Leadership and IT
This blog grew out of a number of presentations that were made at the ACM SIGUCCS Management Symposium in Spring 2009 , the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference in Winter of l 2010, and SunGard Summit 2011. It is based on the book "Lincoln on Leadership" by Donald T. Phillips. Please add comments on how you feel these principles can be applied to Information Technology.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Character
Lincoln had the courage to handle unjust crtiticism and he felt that the truth was the best defense against slander. To that end he felt that major misrepresentation should be handled immediately while minor ones should be ignored. He also felt that the possibility of falling in the struggle should not deter one from the struggle. Have you had instances in IT of dealing with untruths and how did you handle them? Where their instances that you felt it was just best to let things go since the truth would eventully come out? Do you agree that one should take risk when there is a possibility of failure? Are their pros and cons in IT for handling these risks while still trying to ensure service to clients and also continued employment?
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