In this podcast, Glen talks about what CIOs can do to keep their staff engaged in their work, how IT professionals can prepare to deal with organizational uncertainty, how executive management views the business impact of IT in this economy, and how the IT organization will change over the next five years.

General Motors. Motorola. Panasonic. These companies began 2009 by announcing massive layoffs. The economic downturn has just about everyone questioning their job security. What will it take to find another one? While IT plays a key role in running the systems that power organizations, IT people aren't immune from layoffs, as CIOs struggle to cut costs and to do more with less. To get some answers on how CIOs and their staff can cope with this situation, enterpriseleadership.org turned to Paul Glen, the author of the award-winning book, Leading Geeks -- How to Lead and Manage People Who Drive Technology, and a management columnist for Computerworld. He has more than 10 years of experience delivering and managing IT products and services. He has taught at MBA programs at the University of Southern California and Loyola Marymount University.  In fact, many graduate programs often cite his book in courses about managing technical professionals.

Bio
In 1999, Paul Glen founded C2 Consulting, to help advance the management and the leadership of IT organizations and projects. Before starting his consulting practice, Glen was the western regional manager for SEI Information Technologies, a national IT consultancy. In addition to Leading Geeks, he is the author of Healing Client Relationships: A Professional's Guide to Managing client Conflict. Glen received his MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a BA from Cornell University with majors in computer science and mathematics.

Resources
Involuntary Consultatude: A Between-jobs Career - Computerworld
Panic – How to Prevent It - Computerworld
Experience – What’s It Really Worth - Computerworld

Production Credits
Elizabeth Ferrarini, Executive Producer
Tom Parish, Host and Audio Producer
Audio Editing by Doug Marcis