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Today, companies have employees both on and offsite, which brings the challenge of managing teams they can’t always see.  Virtual teams are potentially cost effective, providing that the company has the right structure, leadership, motivation and, most importantly, communication in place.  This is where technology can really pay off by substituting for in-person communications.  Organizations [...]

Leading technical employees while inspiring commitment and engagement without the guarantees of job security, raises or promotions in the near term, may seem like a daunting prospect.  However, great leaders accomplish this all the time.   Keeping technical people energized and focused can be challenging, even in the best of times; right now it’s imperative to [...]

Today, there is a large focus on the environment that has crossed over into business, with major companies around the world participating in new efforts to decrease waste and extra power usage.  Here at JDR, located in the International Paper Towers, we have started participating ourselves, with recycling receptacles for cans, plastic and paper throughout [...]

During a recession, it is inevitable that companies start looking to cut costs.  Oftentimes, when senior executives begin to get nervous, IT investments end up on the cutting board.  This economic anxiety has resulted in what we currently see, with mass layoffs within many organizations and major business changes.  However, few departments have the impact [...]

Most employers and hiring officials spend a good portion of their time and resources in the hiring process.  The time invested and costs of sourcing top candidates for key positions are significant.  Companies and managers go to great lengths to try to entice the best professionals to come on board their organization, instead of the [...]

CIO Perspective: Business Transformation, and the Role of Strategic CIO Leadership Making Transformation Happen   Because we are in the business of providing products and services that make incredible service experiences happen, we are in a fortunate position to assist our forward-thinking customers in achieving their CIO-sponsored, IT-powered business and cultural transformations. Likewise, as with our customers, [...]

CIO Perspective: Business Transformation, and the Role of Strategic CIO Leadership CIO Strategies Influence Our Business and Our Customers The Alcatel-Lucent family of companies possesses a unique set of strengths where strategic CIO leadership may contribute to business transformations in multiple ways:   CIO Leadership internally – (AT CLIENT COMPANY) within, and across our greater family of [...]

CIO Perspective: Business Transformation, and the Role of Strategic CIO Leadership Strategic CIO-Sponsored Investments Make Service Transformations Possible   Elevating the new CIO from what has typically been an IT operations management function into a business-enabling role can inspire the creative, collaborative cultures that make incredible service experiences happen. In today’s highly competitive business climate, where all [...]

CIO Perspective: Business Transformation, and the Role of Strategic CIO Leadership Productivity + Creativity + Collaboration = Transformation   A CIO who can introduce technology services that enable people to be more creative will be more strategic than one who does not. When it comes to connecting the dots to transformation, many, if not most CIOs spend [...]

CIO Perspective: Business Transformation, and the Role of Strategic CIO Leadership Transforming Business Culture into Creativity, Collaboration, and Innovation There is an emergence of Boardroom-level recognition of having a technology-grounded, business-savvy CIO leader as a competitive advantage – to facilitate innovation of new products and services that are attractive to customers. To inspire higher levels of innovation [...]