Great cios consistently exceed key stakeholders‎'‎ expectations and maximize the business value delivered through their company‎'‎s technology‎.‎ What‎'‎s their secret‎?‎ Sure‎,‎ it professionals need technological smarts‎,‎ plus an understanding of their company‎'‎s goals and the competitive landscape‎.‎ But the best of them possess a far more potent ability‎:‎ they forge good working relationships with everyone involved in an it‎-enabled project‎,‎ whether it‎'‎s introducing new hardware or implementing a major business transformation‎.‎ In the cio edge‎,‎ the authors draw on korn/ferry international‎'‎s extensive empirical data on leadership competencies as well as gartner‎'‎s research on it trends and the cio role‎.‎ They prove that‎,‎ for it leaders‎,‎ mastering seven essential skills yields big results‎.‎ This new book lays out the people‎-to‎-people leadership competencies that the highest‎-performing cios have in common‎-‎-including the ability to inspire others‎,‎ connect with a diverse array of stakeholders‎,‎ value others‎'‎ ideas‎,‎ and manifest caring in their relationships‎.‎ The authors then explain how to cultivate each defining competency‎.‎ Learn these skills‎,‎ and you‎'‎ll get more work done through others‎'‎ enabling you to successfully execute more it projects‎,‎ generate better results for your company‎,‎ and concentrate your efforts where they‎'‎ll exert the most impact‎.‎ The payoff‎?‎ As the authors show‎,‎ you‎'‎ll work smarter‎,‎ not harder‎-‎-and get promoted far faster than your peers‎.‎