"Everything rises or falls on leadership."
John Maxwell
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"The scope and scale of the ability to Lead is defined by the demonstration of the commitment to Serve."
J E Garr III


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'The leader of the past was a person who told,’ Peter Drucker once said. ‘The leader of the future will be a person who asks.’
Robert Kramer, director, exec ed programs, American University

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"Leadership is about change. It’s about taking people from where they are now to where they need to be. The best way to get people to venture into unknown terrain is to make it desirable by taking them there in their imaginations.”
Noel Tichy, "The Leadership Engine"

Monday, November 19, 2007

Not the business of old...

Hmmm...so I guess we're not the first to talk about stretching ourselves to provide value to the business.... A little read that helps paint a pretty clear picture about IT's role in an Org. and how its perceived. Guess the old ways of "just doing what you're told" are over or at least coming to the point of having no value...

TAFN

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

As we create and design our applications based on the requirements document information that we've collected from our customers, we need to bear in mind that our customers do not always know what technological tools are available. This is what MDC pays us IT folks for and this is the reason we exist. Therefore, it is our responsibility to not only create what the customer envisions as possible, but to provide them with greater value for our services by informing them of how we can provide them with software that is possibly much more user friendly and more efficient than they thought possible. Otherwise, someone else may step in and relieve you of your duty. NICK