Straight to the Top / Wiley CIO (PDF)

Essential reading for IT professionals with aspirations toward
the top IT spot, and for sitting CIOs looking to refine their
mobile, social and cloud strategies and knowledge

The definitive work on how to achieve leadership success in IT,
Straight to the Top, Second Edition reveals how the role of
the CIO is changing due to major trends associated with consumer
and enterprise products and technologies driving new mobile
solutions in today's organizations; cloud computing and the move
away from controlled / internally managed data centers to pay as
you use and elastic cloud infrastructure and application services;
and the impact social media is having on today's complex
organizations.

Author Gregory S. Smith expertly coaches existing and aspiring
CIOs on building the requisite skills through his observations and
experience as a veteran CIO with more than twenty-five years of
experience leading IT teams and delivering complex technical
solutions in the information technology field.

* An invaluable guide to help information technology and business
professionals recognize the qualities, skills, and expertise
necessary to attain the role of a CIO or enhance the skills for
sitting CIOs

* Equips IT managers, CIOs, and CTOs to strategically plan their
career moves

* Packed with encouragement, advice, and essential skills for
aspiring and sitting CIOs

* Features interviews with leading IT professionals, CIOs, and
executive recruiting professionals

Providing an organized and comprehensive view of the CIO job and
its important role in modern organizations, Straight to the Top,
Second Edition equips sitting CIOs and CIO candidates with the
strategies and knowledge necessary to be successful in the new
business normal - a mobile, social and cloud-based world, and how
to provide technology leadership as a world-class CIO.