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Recruiters are expecting a big demand this year for mid-level IT pros, such as Java programmers and other developers, and the Harry Fox Agency already knows what that means for CIOs. As soon as HFA's Read more...

Are you a micromanager? You probably don't think so, but chances are you are one simply because it's very hard not to be, writes Ron Ashkenas, managing partner of Schaffer Consulting. In a strange Read more...

Do you have staff members who are always envisioning worst-case scenarios, getting irritated constantly or misplacing things all the time? If so, you probably have stressed-out employees, reports Read more...

Telling an employee he's out of a job is almost always an unpleasant task. It can be emotionally charged, raising feelings of guilt, disappointment, and even fear of retaliation, and it can be Read more...

IT these days can look a lot like baseball in that both pastimes can involve a lot of failure and relatively few hits. In both cases, there are some clear reasons for ineffectiveness, but when it Read more...

If you've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times: Leadership is not the same thing as management. But truth be told, without great management skills, IT professionals don't become great Read more...

If the phrase "leadership challenges" makes your skin crawl, you could be facing burn-out. While you may have a good handle on the basics of time management, what you may really need is better energy Read more...

Most good managers know that they're unlikely to achieve the results they want from their team if they micromanage, change goals frequently, or take credit for staffers' ideas. There are a myriad Read more...

What lessons can the popular video game "Angry Birds" teach IT leaders? According to Daniel W. Rasmus--who has found enough time to become one of the top 300 players on a free iPad version of the Read more...

Every senior executive brings a different background and management approach to the job, which can make it tricky to know how to communicate with new executives. However, the differences can be used Read more...