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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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press
[2023]
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Edición: | 1 Edition |
Colección: | Security, Audit and Leadership Series
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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.