leadership

Steve Ballmer has been CEO of Microsoft since 2000, and Big Cheese since 2008, as Microsoft dropped from Evil Empire to also-ran, seen Apple outstrip it in value and take the lead in markets that were always core businesses to MSFT, while Google took those that haven't.

Want to motivate your project team? Forego the stick... and maybe the carrot too.

In the new book 'The CIO Edge: Seven Leadership Skills You Need to Drive Results', the trio of authors argue that CIOs' leadership and people skills are the biggest determinate of their success--or failure.

Carol Kline, executive vice president and CIO at TeleTech Holdings, has developed a reputation in her organization as an IT leader who is willing to take on the challenges that can't be handled by just one function or unit alone. Her advice for becoming a strong CIO: Take on risky projects, be a change agent, and ask for help when you need it.

The experience of team start-ups is the gift that keeps on giving for any IT leader, and not just because they will employ the associated skills over and over again as they rise through the ranks.

Although an abundance of management thinking on innovation theory originates in America much of the practice and execution of innovation takes place outside this country. In America many mid-and senior-level American executives know innovation theory quite well.

How to spot -- and take down -- the six most nefarious adversaries of IT.

Leaders, do your employees say communication could be better? Would they like more input into corporate decisions? Do they wish their contributions were more appreciated?

The men and women who work with you already possess the skills, the knowledge, and the insights to pull your company out of its slump.

While succession planning may not be as sexy as, say, innovation, social media or green technologies right now, it does indeed matter. Just look at the undesired attention and financial duress that Apple has endured since Jobs' health issues surfaced: a roller-coaster stock market ride for Apple tied to every Jobs' announcement and unsubstantiated rumor.