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Successfully tackling staffing contingencies relies on investment in a longer-term career planning and succession development practice.

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Building a steady and reliable IT staffing contingent is getting harder. Learn how to mitigate opportunity and productivity risks associated with talent gaps by applying succession development best practices.

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Many IT leaders make costly mistakes in their succession development practice, and as a result, their succession development plans fail or even backfire. Watch this video to identify these mistakes and learn to avoid them.

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Use this tool to assess the risk of individuals leaving and identify appropriate succession candidates. With the results of this tool, you'll get your succession development planning well under way.

(30-Apr-10) When Paula Bohn first graduated from university with a degree in French and German, she moved across an entire continent to pursue her goal of becoming a language teacher in Europe. Until recently, as a woman in IT, her aspiration...

New IT leaders will have little influence unless they build credibility with senior business officers. Become a dynamic force that motivates and coordinates the accomplishment of strategic goals by earning the trust of business leaders.

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New IT leaders are often met with political and skills-based challenges for which they aren't prepared. Follow Info-Tech's one-hundred day plan to kick-off your new IT leadership position. Not only will you start off on the right foot, but you...

Taking on an IT leadership position is always challenging. Success or failure is determined by the leader's actions in the first few months. Learn what newly minted IT leaders should do to confirm they are the right person for the job.

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If you don't have a strategy for replacing those "irreplaceable" people in your IT department, you could be setting yourself up for disaster. A succession management strategy can avoid a skills crisis.

London, ON, October 19, 2009 - While the effects of an economic downturn linger in London, Ontario and the city’s unemployment rate tops 11%, local firm Info-Tech Research Group has launched a campaign to put the community’s best and brightest...

IT staff members continue to face career challenges as budgets are trimmed and downsizing or re-organizations occur. Accordingly, strong technical skills may not guarantee career stability or advancement. However, this situation can be improved...