Do CIOs drive growth? No and yes. And where it is a yes, they focus on six critical areas.

CIOs and their teams suffer from fatigue and fight against natural drags of complacency. One overlooked dynamic is key to restoring the fire and the push you need.

CFOs are in a tough, yet strategic position. Working with them is work; and it should be. How to work with them so that they are a Go rather than a No is a three-stop journey that you lead.

There are two reasons you are not invited to significant meetings and it isn't because you don't know what you are talking about.

I’ve been seeing a lot of mergers taking place, and with it, inheritance of another leader’s team. The work that follows between yours and theirs isn’t always smooth and often is troublesome. Unless you pay attention to one key factor effective CIOs agree has been their key.

We rely too often on our own credibility or research or vendor propaganda to sell our proposals. We rely too little on the best way we know that what we know is right.