Become a Strategic CIO
Create a personal development plan to take your career to the next level.
RETIRED CONTENT
Please note that the content on this page is retired. This content is not maintained and may contain information or links that are out of date.Without a personal development plan in place, the CIO may:
- Fail to meet business stakeholder expectations and remain in a support role.
- Struggle with managing their business stakeholder relationships.
- Witness their role diminishing as technology initiatives are taken over by other business-focused stakeholders such as the Chief Marketing Officer or Chief Digital Officer.
A well-crafted CIO personal development plan will help:
- Increase job satisfaction, opportunity, compensation, and tenure.
- Build relationships with key stakeholders.
- Effectively meet executive stakeholder expectations.
- Advance your role to strategic business partner within or outside of your organization.
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Module 1: Assess Competencies & Stakeholder Relationships
The Purpose
- Gather and review information from business stakeholders.
- Assess strategic CIO competencies and business stakeholder relationships.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Gathered information to create a personal development plan and stakeholder management strategy.
- Analyzed the information from diagnostics and determined the appropriate next steps.
- Identified and prioritized strategic CIO competency gaps.
- Evaluated the power, impact, and support of key business stakeholders.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 1.1 | Conduct CIO Business Vision diagnostic |
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| 1.2 | Conduct CXO-CIO Alignment program |
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| 1.3 | Assess CIO competencies |
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| 1.4 | Assess business stakeholder relationships |
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Module 2: Take Control of Your Personal Development
The Purpose
- Create a personal development plan and stakeholder management strategy.
- Track your personal development and establish checkpoints to revise initiatives.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Identified personal development and stakeholder engagement initiatives to bridge high priority competency gaps.
- Identified key performance indicators and benchmarks/targets to track competency development.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 2.1 | Create a personal development plan |
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| 2.2 | Create a stakeholder management strategy |
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| 2.3 | Establish key performance indicators and benchmarks/targets |
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