Leading the Digital Workforce IT Leadership Peak Performance and Agility

"Future IT leaders won't be technology leaders, they'll be business leaders who understand technology. Leading the Digital Workforce takes a fresh look at technology leadership, exploring how to lead and manage in today's digital workplace where the pace of change is exponential....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Brown, Jeffrey W., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press [2023]
Edición:1 Edition
Colección:Security, Audit and Leadership Series
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009757936006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the author
  • PART I: Foundations
  • 1. Playing the long game of leadership
  • The digital workforce
  • What makes technical work so challenging?
  • Should you just get an MBA?
  • Born or made: can you learn leadership?
  • There is no failure
  • The impact of poor leadership
  • The long-term perspective
  • Summary
  • References and further reading
  • 2. The average IT leader is … average
  • The technology leadership crisis
  • What is leadership, anyway?
  • The management-leadership continuum
  • Are you sure you want to lead? Ten questions to ask
  • How to be an IT leader worth following
  • The path ahead
  • Summary
  • References and further reading
  • 3. Master your mindset
  • Why your mindset matters
  • Establishing your leadership philosophy
  • Good followers: the other side of leadership
  • The smartest one in the room
  • Trust and integrity
  • Staying grounded
  • There are no soft skills
  • Leaders are readers
  • Summary
  • References and further reading
  • 4. IT leadership peak performance
  • What is peak performance IT leadership?
  • Systems: the algorithm of success
  • Morning and evening routines
  • Managing emotions
  • Stress, burnout and the myth of work-life balance
  • Imposter syndrome: taming the inner critic
  • Distractions will make you mediocre
  • Cognitive load and decision fatigue
  • The path to peak performance doesn't end
  • Summary
  • References and further reading
  • PART II: Leadership in action
  • Living in a VUCA world
  • The OODA loop: The Rosetta Stone for leadership agility
  • Summary
  • References and further reading
  • 5. Starting a new job: How to thrive
  • Before your first day at a new job
  • Your first week on the job
  • Your first 90 days matter, but not as much as you think.
  • Prioritize relationship building
  • Get to know your boss
  • Get to know your team
  • Summary
  • References and further reading
  • 6. A crash course in strategic planning
  • Why strategic planning is important
  • How strategic planning is different from managing a project
  • Developing a strategy
  • Step 1: understand the problem or opportunity
  • Step 2: analyze the environment
  • Step 3: form the plan
  • Step 4: getting support for your plan
  • Step 5: execute, monitor, and measure
  • Culture eats strategy for breakfast
  • Summary
  • References and further reading
  • 7. Building a high-performance team
  • Attracting great people: with or without a big budget
  • What is a high-performance team?
  • Creating psychological safety
  • The leader as coach
  • Managing conflict
  • Five secrets of high-performing teams
  • Quiet quitting and other headwinds
  • Leading through crisis
  • Succession planning: how and why to obsolete yourself as quickly as possible
  • Summary
  • References and further reading
  • 8. Execution and getting things done
  • Why execution matters
  • Develop an execution mindset
  • The top reasons IT projects fail
  • Prioritize using the Eisenhower Matrix
  • Distractions and lesser goals
  • Leading when you're not in charge
  • Reporting progress and finishing what you started
  • Summary
  • References and further reading
  • 9. Leading from anywhere: A guide to the hybrid office
  • Trust is the foundation of remote work
  • Communication
  • Set clear expectations
  • Making hybrid work … work
  • Summary
  • References and further reading
  • 10. Giving back: Industry leadership and the next generation of leaders
  • Mentoring the next generation of talent
  • Industry initiatives and organizations
  • Roll your own leadership development program
  • Becoming a thought leader without making it all about you
  • Giving back through entrepreneurship.
  • Other ways to give back
  • Summary
  • References and further reading
  • 11. Leading from the edge: The future of work
  • IT leadership and the future of work
  • Web 3.0: power to the people
  • Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) replaces some jobs but creates others
  • Middle managers go extinct
  • 5G and 6G brings high-speed internet everywhere
  • The skills-based economy eliminates the need for a college degree
  • The metaverse makes work even weirder
  • Creativity becomes the new differentiator
  • Become a technology futurist
  • Summary
  • References and further reading
  • Conclusion: Time is the ultimate disruptor
  • Appendix
  • Further reading for IT leaders
  • Journal prompts
  • Leadership superpowers
  • Breath awareness meditation
  • IT organizations
  • Index.