yet, they must also continually refine operations to
optimize efficiency and seek substantial competitive advantage with the help
of IT.
- CIOs must look into the future and be ahead of the enterprise’s
competition – CIOs look beyond the boundaries of the organization to
simplify business processes and generate real-time insights up and down the
value chain. Organizations that operate with a mandate expect IT, more than
anything else, to be a provider of industry-wide solutions to support
business. CIOs need exhibit an entrepreneurial spirit and enable the
radical redesign of products, markets and business models. CIOs are seen
as critical enablers of the organization’s vision and focus on delivering
fundamental IT services or business process
efficiency.
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