Information Technology (IT) Leadership Skills
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Information Technology (IT) Leadership Skills Course
Introduction:
Information Technology leadership is the group of senior executives in an organization responsible for the information technology (IT) infrastructure and applications that enable and drive the overarching business strategy and goals. The top IT leader is most frequently referred to as the chief information officer.
There are many different styles of IT leadership, including servant leadership and paternalistic leadership. Examples of important leadership skills include soft (interpersonal) skills, hard skills, and the ability to inspire employees to leverage IT to improve processes.
This course is designed for Information Technology managers looking to develop their IT leadership skills. It is a highly practical course, focusing on the leadership skills that have the biggest impact on business performance and career success.
Course Objectives:
By the end of the Information Technology (IT) Leadership Skills Course, the participants of this course will be able to:
- Construct a matrix of the competencies needed for an organization to effectively use new technologies in business practice
- Explain how digital technologies such as mobile apps, the Internet of Things, Cloud computing, and data analytics can be applied to enhance the management and strategy of a business
- Summarize the importance of aligning business and IT strategies, how this can be applied within the workplace, and the constraints and challenges of using IT
- Benchmark your organization against others within the industry and identify the key features that enable superior to the industry-average performance
Who Should Attend?
This course is ideal for:
- Executives with responsibility for digital and/or IT.
- Digital and IT managers with ambitions to rise to the top.
- Chief Information Officers (CIOs).
- IT Directors who feel that they need the ‘extra edge’
Course Outlines:
- How CIOs optimize time and activity
- Secrets of successful CIOs
- Leadership opportunities for IT professionals
- Building and maintaining a reputation
- Developing a personal brand
- Assessing your style of leadership
- Recognizing leadership styles in others
- Influencing strategies for the different leadership styles
- Corporate politics — the inside track
- Developing successful political networks
- A model for high-performing IT teams
- Understanding your team’s dynamics
- Building and motivating IT teams
- Developing staff in real-time
- Organizing IT teams to maximize performance
- The process of innovation and the creative mindset
- Techniques to foster innovation
- The importance of technology in innovation
- Selecting the best innovative ideas
- Lanterns to the future — creating technology vision
- T leaders at board level — what CEOs look for
- The responsibilities of IT corporate leadership
- A process model for IT to business alignment
- Technology governance structures
- It's brand – aligning reality and perception
