Presenting the CIO with Improved Team Management

As an IT manager, you know your team works hard. However, IT departments are sometimes misunderstood even within their own organizations. C-level executives don’t always comprehend the significance of complex technologies, and how they relate to business results.

The Common Struggles

As your organization continues to grow, and IT becomes an increasingly critical component of daily operations in all departments, it’s important to start thinking more about IT as a business driver.

By recognizing and documenting the business impact of your employees, you can make them feel more appreciated and improve your communication about IT’s performance with C-level executives. This can help you: [Read more…] about Presenting the CIO with Improved Team Management

How is the IT Team Viewed?

How does the organization view the IT team and IT Management in your business? Do they see IT as an effective group of individuals who are dedicated to highly professional, timely service? Do they see IT as a less than stellar group of amateurs who over promise and under-deliver? Here are six steps to assist when building successful IT teams.

A highly qualified IT team with a bad organization can be incredibly ineffective and conversely, a mediocre, highly organized team can also be extremely weak. To be great, the IT team has to be strong across these six areas of IT strength. [Read more…]