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The 8 essential habits of highly effective IT leaders
What Habits Make an Effective IT Leader?
Bob Lewis of InfoWorld shares these 8 essential habits for effective IT leaders.
Lewis recognizes that managing IT is one of the most difficult and multi-faceted jobs around, but he’s managed to break down the qualities that make an effective leader: integration, process maturity, human performance, setting directions for the organization, and motivation, to name a few. The article is a good checkpoint for CIOs who’d like a reminder of what qualities are beneficial in the IT world.
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Okay, this list is good. However, I do not believe it is just for the IT leader – it is a list for leaders regardless of what professional expertise they come from. Or, am I missing something that is too obvious? The Transforming Healthcare Consortium LLC works with a variety of leaders in various healthcare organization, and I must say, many missed the class to even be aware of these much less to be skilled in these habits – which will continue to hold back innovation and needed changes in the delivery of healthcare.
Agreed – the list is easily applied to any leader in any profession.