by Mary Patry | Mar 11, 2020 | Leadership, CIO, Management
Just like your car, just like your home, just like everything physical you own – IT Infrastructure will wear out, and it will break. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve stepped into the head of IT Infrastructure role to find hardware upwards of 10...
by Mary Patry | Feb 26, 2020 | Management, CIO, Governance
A couple of weeks ago, we returned home from traveling, tired, and grimy after a very long cross-country flight. The only thing on my mind as I pulled into the driveway was a hot shower, a cup of chamomile tea, and my pillow – in that order. As the garage door opened,...
by Mary Patry | Feb 12, 2020 | CIO, Leadership, Management, Strategy
It was 2002 and I had been asked to step up into the CIO seat. At the time, I was the head of Infrastructure. I had built an excellent reputation as a “get it done” leader which had resulted from a very effective technology integration of two equal-sized merged...
by Mary Patry | Jan 29, 2020 | CIO, IT People, Leadership, Management, Strategy
Effective IT management is not necessarily about spending less – or more; it’s about allocating dollars, resources, and talent wisely and monitoring for benefits realization on many fronts. Surprisingly, many IT organizations do not harvest the data nor have...
by Mary Patry | Dec 11, 2019 | Leadership, Management
The power of an annual performance review is underrated. In some circles, they are said to do more harm than good, especially if that is the only time you are meeting with an employee to review their performance. Too many times the annual performance review is used...
by Mary Patry | Jul 17, 2019 | Leadership, Management
Let’s talk about time. Who feels they have excess time available? In last week’s article, we discussed time’s impact on feeling overwhelmed. Time is in short supply with ever-increasing demands looking to take it over. Time is the most precious...
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