May 22 2008
The “State of the CIO” from CIO Magazine
Abbie Lundberg, Editor in Chief of CIO, recently gave a presentation on “The State of the CIO”. The presentation provides highlights from CIO Magazine’s annual research in to the state of IT Leadership.
The research identified 3 types of CIOs:
- Function Heads - focused on running the IT organization
- Transformation Leaders - focused on creating change through process transformation
- Business Strategists - focused on driving strategy for competitive advantage
They estimate the breakdown by percentage into each category is as follows: Function Heads - 37%, Transformation Leaders - 51% and Business Strategists - 12%. However, they predict the the distribution of CIOs will migrate towards Business Strategists and away from Function Heads in the future.
Links to the following handouts and resources were provided at the end of the presentation:
- State of the CIO 2008 reports
- Strategic Impact Analysis
- CIO Executive Council and Future-State CIO Program
- Egon Zehnder International
The presentation has some great content and conclusions - and can be viewed below. (If you click on the view button at the bottom of the presentation, you can link to a site where you can view in full screen mode.)
You can also follow Abbie Lundberg on Twitter to keep up with what’s going on in the life of the CIO Editor in Chief.
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