IT Leadership Manual: Roadmap to Becoming a Trusted Business Partner

IT Leadership Manual: Roadmap to Becoming a Trusted Business Partner

In today’s world, corporations have a whole new set of expectations for IT leaders, expecting them to be visionaries, collaborators, and innovators. What companies today need are business leaders who understand technology rather than the technologists who understand something about business.  John Wiley & Sons is releasing the IT LEADERSHIP MANUAL: Roadmap to Becoming a Trusted Business Partner ($49.95; September 2012) to help professionals develop the knowledge and skills to become an effective and trusted leader in today’s environment, as well as how to build better relationships and develop an environment of trust with peers both above and below in the company’s hierarchy.  The objective of this new book is to provide guidelines for becoming the IT leader that corporations have been expecting for decades.

There is no “one-size-fits-all” model when it comes to leadership. Each individual’s leadership style is a unique approach based on personal beliefs, values, and desires. Becoming a leader is about each individual developing the style and environment with which they are comfortable. IT Management guru and author, Alan Guibord explains leadership requires more than supervising others; it is an approach to day-to-day activities in all areas of life, from building relationships and learning, to coping with sometimes-difficult situations. As most IT Leaders aspire to move into the top management ranks, they recognize the need to adopt new styles to make that transformation. They just don't know how to do it. This book provides them with a set of specific recommendations and suggestions to assist in self-evaluations and to develop a personal plan for the future. It not only teaches them about leadership, but also, how to become a formidable competitor in their own right.  A key focus of the IT LEADERSHIP MANUAL is the need for today's IT leaders to first develop an intimate understanding of the corporations for which they work and, second, build the strongest possible personal relationships at all levels within the corporation. 

Becoming an effective leader today is more challenging than ever before. The expectations continue to change; however, the basic principles remain the same. This book works to help readers understand the challenges involved in becoming a leader and suggest how to develop a personal plan to help improve leadership skills.  In ways large and small, everyone practices the skills required of successful leaders every day, and one of the goals of the IT LEADERSHIP MANUAL is to help readers recognize this so they can practice those skills more meaningfully.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Alan R. Guibord has more than 30 years of global IT management experience. The Founder and Chairman of The Advisory Council (TAC), a multifaceted advisory service for IT organizations, Guibord is considered an IT visionary. During his tenure as CEO of Computerworld and as CIO at Fort James Corp, RR Donnelly & Sons, and PictureTel, Guibord was responsible overall business leadership as well as for all technology, operations, strategy, spending and implementation. Additionally, Guibord has acted as a member of several key executive advisory boards, including Oracle and Microsoft. He also is a coach and mentor to several IT leaders.

IT Leadership Manual

Roadmap to Becoming a Trusted Business Partner

Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Publication date: September 10, 2012

$49.95; Paperback; 256 pages; ISBN: 978-1-118-11988-4