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Leadership and strategic planning

• 6 free IT strategic planning templates for CIOs

  As technology has become a business differentiator, IT strategy is more crucial than ever. These IT strategic planning templates help CIOs make IT a business driver. Continue Reading

• soft skills

  A soft skill is a personal attribute that supports situational awareness and enhances an individual's ability to get a job done. The term soft skills is often used as a synonym for people skills or emotional intelligence. Continue Reading

• Andrew Ng's AI playbook for the enterprise: 6 must-dos

  AI legend and online education pioneer Andrew Ng has developed an AI playbook for businesses. Here are six must-dos. Continue Reading

• SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats analysis)

  SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats analysis) is a framework for identifying and analyzing the internal and external factors that can have an impact on the viability of a project, product, place or person. Continue Reading

• Free IT mission statement examples for CIOs

  These free IT mission statement examples and how-tos can help CIOs and their IT departments identify and refine their organizational goals. Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

  • soft skills
  • SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats analysis)
  • value proposition
  • project management

  • Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)
  • organizational goals
  • IT transformation
  • rainmaker (business)

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• value proposition

  A value proposition is a statement that clearly identifies the benefits a company's products and services will deliver to its customers.Continue Reading

• project management

  Project management is the discipline of using established principles, procedures and policies to successfully guide a project from conception through completion.Continue Reading

• Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)

  A chief strategy officer (CSO), or chief strategist, is an executive charged with helping formulate, facilitate and communicate the overarching strategy of an organization, usually a large corporation.Continue Reading

• How can companies build a strategy for monetizing data?

  To extract value from data, most companies will face people, process and technology challenges. Matt Maccaux explains the ins and outs of monetizing data.Continue Reading

• organizational goals

  Organizational goals are strategic objectives that a company's management establishes to outline expected outcomes and guide employees' efforts.Continue Reading

• IT transformation

  IT transformation is a complete reassessment and overhaul of an organization's information technology (IT) systems in order to improve the efficiency and delivery in a digital economy.Continue Reading

• rainmaker (business)

  A rainmaker is an individual who generates an unusually high amount of revenue for an organization by bringing new clients and new business to the company.Continue Reading

• Improve your digital transformation plan: 3 tips from EY's Jeff Wong

  EY's chief innovation officer believes a successful digital transformation plan rests on building an ecosystem of internal champions and outside experts who don't think alike.Continue Reading

• authentic leadership

  Authentic leadership is a type of management style in which people act in a real, genuine and sincere way that is true to who they are as individuals.Continue Reading

• servant leadership

  Servant leadership is a leadership philosophy built on the belief that the most effective leaders strive to serve others, rather than accrue power or take control.Continue Reading