Consultant vs Advisor vs Coach

Submitted by Hans van Nes on Sat, 27/03/2010 - 07:06
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Since we started to offer personal coaching for IT-executives, I got a lot of questions about our format and the differences with more common consultancy models. All formats serve a purpose but personal coaching as we see it is clearly something different.

CIO: losing ground?

Submitted by Hans van Nes on Sat, 01/08/2009 - 08:22

In a current quick scan of the current status of vacancies for CIO’s and CIO-like roles, I noticed that in the medium size enterprises the organizational position and authority for the person in charge of IT is declining. Surprisingly often a newly sought executive will no board or MT-seat and has to report through another executive. This seems a step back from the CIO’s quest for board membership. I tried to find out why.

CIO: Chief Innovation Officer

Submitted by Hans van Nes on Tue, 17/06/2008 - 10:05
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The regular readers of the Results2Match blogs know that we talk a lot about the role and position of a Chief Information Officer (CIO), finding a balance in the change management and delivery aspect of the role. In comments I got on my Commodity Trap blog, I was questioned how a CIO can prevent falling into this trap.

Wanted: The New Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Submitted by Hans Lodder on Sat, 01/03/2008 - 14:04

Yearly, there are about 1,000 vacancies for CIO's. This large number of vacancies makes it interesting enough to check the required CIO competences for such a function.

What Role Should the Chief Information Officer (CIO) Grab?

Submitted by Hans Lodder on Sat, 02/02/2008 - 14:46

In its recent journal Forrester discusses the role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) in 2008. They see 2 possibilities: The Chief Information Manager as change agent, or the Information and Computing Technology (ICT) operational excellence manager. The CIO change manager can use ICT technology to drastically reform operational business process management, and improve the fit between the company and the outside world.


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