About the Resource Center
These resources recommend activities, processes, and strategies for IT leaders to manage staffing changes and leadership transitions.
IT staff management is a perennial concern for most CIOs, as staff continue to be the most important resource in any IT organization. IT leaders often take reactive approaches to change because they are focused on operational issues, which may cause problems such as gaps in skills or knowledge and misalignment of IT goals with institutional goals. Further, times of CIO transitions can be challenging, but they offer opportunities to inflect great changes and can impact IT strategies for years to come.
Questions We Address
The requirements of IT are constantly changing, and so are the necessary skillsets and goals. The resource center connects your most pressing questions on IT workforce and leadership planning to our best resources.
What should I consider when developing a succession planning initiative?
Ingraining Succession Planning in Higher Education IT
Review tips from current and former CIOs on workforce skill development and planning for organizational continuity.
How can I best leverage my first 100 days as CIO?
Navigating the Higher Education’s CIO’s First 100 Days
Review advice from CIOs and industry experts on how best to manage your first 100 days in office.
How should CIOs and their supervisors prepare for a CIO transition?
Questions to Ask Your Outgoing CIO
This list of questions for campus leaders to ask outgoing CIOs during exit interviews helps set up the campus for success in transitioning to the next IT leader.
Actions to Help Smooth CIO Transitions
This checklist for outgoing CIOs identifies activities that can help ease the transition process for the incoming interim or permanent CIO.
Supporting New CIOs the First Year (and Beyond)
This guide to the IT Forum’s most popular resources, from best practice studies to functional diagnostics, helps orient new IT leaders to the IT Forum’s research and services.
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