Cio Master Quotes

“Great CIOs are great storytellers, envision and communicate a full-fledged, people-centric digital transformation.”
― Pearl Zhu, 12 CIO Personas: The Digital CIO's Situational Leadership Practices

“The goal to run a nonstop and real-time digital IT organization is to create business synergy and achieve digital synchronization of the entire organization.”
― Pearl Zhu, 12 CIO Personas: The Digital CIO's Situational Leadership Practices

“The digital CIO needs to be the proactive, visible, and influential top business leaders.”
― Pearl Zhu, 12 CIO Personas: The Digital CIO's Situational Leadership Practices

“IT leadership needs to shift from “surviving to striving to thriving” mode; IT also needs to shift from “controlling to change to innovate.”
― Pearl Zhu, 12 CIO Personas: The Digital CIO's Situational Leadership Practices

“CIOs are fluent in both business language and IT terminology to sure the seamless cross-functional communication without “lost in translation.”
― Pearl Zhu, 12 CIO Personas: The Digital CIO's Situational Leadership Practices

“The top leaders such as CIOs have to be fluent in both business and IT dialogues, and switch them back and forth without “lost in translation.”
― Pearl Zhu, 12 CIO Personas: The Digital CIO's Situational Leadership Practices

“The CIO as “Chief Interpretation Officer” is the new digital leadership perspective of harnessing communication and people-centricity for accelerating digital transformation.”
― Pearl Zhu, 12 CIO Personas: The Digital CIO's Situational Leadership Practices

“Modern CIOs as “Chief Interaction Officers,” can master how to well manage different dimensions of relationship to improve leadership effectiveness.”
― Pearl Zhu, 12 CIO Personas: The Digital CIO's Situational Leadership Practices

“CIOs need to communicate effectively via tailoring different audiences.”
― Pearl Zhu, 12 CIO Personas: The Digital CIO's Situational Leadership Practices

“CIOs should be at the table helping the board and executive colleagues maximize ROI and competitive advantage.”
― Pearl Zhu, 12 CIO Personas: The Digital CIO's Situational Leadership Practices

“IT leaders need to think like the anthropologist for running a people-centric organization to enchant customers, empower employees, and evolve business partners.”
― Pearl Zhu, 100 IT Charms: Running Versatile IT to get Digital Ready