LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The recently announced Korn/Ferry and Gartner book, The CIO Edge: Seven Leadership Skills You Need to Drive Results, published by Harvard Business Review Press, is now available on the Korn/Ferry online store: http://store.lominger.com/.
Written by George Hallenbeck, Director of Intellectual Property Development, Korn/Ferry Leadership and Talent Consulting; Graham Waller, Vice President and Executive Partner with Gartner Executive Programs; and Karen Rubenstrunk, formerly with Korn/Ferry's CIO practice, the book leverages three years of research into how great CIOs consistently exceed stakeholder expectations and maximize business value delivered through technology.
The book's premise centers on a consistent marker for success: the ability to forge superior working relationships to deliver business results through people, by people, and with people.
Supported by Korn/Ferry proprietary data and backed by interviews with CIOs (and their colleagues) at FedEx, P&G, American University, Ford Motor Company, Lowe's, Sony, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Aflac, and many other companies, the authors demonstrate that mastering seven "soft" skills is critical to success as a CIO. Feedback from the executives interviewed and other leadership experts indicate the book's findings are portable to the entire C-Suite.
"During the course of our research, we observed the CIOs with the best people skills used these soft skills to influence expectations well ahead of when priorities were set or a project began," Mr. Hallenbeck said. "Before a dime was budgeted, or staff time allocated, they were meeting with their colleagues and engaging in candid two-way conversations that defined what success would look like. Then they delivered against the expectations they helped set and as a result, the organization felt the investment of time and money in IT was worth it. Soft skills produced hard results."
Mr. Hallenbeck, based in Singapore, and Mr. Waller plan to conduct a multi-city tour in Asia early in 2011 to discuss the book and their research findings. Mr. Hallenbeck also regularly blogs (http://www.georgehallenbeck.blogspot.com/) about the book and other leadership research he is conducting.
The CIO Edge: Seven Leadership Skills You Need to Drive Results Available now at: http://store.lominger.com/ for $29.95. About Korn/Ferry International
Korn/Ferry International, with a presence throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, is a premier global provider of talent management solutions. Based in Los Angeles, the firm delivers an array of solutions that helps clients to attract, develop, retain and sustain their talent. Visit http://www.kornferry.com/ for more information on the Korn/Ferry International family of companies, and http://www.kornferryinstitute.com/ for thought leadership, intellectual property, and research.
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