The seven behaviors to avoid:
- Inflexibility: The IT world is fast-paced, and CIOs need to be comfortable with change.
- Invisibility: CIOs need to advocate for themselves and their teams. A CIO that doesn’t make themselves seen and heard will undermine their leadership.
- Failing to innovate: A CIO unwilling to innovate and take risks will get lapped by the competition.
- Reckless decision making: A single reckless mistake, such as not correctly securing data, can ruin a CIO’s professional reputation.
- Subpar social skills: CIOs need to communicate and be friendly with their team to get the most out of them.
- Failing to share credit: A CIO that takes all the credit for themselves will have poor relationships with their team members.
- Failing to align with business goals: CIOs cannot be too isolated from enterprise business goals and strategy.
