Posts Tagged ‘Gartner’

Replacing Micro-Management with Macro-Leadership

Monday, March 30th, 2009

By Niel Nickolaisen provided by the CIO Leadership Network.

Last week, I had a fascinating conversation with the vice president of software development for a large technology company. The focus of our discussion was good and bad leadership styles.
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Can I Ever Co-Exist With Generation Next? (Part Two)

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

From The Practical CIO by Niel Nickolaisen provided by the CIO Leadership Network.

In my last column, I explained how I put together three focus groups of “Gen Next” employees. My goal was to better understand what they expected from their jobs, as well as what they expected from their leaders. The responses they gave were insightful and, at times, surprising. They also tended to fall into three general categories:
• What I need from my leaders.
• How I expect to interact.
• What I want from my employer. (more…)

Intel® Xeon® Processor 7400 Series Sales Presentation

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Warning. This document is a sales presentation from the recent Gartner ITXpo. But if you want the product details on the processors with the industry’s highest virtualization performance, you can find it here. (more…)

Can I Ever Co-Exist With Generation Next? (Part One)

Monday, September 29th, 2008

From The Practical CIO by Niel Nickolaisen provided by the CIO Leadership Network.

To be honest, I never pay much attention to the stories about the work of Gen X and Gen Y (collectively referred to as Gen Next) employees. I assumed many of the stories were apocryphal. I am sure you have heard some of the same claims and stories:

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