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How To Build Strong Partnerships Across Organization? ✓ The Bright Future of CIO & CFO Partnership ✓ IT Strategy ✓ Build strong relationships & partnerships.


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How can a CIO be Build Strong Partnership with his Organization?


It’s critical to build partnerships across the organization to be an effective CIO. The reasons are obvious. As a CIO, you need to know the organization’s priorities to use your IT resources most effectively. These priorities exist not only at the C-suite level but at all levels across your the organization. If a CIO listens only to his or her executive management, he/she runs the risk of becoming irrelevant to other key players. This can lead to the rise of multiple shadow IT departments and projects. A decentralized IT organization is not a negative thing by default but hidden IT departments operating without a partnership with central IT almost always lead to duplication of effort and conflicting projects.


How can a CIO avoid falling into the trap of becoming insulated to what’s going on in his organization?


It’s actually pretty simple. He needs to go out and talk to his stakeholders and, more importantly, listen to them. Yes, it’s that simple. The key phrase here is “go out.” Many CIOs talk about having an “open door” policy. That implies that anyone can come into their cabin and talk to them. I’m suggesting that it’s more important to have a more proactive approach. Take up the initiative to get out of your cabin, set up meetings with your colleagues and meet them where they are. Request meetings with people that you don’t normally see and then go meet them in their space. Offer to make presentations at your colleagues’ staff meetings. Go to lunch with people you don’t usually work with. Get creative about connecting with your stakeholders. But if it’s so easy, why isn’t every CIO doing this? I can think of three barriers.



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