Most major companies, regardless of industry, are becoming technology companies. The successful management of information is increasingly critical to a company's goals; it is, arguably, the age of the CIO. Despite this, the IT executive is hounded by a host of contradictions: bad technology can bring a company to its knees, yet corporate boards rarely employ CIOs; speed of delivery is of utmost importance, but security is paramount. These contradictions form what Martha Heller calls 'The CIO Paradox', which is deeply embedded in governance, staffing models, executive expectations, budgeting, even the titles that IT leaders hold. Heller, who is on the leading edge of IT staffing and development, offers guidance to CIOs on how to attack, reverse, or neutralize the inherent contradictions of this leadership role. Through interviews with the worlds most successful IT leaders, 'The CIO Paradox' will help readers level the playing field for IT success, helping CIOs earn a spot in the C-suite.
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"A must-read for all CIOs and those aspiring to the role. "The CIO Paradox" is a compendium of our colleagues' most valuable and sometimes painful lessons packaged up and told in a compelling and straightforward manner. Heller has distilled years of CIO experience into a pragmatic guide that not only helps CIOs everywhere to improve their game, but forces them to reflect on where they have been and, more importantly, where they should go next." (Timothy C. McCabe, SVP & CIO, Delphi)
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Martha Heller is president of Heller Search Associates, a Boston-based executive search firm that specializes in IT leadership positions. Prior to founding Heller Search, Martha was Managing Director of the IT Leadership Practice at ZRG Partners, a global executive search firm. Before establishing her career in executive search, Martha was Founder and Managing Director of "CIO "magazine's CIO Executive Council, a professional organization for CIOs. She continues to engage with CIO audiences through her monthly column in "CIO "magazine, as author of CIO.com's Movers & Shakers blog, and as author of You and Your CIO, a blog on CFO.com. Martha has presented on "the CIO career" at CIO events, the CIO Executive Summit, MIT's emerging technology conference, SIM, the United Nations Forum on Women and Technology, and numerous academic executive programs. Martha is also on the judging panel for CIO's prestigious CIO 100 award. Martha received her B.A. in English from Hamilton College and her M.A. in English from SUNY Stony Brook.
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CIO Survival Guide
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Von David Rosenbaum
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The old joke -- CIO stands for "Career is Over" -- is less funny than ever as cloud computing and the consumerization of information technology threatens to make the CIO role irrelevant. Heller, who apparently has had an enormous amount of experience talking with CIOs and finding them jobs, offers advice on how CIOs can survive and thrive during the current computing paradigm shift. The book is written in an easy, chatty, informal style that belies its deep understanding of the pressures on CIOs to deliver more with less in world where the demand for IT services is ever increasing even as the supply is constrained. I think CIOs, and anyone interested in the future of IT in business, will be both entertained and informed by a book that's hitting the right topic at the right time.
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Engaging, Credible Insight and Advice for CIOs
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Being a CIO is one of the toughest jobs in the world of business. So naturally, there have been a number of books written about its challenges and how to be successful. The CIO Paradox stands out on a number of fronts.
First, it begins and ends with practice rather than theory. Heller's insights are directly tied to the on-the-job experiences and learnings of some of the world's top CIOs, whose stories fill the book.
Second, while Heller organizes all that she's learned into a framework of sorts (the 12 paradoxes, organized into four sections on the CIO's role, stakeholder relationships, staff leadership and the future), she doesn't try to tie things up too neatly. There are no simple answers to complex problems, and it doesn't get much more complex than organizational and technology leadership in the midst of the shift to a digital economy. What there is instead is some great proven advice that CIOs can trust to help them start solving the paradox for themselves.
Finally, Heller's book is different in its readability. It's like having a series of engaging conversations with a super networker, which Heller definitely is. Too many business books feel like taking your medicine. The experience of reading The CIO Paradox is more like enjoying a good meal.
Full disclosure: I worked with Martha for years at CIO magazine, where I was editor in chief and she launched and ran the CIO Best Practices Exchange and its successor, the CIO Executive Council. While this may bias me somewhat, it also provides weight to my knowledge of her experience and credibility. You can read my interview with her on the launch of The CIO Paradox at
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First, it begins and ends with practice rather than theory. Heller's insights are directly tied to the on-the-job experiences and learnings of some of the world's top CIOs, whose stories fill the book.
Second, while Heller organizes all that she's learned into a framework of sorts (the 12 paradoxes, organized into four sections on the CIO's role, stakeholder relationships, staff leadership and the future), she doesn't try to tie things up too neatly. There are no simple answers to complex problems, and it doesn't get much more complex than organizational and technology leadership in the midst of the shift to a digital economy. What there is instead is some great proven advice that CIOs can trust to help them start solving the paradox for themselves.
Finally, Heller's book is different in its readability. It's like having a series of engaging conversations with a super networker, which Heller definitely is. Too many business books feel like taking your medicine. The experience of reading The CIO Paradox is more like enjoying a good meal.
Full disclosure: I worked with Martha for years at CIO magazine, where I was editor in chief and she launched and ran the CIO Best Practices Exchange and its successor, the CIO Executive Council. While this may bias me somewhat, it also provides weight to my knowledge of her experience and credibility. You can read my interview with her on the launch of The CIO Paradox at
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New Knowledge for CIOs who want to survive
17. Oktober 2012
Von Allison C. Rimm
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As a senior executive who oversaw the IT department of a major academic medical center for over a decade, I know firsthand that Martha Heller describes a true phenomenon that calls upon CIOs to cultivate a depth of knowledge of corporate behavior if they are to thrive in their careers. Tech savvy, strategic thinking and organizational intelligence don't always come together in a single individual, yet all are critical to success in this pivotal role plagued by the contradictions Heller so clearly describes. Her insights inspire and deliver practical ways to deliver the value their companies so critically rely on. This will become the CIO's bible in no time.
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