The CEO of Technology - (Wiley CIO) by Hunter Muller (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

The CEO of Technology shows today's CIOs how to become exceptional leaders and bring value to their organization. By taking lessons from some of the world's best CEOs, you'll develop the traits and characteristics that drive legendary leadership. Interviews with top executives at leading global technology companies including Apple, Boeing, Direct TV, Facebook, Texas Instruments, and more provide deep and valuable insight into what it means to lead in a hyper-driven tech environment. These stories provide valuable lessons that don't come from a classroom, but only from the in-the-trenches experience of the world's best leaders--coupled with a groundbreaking leadership approach designed for the demands of today's markets, to give you the ultimate CIO handbook. You'll learn how to maximize the value of your greatest asset--your team--and how to drive performance to unprecedented levels. You'll discover how great leaders communicate business strategy across the modern enterprise, and become a driving force behind your organization's success.

The IT industry is experiencing a seismic shift that is revolutionizing the way companies do business. The stakes are high, everything is in flux, and there are no guaranteed paths to success. Whether this revolution means crisis or opportunity is up to you; this book gives you a game-changing approach to IT leadership in the 21st century enterprise.

• Improve the quality of your leadership and strengthen the C-suite bond
• Attract top talent, build great teams, and align IT with overall strategic vision
• Become the indispensable leader who consistently drives achievement
• Integrate technology and business strategy to become a high-value CIO

Modern CIOs face a radically new array of leadership challenges in today's ultra-competitive, highly volatile markets; are you capable of leading the charge to the top? The CEO of Technology offers a visionary approach and the wisdom of experience to help you join the ranks of great leaders.

From the Back Cover

In the beginning of the 1980s, no one had a computer on their desk, and technology management strategies focused on data processing. By the end of the decade, every white-collar worker had a personal computer connected to a network, and the scope of managing technology radically changed into creating and maintaining these information systems for a company. The same seismic shift in the sophistication and job description of the modern-day CIO is happening right now, and The CEO of Technology is the must-have roadmap for every young CIO and IT executive who wants a solid game plan for staying out in front of the new age of digital transformation.

In this clarifying resource for a volatile marketplace, longtime pioneer of IT leadership Hunter Muller asks his extensive global network of top executives about their biggest concerns and needs in IT, and how the new, emerging breed of CIO are meeting those challenges today and plan to in the future. In candid, interview-style coverage, you gain firsthand insight into the little-known opportunities where CIOs can transform a company and drive business value, as well as the hidden pitfalls of not growing, developing, and adopting new technologies.

More than thirty expert contributors give you the solid footing you need to step outside your comfort zone to enable your organization to outpace the competition, by:

• Using the latest best practices to implement, monitor, and maintain a consistent, security-focused mindset throughout an enterprise
• Embodying and coaching the specific qualities and talents essential to developing world-class partnerships
• Practicing the most up-to-date strategies for simplifying IT and removing system complexity
• Creating and sustaining a durable culture for achieving optimal speed to performance, innovation, and cash
• And much more

The CEO of Technology gives you everything you need to align your IT approach with your company's business goals--without getting left behind when it all changes.

About the Author

HUNTER MULLER is the founder, president, and CEO of HMG Strategy, LLC. An industry forerunner with more than three decades of experience advising and coaching in C-suites all over the world, he is a sought-after speaker and accomplished author of numerous books, including The Big Shift in IT Leadership, Leading the Epic Revolution, On Top of the Cloud, and The Transformational CIO, all published by Wiley.