CEOs want their CIOs to be of greater influence, especially where they don’t have decision making authority.. That means the CIOs need to invest and leverage three critical assets their CEOs have been utilizing for years.

It's not enough to form new habits to accomplish great plans.

Begin with the end in mind is standard advice. And is still a missed dynamic in most planning. It’s the big picture, not the individual project, that gets forgotten. Working backwards is the critical way forward.

Steering committees fail on a regular basis. The one’s I have been on have been boring at best. A group of CIOs got together and revealed why theirs succeeded. The hard work is in the focus.

We hear a lot about tactics when it comes to persuasion. Relatability and confidence are more effective; unfortunately, what they mean is often misunderstood.

A goal will fail without a system, and a system will fail without resolve. But we misunderstand how resolve works, and why it is the essential driver between a desire and its fulfillment. Understand the place of resolve, and 2023 will elevate you and your leadership.