Information Technology leadership comprises a team of senior executives within an organization who are accountable for the IT infrastructure and applications that facilitate and support the overarching business strategy and objectives. The highest-ranking IT executive is commonly known as the chief information officer (CIO).

IT leadership encompasses various styles, such as servant leadership and paternalistic leadership. Essential leadership skills in this domain include proficiency in interpersonal (soft) skills, technical (hard) skills, and the capacity to motivate employees to utilize IT effectively for process improvement.

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 which 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 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 mind-set
Techniques to foster innovation
The importance of technology in innovation
Selecting the best innovation 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

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