Leadership for IT

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In the realm of IT leadership, diverse styles abound, ranging from servant leadership to paternalistic leadership. Among the pivotal attributes lie soft (interpersonal) skills, hard skills, and the capacity to motivate employees to harness IT for process enhancement.

This course caters specifically to Information Technology managers aspiring to refine their IT leadership proficiencies. Crafted with a keen eye on practicality, it delves into the leadership competencies that wield substantial influence on both business efficacy and professional advancement.

Objectives:

• Construct a matrix of the competencies needed for an organisation to effectively use new technologies in business practice
• Explain how digital technologies such as mobile apps, Internet of Things, Cloud computing and data analytics can be applied to enhance the management and strategy of a business
• Summarise 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 organisation against others within the industry and identify the key features which enable superior to the industry-average performance

Who should attend?

• 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’

Day 1

• How CIOs optimize time and activity
• Secrets of successful CIOs
• Leadership opportunities for IT professionals
• Building and maintaining reputation
• Developing a personal brand

Day 2

• 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

Day 3

• 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

Day 4

• 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

Day 5

• 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