Comments on: Bad Behavior: Why CIOs Don’t Get Along With The Rest Of The Business http://www.theaccidentalsuccessfulcio.com/alignment/bad-behavior-why-cios-don%e2%80%99t-get-along-with-the-rest-of-the-business The Premier Blog For Learning How To Become A Successful CIO Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:46:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Dr. Jim Anderson http://www.theaccidentalsuccessfulcio.com/alignment/bad-behavior-why-cios-don%e2%80%99t-get-along-with-the-rest-of-the-business/comment-page-1#comment-891 Dr. Jim Anderson Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:17:11 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalsuccessfulcio.com/?p=1191#comment-891 Eden: CIO Insight's 2009 CIO role study Eden: CIO Insight’s 2009 CIO role study

]]> By: Eden Crane http://www.theaccidentalsuccessfulcio.com/alignment/bad-behavior-why-cios-don%e2%80%99t-get-along-with-the-rest-of-the-business/comment-page-1#comment-888 Eden Crane Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:38:04 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalsuccessfulcio.com/?p=1191#comment-888 >>A recent personality study of more than 500 CIOs, >> managers, and IT staffers have uncovered tw >>o personality traits that appear to be crucial >> to doing well in IT while impeding interactions with other departments. Please provide a reference for this study. >>A recent personality study of more than 500 CIOs,
>> managers, and IT staffers have uncovered tw
>>o personality traits that appear to be crucial
>> to doing well in IT while impeding interactions with other departments.

Please provide a reference for this study.

]]> By: Tony Caesar http://www.theaccidentalsuccessfulcio.com/alignment/bad-behavior-why-cios-don%e2%80%99t-get-along-with-the-rest-of-the-business/comment-page-1#comment-884 Tony Caesar Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:51:56 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalsuccessfulcio.com/?p=1191#comment-884 You are correct on all points. You are correct on all points.

]]> By: Dr. Jim Anderson http://www.theaccidentalsuccessfulcio.com/alignment/bad-behavior-why-cios-don%e2%80%99t-get-along-with-the-rest-of-the-business/comment-page-1#comment-883 Dr. Jim Anderson Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:40:37 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalsuccessfulcio.com/?p=1191#comment-883 Tony: you make a really good point. Credibility is something that is both built over time (no silver bullet here), and then maintained once you achieve it. It's hard to get and even harder to hold on to...! Tony: you make a really good point. Credibility is something that is both built over time (no silver bullet here), and then maintained once you achieve it. It’s hard to get and even harder to hold on to…!

]]> By: Tony Caesar http://www.theaccidentalsuccessfulcio.com/alignment/bad-behavior-why-cios-don%e2%80%99t-get-along-with-the-rest-of-the-business/comment-page-1#comment-881 Tony Caesar Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:36:46 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalsuccessfulcio.com/?p=1191#comment-881 This is a very interesting post. I agree that IT leaders have to maintain two faces in order to successfully deliver our services. However, there is one piece that I think was missed (or at least not implied); Building/Maintaining IT Credibility. What I mean by this is, as an IT leader, I feel we (maybe more than any executive/manager) has create an environment of credibility. We have to build partnerships across the organizational spectrum with the goal of being seen not as a blocker of growth or change, but rather as a key partner in the change process. One key element of building these partnerships is making a conscious decision to learn more about your peers operations, goals and pain points (similar to any IT vendor/service provider) who is trying to sell an IT leader his/her products or services. Immerse yourself in the guts of business. Create partnerships with other leaders within the organization. Be a leader of the business, not the "IT Guy" and soon you will find that you can still pursue excellence within your IT organization and your partners will be more open to your goal of delivering excellent services. If all else fails, the one key partnership that every CIO should go "all in" with, is the CEO. He/She should be one of your greatest supporters. This is a very interesting post. I agree that IT leaders have to maintain two faces in order to successfully deliver our services.

However, there is one piece that I think was missed (or at least not implied); Building/Maintaining IT Credibility. What I mean by this is, as an IT leader, I feel we (maybe more than any executive/manager) has create an environment of credibility. We have to build partnerships across the organizational spectrum with the goal of being seen not as a blocker of growth or change, but rather as a key partner in the change process.

One key element of building these partnerships is making a conscious decision to learn more about your peers operations, goals and pain points (similar to any IT vendor/service provider) who is trying to sell an IT leader his/her products or services. Immerse yourself in the guts of business. Create partnerships with other leaders within the organization. Be a leader of the business, not the “IT Guy” and soon you will find that you can still pursue excellence within your IT organization and your partners will be more open to your goal of delivering excellent services.

If all else fails, the one key partnership that every CIO should go “all in” with, is the CEO. He/She should be one of your greatest supporters.

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