by Mark P. McDonald | March 4, 2010 | 1 Comment
2010 and perhaps 2011 will be extraordinary years – they will be years of transition. A transition year is unique because it represents a time of adjustment and uncertainty as common forces have different impacts on individual enterprises, geographies and company strategies. There are no clear or universal ‘must dos’ in a year of transition, [...]
Category: Economy Strategy Technology Tags: 2009 CIO Agenda, 2010, 2010 planning, Economic Recovery, Economy
by Mark P. McDonald | October 1, 2009 | 2 Comments
Welcome to the endgame for a very tough year. There are only 60 working days left in the year. There are roughly 60 working days to complete your value delivery for 2009 and plans for 2010. I use the term roughly both to describe how those days will be and to point out that this [...]
Category: 2010 Leadership Personal Observation Tags: 2009 CIO Agenda, 2010 planning, Leadership, personal musing
by Mark P. McDonald | February 21, 2009 | Submit a Comment
Executives are starting to be bombarded with books on how they need to lead in tough times. One of the first is from the influential author Ram Charan, noted consultant and co-author of Execution (with Larry Bossidy). Charan has just come out with a new book, Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty: The New [...]
Category: CFO CIO Economy Leadership Tags: 2009 CIO Agenda, Add new tag, Book Review, Cash Flow, CIO Leadership, cost cutting, Economy, Leadership, Operational Leadership
by Mark P. McDonald | February 19, 2009 | 5 Comments
CIOs face multiple competing factors for their time, resources and attention. CIOs need to choose in 2009, as they do not have luxury of doing everything for everyone. CIOs also face a challenge in how do they organize and marshal the energies and resources of their people. In other words, what should the theme be [...]
Category: CIO Leadership Tags: 2009 CIO Agenda
