Comments on: IT Czar – A New IT Leadership Role? http://www.ciodashboard.com/leadership/it-czar-leadership-role/ IT Strategies for CIOs and IT leaders Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:10:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: A new proposed role — the “IT Czar” : Bruce F. Webster http://www.ciodashboard.com/leadership/it-czar-leadership-role/comment-page-1/#comment-8198 A new proposed role — the “IT Czar” : Bruce F. Webster Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:29:48 +0000 http://www.ciodashboard.com/?p=1682#comment-8198 [...] co-author and good friend Ruby Raley pointed me to this posting by Chris Curran over a possible new IT role, that of the “IT Czar”. Chris specifically uses a rebuilding-the-football-team analogy: What is interesting about [...] [...] co-author and good friend Ruby Raley pointed me to this posting by Chris Curran over a possible new IT role, that of the “IT Czar”. Chris specifically uses a rebuilding-the-football-team analogy: What is interesting about [...]

]]> By: Steve Romero, IT Governance Evangelist http://www.ciodashboard.com/leadership/it-czar-leadership-role/comment-page-1/#comment-7998 Steve Romero, IT Governance Evangelist Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:10:43 +0000 http://www.ciodashboard.com/?p=1682#comment-7998 Very interesting post and great discussion. I can see merit in each of the points raised in the comments. I believe the roles that lead IT can be sliced and diced in countless ways and I would never advocate a single approach. What I do advocate is an acute understanding of the decisions that need to be made, and the appropriate assignment of accountability for those decisions. CIO, CTO, COO, EIEIO...have as many "O's" as you desire. The success of any organizational structure is dependent on a clear understanding of the decisions that must be made and who is accountable for those decisions. (Notice I didn't say, "Who makes the decisions.") Ultimately, whatever roles he or she may deem needed, the CIO is accountable for ensuring the decision-making constructs produce the desired results. Steve Romero, IT Governance Evangelist http://community.ca.com/blogs/theitgovernanceevangelist/ Very interesting post and great discussion. I can see merit in each of the points raised in the comments. I believe the roles that lead IT can be sliced and diced in countless ways and I would never advocate a single approach.

What I do advocate is an acute understanding of the decisions that need to be made, and the appropriate assignment of accountability for those decisions. CIO, CTO, COO, EIEIO…have as many “O’s” as you desire. The success of any organizational structure is dependent on a clear understanding of the decisions that must be made and who is accountable for those decisions. (Notice I didn’t say, “Who makes the decisions.”)

Ultimately, whatever roles he or she may deem needed, the CIO is accountable for ensuring the decision-making constructs produce the desired results.

Steve Romero, IT Governance Evangelist
http://community.ca.com/blogs/theitgovernanceevangelist/

]]> By: Steve Romero, IT Governance Ev http://www.ciodashboard.com/leadership/it-czar-leadership-role/comment-page-1/#comment-30644 Steve Romero, IT Governance Ev Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:10:00 +0000 http://www.ciodashboard.com/?p=1682#comment-30644 Very interesting post and great discussion. I can see merit in each of the points raised in the comments. I believe the roles that lead IT can be sliced and diced in countless ways and I would never advocate a single approach. What I do advocate is an acute understanding of the decisions that need to be made, and the appropriate assignment of accountability for those decisions. CIO, CTO, COO, EIEIO...have as many "O's" as you desire. The success of any organizational structure is dependent on a clear understanding of the decisions that must be made and who is accountable for those decisions. (Notice I didn't say, "Who makes the decisions.") Ultimately, whatever roles he or she may deem needed, the CIO is accountable for ensuring the decision-making constructs produce the desired results. Steve Romero, IT Governance Evangelist http://community.ca.com/blogs/theitgovernanceevangelist/ Very interesting post and great discussion. I can see merit in each of the points raised in the comments. I believe the roles that lead IT can be sliced and diced in countless ways and I would never advocate a single approach.

What I do advocate is an acute understanding of the decisions that need to be made, and the appropriate assignment of accountability for those decisions. CIO, CTO, COO, EIEIO…have as many “O’s” as you desire. The success of any organizational structure is dependent on a clear understanding of the decisions that must be made and who is accountable for those decisions. (Notice I didn’t say, “Who makes the decisions.”)

Ultimately, whatever roles he or she may deem needed, the CIO is accountable for ensuring the decision-making constructs produce the desired results.

Steve Romero, IT Governance Evangelist
http://community.ca.com/blogs/theitgovernanceevangelist/

]]> By: uberVU - social comments http://www.ciodashboard.com/leadership/it-czar-leadership-role/comment-page-1/#comment-7867 uberVU - social comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:06:24 +0000 http://www.ciodashboard.com/?p=1682#comment-7867 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by cbcurran: IT Czar - A New Leadership Position? (please comment and RT) http://bit.ly/8lucXr #CIO... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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