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Where Do You Want To Be in Five Years?
Educause - Management & Leadership - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 18:10
“This is as important a time as there has ever been for the CIO to have a seat at the table with the president or provost of an institution. It is also a key time for the IT organization to be seen as a partner. It is absolutely essential for the IT organization to run first-class, cost-effective, efficient services to support the institutional missions… The IT organization can help the college or university balance centralization and commoditization, address funding challenges, and preserve knowledge.”
― Michael A. McRobbie, President, Indiana University
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Clients Get It, So Must We
Educause - Management & Leadership - Mon, 01/09/2012 - 21:28
The author discusses five attributes of a 24x7 leader.
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Leadership for Constant Change
Educause - Management & Leadership - Mon, 01/09/2012 - 21:26
"This issue of EDUCAUSE Review focuses on leadership and celebrates leaders in the higher education IT community. Leadership can exist at all levels of an institution or organization."
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Aspiring and Residing IT Leaders: A Legacy for the Future
Educause - Management & Leadership - Fri, 01/06/2012 - 23:03
The winner of the inaugural EDUCAUSE Rising Star Award talks about becoming a leader and developing future leaders in the IT professional community. He outlines three steps that aspiring leaders can take to cultivate their leadership skills and three steps that residing leaders can take to leave a lasting legacy.
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Filling the IT Leadership Pipeline: A Panel Discussion
Educause - Management & Leadership - Fri, 01/06/2012 - 23:00
Six CIOs and senior technology leaders talk about their backgrounds, the strengths and skills needed for future CIOs, and the challenges of preparing the next generation of CIOs. They list the most critical competencies for current and future CIOs, and they debate whether these competencies are changing.
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Information Technology: A View from Both Sides of the President’s Desk
Educause - Management & Leadership - Fri, 01/06/2012 - 22:47
A university president who was also his institution’s vice president for information technology and CIO for ten years answers the questions: “What do you now think about technology? From your point of view as a president, what are the major issues in information technology today? What has changed in your thinking?”
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EDUCAUSE Review Magazine, Volume 47, Number 1, January/February 2012
Educause - Management & Leadership - Fri, 01/06/2012 - 22:23
This is the entire issue of EDUCAUSE Review Magazine, Volume 47, Number 1, January/February 2012
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Lessons Learned—and To Be Learned
Educause - Management & Leadership - Tue, 12/06/2011 - 23:13
If you’ve ever thought that learning more about how your organization operates might help you become more successful in your role, I recommend pursuing an MBA. Here’s why I think so, along with how the lessons found in business school relate to IT leadership and alternative IT sourcing.
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Bridging the Gap between Stakeholder Expectations and Reality through Effective IT Governance and Management Practices
Educause - Management & Leadership - Wed, 11/30/2011 - 20:31
Resources and budgets are tight in higher ed IT. However, stakeholders often fail to align their expectations with this reality, expecting work to be completed within impossible time frames and budgets. This session will address how Carnegie Mellon 's Global IT Services team leverages governance, management processes, and reporting processes to effectively navigate stakeholder expectations and deliver quality services. We will also discuss current related trends in higher education IT governance and management practices.
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The Higher Education CIO: Portrait of Today, Landscape of Tomorrow
Educause - Management & Leadership - Tue, 11/29/2011 - 21:48
What is the CIO's role and how is it changing? Who is doing these jobs? Who will aspire to these positions when today's CIOs retire? What skills are needed? Might you seek this exciting and challenging leadership role? In this interactive EDUCAUSE Live! session moderated by Marc Hoit, Carrie Regenstein and Susan Grajek will present highlights from a recent study from the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) and welcome questions and comments about the new ECAR study format and the provocative topic at hand. Access the full study and related resources.
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Tune In December 1 -- The Higher Education CIO: Portrait of Today, Landscape of Tomorrow
Educause - Management & Leadership - Mon, 11/21/2011 - 20:52
In this free hour-long session, “The Higher Education CIO: Portrait of Today, Landscape of Tomorrow,” Elizabeth Clark, Marc Hoit, Susan Grajek, and Carrie Regenstein will present highlights from a recent study from the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) and welcome questions and comments about the new ECAR study format and the provocative topic at hand.
Those unable to attend may wish to visit the archives after the event or browse related resources:
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EDU11: Which IT Strategy and Why? Betting on Clouds, Collaboration, and Contracts (or Contrarians?)
Educause - Management & Leadership - Mon, 11/07/2011 - 20:16
Is there such a thing as a coherent IT strategy among the myriad decisions that confront IT leaders? Is each new or replacement system a unique challenge, or is there value in a larger plan? CIOs from major CIC (Big Ten) institutions debate their own experiences in making those decisions and assess the road ahead.
Participants in this panel discussion include:
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EDU11: Innovation Trenz
Educause - Management & Leadership - Fri, 11/04/2011 - 22:08
Linda Cureton, the CIO of NASA, is well-known for leveraging social networking tools, leadership skills, and innovation in an organization that shares many characteristics and issues with higher education. In this presentation, she discusses the leadership and service orientation needed to move our organizations forward with thoughtful IT innovation and transformation in a time of continuous struggle between the competing forces that strengthen or weaken our ability to find the best solutions for tomorrow.
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EDU11: Clients Get IT, and So Must We
Educause - Management & Leadership - Fri, 11/04/2011 - 21:58
New York University's vision to be a leading global network university is embodied more markedly every day, embracing all dimensions of university life and personified in a growing community of highly talented, globally mobile scholars, colleagues, and partners. Implementation of the IT strategy that NYU initially adopted in 2008 for the global network university is proceeding, with an expanding suite of shared IT services available across NYU's campuses and sites. Now that NYU's clients in New York and around the world "get" global IT-its reality and its potential-(r)evolutions are under way in NYU's IT strategy, IT governance, and IT service delivery.
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EDU11: IT from Both Sides of the Executive Table
Educause - Management & Leadership - Fri, 11/04/2011 - 21:44
Information technology plays a fundamental and growing role in enabling education and research, yet the CIO's role in leading that evolution for colleges and universities is far from clear. As a former CIO, vice president for research, and provost and current university president, Michael McRobbie shares his insights on the leadership opportunities and responsibilities for CIOs and their critical role in reshaping institutions.
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The Challenge of Managing and Leading through Others
Educause - Management & Leadership - Wed, 11/02/2011 - 21:20
Working with others can be very challenging, especially in large, multilayer organizations. Managing processes up and across an organization requires special skills that can be difficult to acquire, and many of the underlying issues are subtle and complex. In this lively discussion session we will build a set of best practices and lessons learned in the development and ongoing care of complex relationships for working with those who do not report directly to you. Bring your experiences and ideas to this important conversation.
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