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Whatever the environment in which you work, providing effective leadership leads to a climate where team members want to give of their best and where organizational goals are more likely to be reached. This book provides IT managers with practical advice and tips on how to become an effective leader.
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Every business, especially in today’s troubled economic climate, has to adapt to change. And the IT department of a business will always find itself at the cutting edge of such changes.
Change requires leadership. Impressive technical and administrative skills are not enough, and people in IT departments are now increasingly expected to use their soft skills as well.
IT is no longer merely a back-office function. People in IT are now being called on to drive through improvements in the wider operations of their business. Both as agents and enablers of change, IT professionals need to develop communication skills so that they can cooperate with the other departments of their organization. This book is intended to help IT professionals develop their leadership skills.
As Sarah Cook observes, “Traditionally, many organisational departments, including IT, tend to adopt a command-and-control type of leadership. This means that many team members are not encouraged to make decisions without referring to the leader. Removing some of these barriers enables people to create an environment that is motivational and produces excellent results.”
Sarah Cook is the Managing Director of The Stairway Consultancy. She has 15 years’ consulting experience in the field of team-building, leadership and culture change. She holds an MA from Cambridge University and an MBA, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.