Untangling IT: 25 Years of Lessons in Effective IT Leadership,Used

Product Description Life as an information technology (IT) leader, or as a business leader looking to find value through IT investment has never been more challenging.Untangling IT contains gold nuggets for anyone who works as an IT leader (from night operations shift supervisors to CIOs of market leading companies), anyone who aspires to be an IT leader, or anyone who manages, works with, or wants to know more about how IT leaders "tick." Review Untangling IT closes the gap in people who embrace change but need a gentle nudge to make it happen. Dave Ellison, Founder and CEO, SynergyConnectsUntangling IT has the conciseness of Who Moved My Cheese with the insight of Why Does Software Cost So Much. David Landis, System Coordinator / Analyst, OhioHealthUntangling IT's lessons are the kind you suddenly remember and say, "yes, that's exactly right." Chris Vaughan, Ph.D., Cofounder, Trillium Solutions Group From the Publisher IT industry analyst Robert S. Tipton's new book, Untangling IT: 25 Years of Lessons in Effective IT Leadership, delivers practical and downtoearth insights and observations for becoming an effective IT leader. During Tipton's twentyfive years' of IT leadership experience, he noticed there was little management, leadership, or effectiveness material devoted to the IT professional. Instead, it seems IT leaders have been forced to take the lowest common denominator approach to "normal" management training and adapt it to the world of IT. However, as all IT professionals know, IT is different. Untangling IT provides new insight and perspective related to the specifics of life as an IT leader.Rest assured, Tipton does not haul out all the obvious stuff you've already seen or can read in other publications. He avoids talking about best practices of project management, zerocost budgeting, Stephen Covey's seven habits, and other such things. Instead, he keeps the discussion centered around his own wellrespected observations, assertions, and personal synthesis. From the Author I don't consider Untangling IT to contain "the answers"; instead, I offer it as another perspective, a chance to read and hear and potentially learn from someone else's experiences. It is not a text book it contains stories, anecdotes and solid advice.Not everything in this book applies to everyone, nor is it intended to do so. Nor do I expect you to agree with everything I assert. However, once you have finished reading, I do hope you find yourself saying, "Hmm I hadn't thought of that before." About the Author Robert Tipton has more than 25 years experience in the world of information technology. During this time, he has held various roles, including the CEO of his own IT effectiveness consulting firm, CIO of a $1B+ company, CTO of a major IT consulting firm, SVP of communications and capabilities for a significant professional services company, and other roles where he spent years in the trenches developing and deploying ITrelated solutions.He has published more than 200 articles, 15 white papers and two books related to effective use of IT solutions in business. His clients include Fortune 50 businesses, major governmental institutions, middlemarket firms, startups and growing small companies. Further, Tipton is a wellknown and popular speaker throughout the world. He is in demand for sessions at ITrelated conferences, seminars and user groups, and has won best speaker awards at numerous events. Finally, he is a past president of the Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals (ICCP), and is a professional member of the national speakers association (NSA). Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. "Post dotcom, post Y2K, post client/server, and post open systems, we see that the binge on tech spending during the 80s and 90s has caused a hangover in the IT industry that will last for years. It's almost as if the hi