CIOs benefit from periodic resets. Approaching the end of a calendar year is a great time to reset for a new beginning in the new year. Reset to three essential needs.

There are a lot of good reasons to hang on and press-in to your current situation. And there are three good reasons to take off.

The question of fairness in remote work continues to be raised. It’s a distraction from the real need and the right question. Ask this, and you change the nature of the discussion once and for all.

Many CIOs have options in place to develop people, but they still aren’t seeing the results. Even if you are making cutbacks, you can invest more into your people while saving money and increasing revenue. You just need to brush up on your farming.

We have misused feedback, and in thinking we were being objective, we have actually been subjective. We don’t really give people a lot to work with. Constructive feedback is aware of the science behind how people learn, and the steps to take in light of that truth.

At some point, you have to take a closer look at a possible solution to a continuous problem. Now is that point.