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Resources for Successful People Management

The “Managing People” category is a valuable resource for CIOs, IT executives, and technology professionals. It provides articles, guides, and resources focused on the essential skills and best practices for managing people within the IT industry. As part of our CIO Reference Library, this category offers insights and practical advice on effectively leading, motivating, and developing IT teams in today’s dynamic business environment.

By exploring this category, you will gain insights into:

  1. Essential people management skills for IT leaders, such as communication, delegation, coaching, and performance management
  2. Best practices for building high-performing IT teams, including hiring, onboarding, and retaining top talent, as well as fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation
  3. Strategies for promoting professional development and growth within your IT organization, including mentorship, training, and career planning
  4. Techniques for managing diverse, distributed, and remote teams, including leveraging technology and adapting management styles to suit various work environments and team dynamics
  5. Approaches for addressing common challenges in people management, such as managing underperformance, resolving conflicts, and navigating organizational change
  6. Case studies, success stories, and lessons learned from IT leaders and industry experts on meaningful people management and team leadership
  7. The evolving role of IT leaders in managing people and driving a people-centric culture in the age of digital transformation, automation, and emerging technologies

By staying up-to-date with the latest Managing People resources, CIOs, IT leaders, and aspiring professionals can gain valuable insights, practical guidance, and information on how to excel in their roles and advance their careers. Visit this category regularly to discover new content that will help you stay current with industry trends, develop your people management skills, and succeed in the dynamic world of IT leadership.

e-Book – How Leadership Drives Employee Performance

This thesis provides insights into the impact of various leadership styles on employee motivation and commitment, underscoring the role of effective leadership in enhancing employee engagement. (500 pages)

e-Book – How Leadership Drives Employee Retention

How does leadership drive employee retention? This e-book explores the theory and then tests it through practice to teach us invaluable lessons in the key leadership value: employee retention. Excellent Read! (150 pages)

Aligning Employees with Organization’s Core Values

Developing a high-performing organization starts with defining its core values &ndash; the <span style="line-height: 1.6em;">actions and behaviors essential to the organization&rsquo;s success. To do this successfully,&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">you must engage your employees in a series of conversations about what it means to be&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">a values-driven organization, what behaviors support the core values, and how important&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">employees are in the daily realization of the core values.&nbsp;This tool highlights some of the techniques used to accomplish that.</span>

Empowering Employees to Innovate

This tool provides a way for employees to suggest ideas for improvement (a new market to go into, a new product to sell, or a new way of doing business). Using a simple template, it asks for five pieces of information that are important in evaluating whether the idea has merit.

Building a Community of Practice

This presentation discusses the creation of a business analyst community within an organization – what it took, what are the best practices, what are lessons learned – so you can create them within yours.

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