The Challenge
As an IT leader or part of IT leadership, you face questions and challenges that go far beyond keeping operations running or monitoring ongoing projects.
- How and where do we develop the IT organization?
- How do I position IT within the company? How do we stay relevant?
- How do I stay close to the business units without being driven by them?
- How do I move my IT organization from a cost center to a value driver?
- Which capabilities will we need in the future, and how do we develop the organization in that direction?
- Which trends can I wait out? Where do we need to be fast?
- How do I deal with difficult vendors, internal customers or leadership topics?
- How do I delegate without losing control?
- How do I get management buy-in for important projects and initiatives?
These questions regularly fall by the wayside in daily business – not because they are unimportant, but because there is no time or capacity to work through them with the necessary calm.
Our Approach
Our IT Leadership Office combines IT leadership advisory with a chief-of-staff approach.
On one side, we act as a sparring partner for the fundamental strategic questions. On the other, we provide direct relief: with the perspective of an internal chief of staff, we translate the IT vision into concrete initiatives, prepare complex decisions, track project progress, support at key interfaces to the business units, and clear obstacles out of the way.
IT Leadership Office is often used in combination with Modern IT Foundation – when a larger modernization is on the horizon and IT leadership needs both structural support and a reliable counterpart for the executive level.
