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Lead don't just manage
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Leadership & management are not the same they are complimentary. You need to both lead and manage. To do that you need a personal vision and point of view about how information & Technology can make the business more effective. Lead with the business colleagues to set expectations and to identify what is valued & second you must lead your IT team to deliver on that & provide cost effective services
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Understand the fundamentals of your environment
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You need to know your industry and your competitive environment and be able to engage key decision makers and stakeholders on their terms
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Create a vision for how IT will build the businesses success
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Your business knowledge must be matched with the ability it envision how to better IT enable the business
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Shape & inform expectation
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You must work with your colleagues to identify the key business needs which included the main drivers for IT development then articulate the IT guidelines to address those needs
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Create clear and appropriate governance
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Governance is really the secret to success. Effective governance enables you to weave together business and IT strategy, build credibility & trust
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Weave Business & IT strategy together
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The IT strategy is the content of key IT domains, IT infrastructure, architecture & application strategies & investment portfolio. IT strategy means developing and actively managing your IT portfolio to deliver success as measured by your colleagues
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Build or develop a new ICT team
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Sometimes some changes are required to move towards success. Work towards introducing 3 primary functions. 1)Process based working 2)Strategic sourcing if IT services and putting ICT on a sound financial footing
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Develop & nurture a high performance IT Team
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Understand the skills required to delivery on your strategy & recruit & train for effectiveness
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Manage the business IT risk
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IT risks now are mush more pervasive and potentially damaging than in the past. think Information security, data privacy, cyber attack/malware. Ensure compliance to any regulatory compliance that needs to be met. Business leaders need to be aware of the risks and it your job to manage them
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Communicate IT performance
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You must know and understand how to communicate on how IT is contributing to the business. This can be done through various mediums Newsletters, ICT dashboards, face-to-face
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