IDG Contributor Network: CIO communication skills drive success with business users

Listening is a vital behavior for CIOs today. As I’ve blogged before, the relationship between IT and the business is changing with a focus on greater alignment. A CIO’s ability to forge new connections is vital to solving problems in a quickly moving technology-enabled workplace. And the communication skills a CIO demonstrates help the IT team understand the value of thinking in a more connected way with the business. This is crucial because business stakeholders — who have th