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Digital Trailblazer: Essential Lessons to Jumpstart Transformation and Accelerate Your Technology Leadership
Written by Isaac Sacolick
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Invaluable stories and lessons that will help you tackle one of the most challenging jobs in technology and business-leading transformation
In Digital Trailblazer, Isaac Sacolick, a technology leadership expert and a former CIO and CTO, delivers a hands-on guide to help technology and business professionals at all stages of their careers acquire the skills necessary to drive transformative change. With an eye-opening collection of stories and more than fifty lessons, Sacolick gives listeners a view into what goes on behind-the-scenes in leading digital transformations. From tense IT Ops conference calls to make-or-break executive meetings, Sacolick presents the challenging scenarios faced by product, technology, and data leaders and helps listeners learn to lead transformations and become Digital Trailblazers.
In the book you will: step out of your comfort zone and develop the management and leadership skills required to influence executives and win over detractors in driving technology changes; learn how to transform experiences, lead data driven organizations, and foster high performance teams; and discover how to deliver innovation, empower agile self-organization, and evolve standard digital practices that drive culture changes in your organization.
Bonus material: This audiobook includes the appendix "Digital Trailblazer Lessons" in printable PDF format.
In Digital Trailblazer, Isaac Sacolick, a technology leadership expert and a former CIO and CTO, delivers a hands-on guide to help technology and business professionals at all stages of their careers acquire the skills necessary to drive transformative change. With an eye-opening collection of stories and more than fifty lessons, Sacolick gives listeners a view into what goes on behind-the-scenes in leading digital transformations. From tense IT Ops conference calls to make-or-break executive meetings, Sacolick presents the challenging scenarios faced by product, technology, and data leaders and helps listeners learn to lead transformations and become Digital Trailblazers.
In the book you will: step out of your comfort zone and develop the management and leadership skills required to influence executives and win over detractors in driving technology changes; learn how to transform experiences, lead data driven organizations, and foster high performance teams; and discover how to deliver innovation, empower agile self-organization, and evolve standard digital practices that drive culture changes in your organization.
Bonus material: This audiobook includes the appendix "Digital Trailblazer Lessons" in printable PDF format.
Author
Isaac Sacolick
Isaac Sacolick is the founder of StarCIO. Named a top social CIO and leader by The Huffington Post and Forbes, he has held CIO positions at Greenwich Associates, McGraw-Hill Construction, and BusinessWeek.
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