decisions

How Should IT Managers Deal With Their Management?

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I’m not sure if there was ever a time where IT managers would blindly follow what their management told them to do, but if there were, then those days are now long gone. We live in an age where everyone, including IT managers, question everything that they are told to do. Given this, how are … Read more

ROI: What It Is And Why IT Managers Need To Know How To Use It

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In the world of IT we like to make up new acronyms all the time. Outsiders often don’t fully understand what our acronyms stand for and so they feel like they don’t know what’s going on. Well guess what, other departments in your company can do the same thing and it will make you feel … Read more

Why Mentors Are So Important For IT Managers And How To Get Them

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When you become an IT manager, the reason that you’ve been able to achieve this position is because you know everything that you’ll ever have to know, right? You’ll never make a mistake again and every decision that you’ll make will be the right decision. Correct? I’m betting that you are probably shaking your head … Read more

4 Ways That IT Managers Can Learn To Make Better Decisions

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An important part of the job of being an IT manager is the ability to make good decisions. Lots of good decisions. In fact, the ability to make more good decisions than bad decisions is arguably what allows an IT manager to keep his / her job. Now the only problem is that it’s really, … Read more

IT Managers Need To Learn How To Avoid A Crisis Before It Happens

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You’d think that to be a good IT manager all that you’d have to be good at is managing people and understanding technology. Most of the time you’d be correct; however, it’s the times when this isn’t the case that far too many IT managers drop the ball. Let’s face it, crisis happen. We’d all … Read more

It Takes A Village To Innovate Like An IT Department

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So IT Leader, what are you going to do about boosting the innovation within your team? Your hands are tied when it comes to giving out raises – not that money really helps innovation. You don’t have any spots to offer promotions into because the company has adopted a “flat” organizational structure. Oh, and all … Read more