http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/925/all xx http://www.itworld.com/career/76111/geek-celebs-when-they-were-students How did some of the biggest tech celebrities get to where they are today? Let's take a look at 10 of them, and delve a little deeper into their academic backgrounds. http://www.itworld.com/career/76111/geek-celebs-when-they-were-students#comments Career IT management/strategy Feature leadership Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0400 ITworld staff 76111 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/career/72497/teambuilding-six-ways-make-sure-everyone-has-their-say Excerpted from The Firefly Effect: Build Teams That Capture Creativity and Catapult Results http://www.itworld.com/career/72497/teambuilding-six-ways-make-sure-everyone-has-their-say#comments Career IT management/strategy Tip leadership teamwork Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:29:01 -0400 sidsteen 72497 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/72496/leadership-9-innovative-things-do-right-now The recession is in full swing, and companies everywhere are feeling the pain. Yours is likely no exception. Shrinking budgets, sweeping layoffs, and a smothering malaise that's settled over your workforce make it hard to see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel. http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/72496/leadership-9-innovative-things-do-right-now#comments Career IT management/strategy Tip innovation leadership Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:37:15 -0400 sidsteen 72496 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/career/72493/leadership-unlikely-places 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. http://www.itworld.com/career/72493/leadership-unlikely-places#comments Career Tip leadership Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:22:37 -0400 crizer 72493 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/networking/70116/cisco-has-earn-market-leadership-cto-says Cisco Chief Technology Officer Padmasree Warrior struck a humble note in a keynote address at the Cisco Live user conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, saying Cisco needs a broad architecture and services to become a true market leader. http://www.itworld.com/networking/70116/cisco-has-earn-market-leadership-cto-says#comments IT management/strategy Networking News Cisco leadership Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:47:55 -0400 ITworld staff 70116 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/68921/inside-world-tech-ceo-succession-planning 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. http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/68921/inside-world-tech-ceo-succession-planning#comments Business IT management/strategy Feature leadership Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:59:04 -0400 ITworld staff 68921 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/66593/how-turn-around-failing-it-department The news over the past few years has had a stream of stories about business disruption as a result of faulty information technology (IT), where dysfunctions have a cascading effect throughout the business. Clearly, success in today's technology-centric climate is increasingly dependent upon an efficient and effective IT activity. http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/66593/how-turn-around-failing-it-department#comments Business IT management/strategy How-to leadership restructuring Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:34:37 -0400 Transition Partners 66593 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/career/66526/seeking-very-best-it-leaders Now's your chance to get a worthy CIO or other top IT executive nominated for the 2010 Premier 100 IT Leaders awards. http://www.itworld.com/career/66526/seeking-very-best-it-leaders#comments Career Feature leadership Premier 100 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:16:03 -0400 ITworld staff 66526 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/64857/10-business-lessons-battlestar-galactica You think your business has it rough? The people of Battlestar Galactica have lived through a recession you wouldn't believe. With dwindling resources, a skeleton crew, enemies constantly lurking out of view, and a pervasive threat of annihilation, Admiral Adama navigates the vast unknown. Like any leader, he makes his share of mistakes--sometimes with devastating consequences. But regardless of the fate of that ragtag fleet, the tale of Galactica is rife with lessons that can benefit any business leader. http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/64857/10-business-lessons-battlestar-galactica#comments IT management/strategy Opinion leadership Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:44:23 -0400 ITworld staff 64857 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/64820/15-ways-turn-negative-energy-positive-solutions Get off the complain train and hop on the energy bus. Jon Gordon, author of The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work shares 15 ways to turn negative energy into positive solutions. http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/64820/15-ways-turn-negative-energy-positive-solutions#comments Career IT management/strategy Tip leadership Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:33:46 -0400 ddehart 64820 at http://www.itworld.com