Subscription Options:
Pages
-
Recent Posts
StatPress TopPosts
Category Archives: Management
What Professionals Do
…which describes the essential ingredients to what serves as not only differentiators in your workforce, but the “difference makers”. I believe the few people that get the lion’s share of work done exhibit these behaviors. Being a professional involves a code of conduct. While consultants (Blood Type of a Consultant) and contractors (Blood Type of a Contractor) are defined in the referenced posts terms of what it means to carry their associated profession’s badge, Seth does a good job of providing attributes of “being professional” Continue reading
Posted in Consulting, Management, People / Talent, Uncategorized
Tagged action, actions, character, consultant, contractor, Leadership, workforce dynamics
Leave a comment
Shift to Mobile Phones
…By definition, mobile devices “have legs.” While laptops certainly have cause their share of headaches for their owners and groups that support them, mobile phone will be giving the headache volume knob a hard spin to the right. Continue reading
Shifting Asset Ownership
…Data centers have shrunk to server rooms. Server rooms have been virtualized to a rack or two. Desktop workstations are now laptops and tablets. The price point to equip your workforce has dropping and the capital budget has been shrinking with it. Licensing of enterprise suites is also feeling the tremors as paying in an on demand mode is becoming a core part of the vendor conversation. Continue reading
Tomorrow’s IT Infrastructure
…Fast forward yourself 5 years into the future where you are the leader of your company’s IT organization. What does your infrastructure like? This is an interesting question. First of all, the question “will your company have an IT infrastructure?”… Continue reading
Posted in Management, Technology
Tagged future, infrastructure, technologies, vision
Leave a comment
Values – The Softer Side of Strategy
…Powerful words. They set the stage for big things to come, especially when everyone believes in these values and they cause people to take actions toward a unified set of goals – or more importantly, drive an organization to a desired set of behaviors. Continue reading
Posted in Consulting, Leadership, Management, Process
Tagged change, Leadership, strategy, values, workforce dynamics
Leave a comment
Operating Principles – Taking The Positions Which Guide Strategy
IT Strategy ultimately will align the efforts of the IT Organization with that of the enterprise. Determining the operating principles of the organization will foundationally drive this alignment, and determine the initiatives which will be required as part of this alignment. Continue reading
Posted in Consulting, Leadership, Management, Process
Tagged acceleration, business drivers, capability, decision, strategy
Leave a comment
The Art of Problem Solving
…while there are many frameworks which have been developed which attempt to get to sought after answers in a methodical manner, the reality is there is less hard science behind this than we would hope. Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato were philosophizing about this long, long ago. Debates brought out valid points in different approaches, but no consensus… Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Management, People / Talent
Tagged decision, Leadership, Management, think
2 Comments
It’s a Cause Not a Job
There is a group of companies, largely clustered around similar industry sectors, which have a similar culture. A culture which drives everything the business does and oozes from all those who choose to work within it… Continue reading
Measuring IT Success by Business Outcomes
…This was a different time. A time reflective of the technological challenges and complexities that were embodied in computers. Reflective of the high degree of skill required to keep the technological heart beating. A time when working with computers was akin to weaving magic among your peers. A time when the best minds in the business thought the world as a whole would need no more than a handful of computers… Continue reading
Spark!, Now What?
…If you are paid for your ideas, then it is a different story. While it is often prudent for your good ideas to find and make friends with other good ideas, building a more comprehensive good idea, you frequently do not have that luxury. Your ideas often have to mature quickly. More importantly, your ideas often need to be shared with others under a deadline, and in a manner that will drive behaviors. No small task. Continue reading
