Leadership Development for Information Technology Professionals Author: John Atlanta, GA. Leadership Development for IT pros. The biggest weakness in most IT operations and technology companies is a lack of leadership. In far too many organizations, there are no leaders who have any real knowledge of IT. To make matters worse, individuals who know little or nothing about IT end up management it and the people who make it work. This lack of leadership is responsible for the high turnover and low morale often found in IT departments. Too often, IT personnel do not feel that they are part of the team or the organization. Instead they feel that they are taken for granted or treated like the janitor. This is why leadership development for IT professionals is so critical. Information technology pros are often the most intelligent and capable people in an organization but they lack leadership skills. Training such people in leadership can give your organization new capabilities and increase productivity. IT people often know how to implement new solutions and new processes. They can be aware of capabilities nobody else in management suspects. Yet they are locked away in that room in the basement far from the boardroom and the corner office. All leadership development programs should make room for IT personnel. Information technology pros can improve an organization’s strategy by showing management how to utilize the technology it has more effective. Quite a few organizations end up buying expensive new computer systems and software that they do not need because managers know little or nothing about IT. Or they end up purchasing equipment and software that does not meet the organization’s needs or help it achieve its goals. Having IT personnel trained for leadership can help the organization avoid these money-wasting mistakes. Incorporating information technology people into leadership development programs can improve those programs. The IT pros can tell the trainers what software they should be teaching and utilizing. They can also help the trainers develop training programs that include the company’s technology. Finally, IT can help develop Smart Goals based on an organization’s technological capability. That alone can save it millions of dollars.

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This lack of leadership is responsible for the high turnover and low morale often found in IT departments. Too often, IT personnel do not feel that they are part of the team or the organization.

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Leadership Development for Information Technology Professionals

Author: John

Atlanta, GA. Leadership Development for IT pros. The biggest weakness in most IT operations and technology companies is a lack of leadership. In far too many organizations, there are no leaders who have any real knowledge of IT. To make matters worse, individuals who know little or nothing about IT end up management it and the people who make it work.

This lack of leadership is responsible for the high turnover and low morale often found in IT departments. Too often, IT personnel do not feel that they are part of the team or the organization. Instead they feel that they are taken for granted or treated like the janitor.

This is why leadership development for IT professionals is so critical. Information technology pros are often the most intelligent and capable people in an organization but they lack leadership skills. Training such people in leadership can give your organization new capabilities and increase productivity.

IT people often know how to implement new solutions and new processes. They can be aware of capabilities nobody else in management suspects. Yet they are locked away in that room in the basement far from the boardroom and the corner office.

All leadership development programs should make room for IT personnel. Information technology pros can improve an organization’s strategy by showing management how to utilize the technology it has more effective.

Quite a few organizations end up buying expensive new computer systems and software that they do not need because managers know little or nothing about IT. Or they end up purchasing equipment and software that does not meet the organization’s needs or help it achieve its goals. Having IT personnel trained for leadership can help the organization avoid these money-wasting mistakes.

Incorporating information technology people into leadership development programs can improve those programs. The IT pros can tell the trainers what software they should be teaching and utilizing. They can also help the trainers develop training programs that include the company’s technology.

Finally, IT can help develop Smart Goals based on an organization’s technological capability. That alone can save it millions of dollars.

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