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Technology Leadership
Jan 20, 2020
Technology Leadership Drives Useful Change
In my last post
I talked about the difference between leadership and management and how both, performed well, are necessary for the success of an organization. How does that pertain to technology within small to medium-sized organizations? Most, either through permanent full-time staff or managed services providers, are "getting stuff done," that is they have found a way to manage technology. Most however, without technology leadership, struggle to create meaningful change.
The role of Chief Information Officer (CIO) is to provide that technology leadership, levering technology to help the organization implement meaningful change. As such, their responsibility is two-fold. First, the CIO, as part of the executive team, can help shape the organizational goals and objects, the meaningful desired change, based on their knowledge of technology capabilities. Second, they help lead that meaningful change through communication and interaction with their staff and colleagues, through education, coaching, and all those things good Leaders do.
Given that almost every (if not every) organizational goal and objective now involves some aspect of technology, a technology leader, if only part-time, is becoming necessary for all organizations. In a small to medium-sized organization however that role does not have to be full-time. Fractional marketing and financial leaders have been available to these organizations for years. The last few years have seen the growth in the availability of fractional technology leaders. Reach out to one to see what they can do for you.
FraCIOnal is proud to announce a strategic alliance with Wisler & Associates , a firm dedicated to providing IT leadership services to Higher Education. Bob Wisler, Principal of Wisler & Associates has over two decades of experience as the senior IT leader at three private and public colleges and universities. Ready to transform a technology organization, provide interim IT leadership, or develop Esports facilities, his team is equipped to make an immediate impact to the higher education community. We are happy to partner with Wisler & Associates and look forward to sharing their expertise with our clients.
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