Hiring a Chief Information Officer (CIO) is more critical than ever. The cost is too great to fail. 4 mistakes in particular add up to a costly hire. 6 often overlooked traits are exactly what you are looking for in your next CIO.

For years now, we have debated to whom the CIO should report. The options are few, but it doesn’t matter. The question was wrong. Fix the question, and the answer is obvious.

The CEO needs a CIO who knows how to read context. It improves their effectiveness as a team leader, as a decision-maker, and as a communicator. To help them do so, make sure that they have a coach, a learning community and more context-conversations than content-conversations.

We have never been in better days for the CIO to be at the table, and for the CEO to shed the burden of trying to represent the critical dynamics of technology that must influence board decisions.

Though small to mid-market companies often cannot afford the full-time services of a CIO, they are still faced with the responsibilities a CIO normally fulfills.

The benefits of remote work are without question, but that still doesn’t mean it is best for your company. How do you know if remote work is for you? A number of questions here will help you work through to the answer.