Leadership.

In the last few months much has been written about IT Professionals expanding their business expertise in order to participate as full business partners in their respective organizations. Acquiring a basic understanding of other business disciplines such as finance, operations, marketing & sales, logistics and strategic planning have all been mentioned as advantageous credentials. Unfortunately simply acquiring knowledge is a good step forward but relatively inadequate if one cannot use that knowledge skillfully. This …

…always the biggest decision the decision-makers can handle today. As with many of our life skills, the process is easy to understand. But it's much more difficult to do it. The transition from knowing, to doing, to doing well, to doing well at will, requires a lot of hard work and practice. But I believe the skill of Leadership is absolutely essential if IT Professionals intend to become full business partners in their respective organizations.