Advisory

Business expects IT to bring down costs, while providing excellent support, while building new business capabilities, in a constantly changing environment.

These requirements contradict each other because there is an inherent tension between delivering service, reducing cost and reducing risk. In order to meet these business expectations the CIO and his or her management team need to be proficient in skills different from traditional IT expertise. A recent CIO survey indicates that the three key skills required by the CIO were the ability to communicate effectively, strategic thinking and planning, and the ability to lead and motivate staff. These three skills all scored over 50% in the survey, while technical proficiency was ninth on the list of ten key skills at 10%.

CXO Advisor has developed our CIO Advisory programme to accommodate business expectations of the CIO and his or her management team, specifically aimed at allowing the senior IT team to focus on business priorities while not losing sight of IT essentials.

The CIO Advisory programme takes the CIO and the IT management team through a structured journey in acquiring and applying leading practice IT management expertise. The programme is supported by domain expertise and over 300 international Datamonitor, ButlerGroup and Computerwire analysts.