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Our Guide to Fractional CIO Services

Discover how engaging a fractional CIO will elevate your SME's IT strategy. Learn the benefits of our own community-driven approach, as well as actionable steps you can take to more confidently select services that will bring top-tier expertise to scale your operations.
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Choose Your Peers Wisely

Learn how surrounding yourself with the right professional peers can dramatically reshape your tech leadership success. Engage with top CIOs, CTOs, and IT executives to gain critical insights, cover your blind spots, and navigate challenges with unprecedented confidence.
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Experience the Advantage of CIO Mastermind

Have you heard about CIO Mastermind's elite peer groups for tech leaders? Find out all you need to know about these exclusive, insightful discussions. Explore our collaborative network of C-suite professionals working to tackle challenges and help one another level up.
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An Introduction to Assertive Communication: The Key to Strong Workplace Relationships

How can assertive communication help you build strong workplace dynamics and enhance team productivity? Learn how to navigate office relationships, resolve conflicts, and develop trust through more open, honest and respectful connections as a leader within your organization.
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Dealing with Isolation in the C-Suite

Break free from the isolation of leadership with an insightful, supportive peer advisory group. Discover the power of these collaborative environments so you can navigate the complexities of the C-suite with confidence and resilience.
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Ending the Isolation: A Conversation with Scott Smeester on Modern CTO

Scott Smeester's discussion on the Modern CTO podcast with Joel Beasley addresses the isolation often felt by tech leaders and the importance of community and mentorship in overcoming it. Highlighting key leadership skills like effective listening and strategic questioning, Scott emphasizes the need for tech leaders to extend beyond technical know-how to embrace innovation and collaboration. This conversation underlines the transformative power of support networks for personal and professional growth in the tech industry.
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What the CIO Needs To Know About Office Politics

Too many CIOs know how to win in the realm of technology but then lose in the arena of political leverage. I’ve learned 7 insights that help me come out on top. The first is to engage it, not avoid it. What follows are the rules of engagement.
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How The CIO and CEO Find Their Own Voice

Leaders who find their own voice drive their organizations; leaders who fail to do so drag their organizations along. Do you know how to find your own voice?
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How C-Suite Executives Lead Digital Transformation and Avoid Stall Or Failure, Part 1

Though most CEO’s and CFO’s didn’t rise through the ranks of tech mastery, they still see clearly the essential changes in front of them. They then enlist alongside them a whole new band of Chief technologists. Together, Digital Transformation is your shared vision.
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The New LEFT Brain Leader for C-Suite Executives

Introducing LEFT brain thinking…Not the standard understanding that the left-brain is for analysis and the right brain is for creativity, but 4 commitments that will reduce waste and increase productivity, teamwork and morale.
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Two Sets The C-Suite Executive Must Choose Between To Move The Organization Forward

Most companies are by definition a bounded set: You have a Board and policies and employees. Within the larger bounded set are any number of other bounded sets: IT, HR, Marketing, Finance, Production, etc. In other words, a typical company is defined by a number of boundaries. This is how a company exists.
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