From her early days as a doctoral student in organizational change at Tufts University to her post as VP of strategy and business development at Compaq Services, Dr. Ellen Kitzis has come to understand the ebb and flow of technology's impact on business organizations. She has consulted, spoken, written, opined, and advised corporations in every industry and of all sizes. And ,since 2000, she has headed up Gartner, Inc.'s Executive Programs, a membership-only program for more than 2,000 CIOs around the world.
Now, she, along with her colleague Marianne Broadbent, think they know what it takes for CIOs in Global Fortune 2500 companies to succeed, and they've written a book about it: The New CIO Leader -- Setting the Agenda and Delivering Results, published by Harvard Business School Press. Kitzis and Broadbent have searched all corners of the world for CIOs who carried out effective strategies or spearhead corporate innovation. Anecdotes in the book range from British Airlines to a $5 billion Australian platinum extractor called Anglo Platinum. She says, "The book doesn't assume that CIOs in the U.S. get it right." And will reading the book help CIOs "get it right," and become the leaders that IT needs today? Tune in to this podcast interview, and decide ... is this book the toolbox you'll need to take your career to the next level?
Bio
Dr. Ellen Kitzis is a group vice president at Gartner, Inc., a major computer industry analyst firm. Since 2000, she has been part of the global leadership team of Gartner’s CIO Executive Programs (EXP), which services more than 2,000 CIO members. She currently leads the EXP Americas team. She is the co-author of The New CIO Leader -- Setting the Agenda and Delivering Results, published by Harvard Business School Press.
Prior to returning to Gartner, Dr. Kitzis held the position of vice president of strategy and business development for Compaq Services and was the worldwide head of Gartner’s Dataquest IT Services Group. She has held previous positions at the Ledgeway Group and Consulting Statistician, a Crowntek company. She holds an undergraduate degree from Boston University and a doctorate in organizational change from Tufts University.
Resources
Speed of Innovation is Key, says Gartner
Production Credits
Tom Parish, Host and Audio Producer
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