Stories by CIO Staff

In this CIO Live Leadership podcast, executive coach John Baldoni talks about cracking the whip - how to instill accountability in your staff.

In this CIO Live Leadership podcast, executive coach John Baldoni discusses the best kept secret about managing staff effectively.

If your employees sense fear and indecision, they will question your management decisions. Executive coach John Baldoni offers tips for projecting confidence to your employees.

In this CIO Live Leadership podcast, executive coach John Baldoni discusses how to instill a work ethic among a team and make staff accountable for their work.

In the first CIO Live Leadership podcast, executive coach John Baldoni discusses how to take the upper hand in office politics.

Part II of CIO deputy editor Matt Rodgers' interview with George W Dudley, co-author of "The Hard Truth About Soft-Selling". This week's topic: the rise of the "sincerity industry" and why CIOs should be wary of attempts by salespeople to personalize what should be professional transactions.

Computerworld Editor Sandra Rossi talks with former Deputy Executive Director of the CIO Executive Council Keith Roscarel about the pains and pitfalls CIOs face in year 2006.

Leading IT practitioners from the CIO Executive Council give their best advice for demonstrating what you're worth

Computerworld Editor Sandra Rossi talks with Peter Nevin, CIO of professional services firm Sinclair, Knights, Mertz about the state of the industry, staff hiring challenges and the biggest projects on the radar for a CIO in 2006.

Part I of CIO's interview with George W Dudley, co-author of "The Hard Truth About Soft-Selling". This week's topic: why client-centred "soft-selling" sales approaches do not work in Australia and how these sales policies are affecting the way local CIOs do business.

Part II of CIO's interview with Michael Schrage, co-director of the MIT Media Lab's eMarkets Initiative and author of the best-selling book "Serious Play: How the World's Best Companies Simulate to Innovate": This week's topics: promoting "innovation culture" within the enterprise and the validity of skunkworks as a tool for fostering innovation.

Former Massachusetts CIO Peter Quinn talks about the controversy surrounding his attempt to move the US state to the OpenDocument format and away from proprietary file formats, and offers tips for CIOs who feel they're under attack.

Part II of CIO's discussion with Howard Nicholson, vice president of ISACA and the IT governance Institute. This week: why building solid a business case is crucial to implementing change successfully. Plus: where IT governance fits in among broader corporate governance issues.

Responses from more than 275 heads of IT show that your strategic role has grown, demand for IT staff is rebounding and your status and profile within the organization is on the rise.

This week: Michael Schrage, co-director of the MIT Media Lab's eMarkets Initiative and author of the best-selling book "Serious Play: How the World's Best Companies Simulate to Innovate", discusses the nature of innovation and what it means to the modern enterprise.