Martha Heller

Prioritize your team relationships.. Rather than have tight relationships with everyone, pick the A players and focus on them

In bear markets, a company's goals, culture and practices can change dramatically. CIOs who adjust will fare far better than those who do not. If you're a bull market CIO in need of help, we offer this checklist

The SVP of technology and operations role is springing up in all sorts of industries. It represents not only a new level of organizational integration between IT and the business but a new career opportunity for CIOs as well.

As a CIO, you need a solid IT team to help you realize your strategic goals, make you look good in front of your peers, and allow you to focus on the most strategic elements of your job. Without a good team in place, especially at the leadership level, you will have a tough time moving up in the organization.

Just how does one go about conducting a proactive, precise, effective job search? Well, if you love a good analogy as much as the next CIO, then think of your next job search as something like bringing a quality product to market. In this scenario, you, of course, are the product. Follow these steps to prepare for a full-blown launch to market.

If we've said it once, we've said it a thousand times: Your people are your greatest asset, and you need to develop them with as much care as you would your systems and products.

The following riddle was recently posed to the Best Practice Exchange of CIO magazine in the U.S.: Your help desk is staffed by productive...

Contrary to popular belief, innovation doesn't have to result in business transformation or a huge expense. As members of the CIO Executive Council demonstrate, innovation can be subtle, manageable and a core part of the IT organization.