Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
By Samuel Greengard Over the last decade, every aspect of business and IT has become more demanding. Here are seven of the most common ways CIOs fall short in handling career development for managers and others: Overwork everyone.Today’s always-on 24x7x365 workplace heapsenormous demandson IT departments. In addition, keeping up with a blitz of projects and…
After 20 years helping global organizations plan and deliver training and development, especially around project management and business analysis, I have found that there are some common failure points in the design, execution and application of training. Furthermore ESI International conducted a Web based transfer of learning survey in March 2011. This global study, Applying…
Teleworkers, defined as people who work from home at least one day a week, are finding their niche as technology and corporate attitudes continue to enable this growing trend. According to a recent survey from Staples Advantage, the business-to-business division of Staples, telecommuters say they feel and work better when working from home. In fact,…
Employees looking for help with a frozen computer screen or a mobile application glitch may be in for a long wait. CIOs interviewed in a recent Robert Half Technology survey said their companies’ technical support teams are, on average, 42 percent smaller than they would like them to be. The results are similar to a…
Technology executives forecast continued IT hiring in the second quarter of 2011, according to the just-released Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report. In the latest quarterly survey, 9 percent of CIOs said they plan to expand their IT departments, and just 2 percent expect cutbacks, for a net 7 percent increase in…
You work hard to attract and secure the best talent, but do you invest the same amount of effort into integrating those recent hires into your team? If you’re short-staffed and busier than ever, new employee orientation might get little attention. At some firms, the welcome is merely a stack of paperwork and instructions to…
Business is starting to pick up, and demand is growing within your IT department. But signs of a sustained economic turnaround are still somewhat murky and, despite the need for new staff, you’re not yet convinced it’s time to hire. After all, you had to lay off workers when the recession hit and you don’t…
Instead of an outright war, smaller less conspicuous battles will be waged for a new class of people — the neglected warriors of the recession. These people are likely to be recruited away and quickly conferred with the hero status they so richly deserve by their new bosses. These newly minted heroes will help their…
If yours is like many companies, new IT projects are on the horizon. In a recent survey by Robert Half Technology, more than one-third (37 percent) of CIOs interviewed said, post-recession, they plan to implement software and hardware upgrades deferred because of the downturn. Others plan to follow through with virtualization projects (16 percent), website…
What is at the top of the list is for people is to feel like their work matters; that it counts for something. The companies who create meaning for the work keep their employees engaged and productive through the business downturns and budget cuts I recently heard part of an interview with Dan Ariely about…