IT Cultures That Work

Article | Accountability Insights

by | Nov 30, 2011

IT leaders striving to create a Culture of Accountability—where people take accountability for effectively collaborating with others both inside and outside the organization to overcome obstacles, find viable solutions, and achieve desired results—face enormous challenges. Why? Because most IT projects overrun budgets, miss deadlines, and deliver less than the desired results. Consider the following example of one IT department that beat the odds:

The CTO of a leading beauty and skin care company was charged with implementing a new inventory accounting system that would require major changes in the organization’s IT systems worldwide. After several months, the project was struggling to show meaningful progress. It was at that point that the CTO brought us in to take his entire IT department through both the Self Track and Culture Track training to support implementation of the new inventory system. Within a matter of weeks, we were able to help the IT leadership team create new accountability and alignment around the key objective: successful implementation of the new inventory system delivered on time and under budget. In the end, changes to the company’s IT systems and implementation of the new system were completed in a manner that met this key objective.

Partners In Leadership’s training helps IT leadership teams create a workplace culture that reinforces the way people need to think and act, at every level, in order to achieve desired results that drive organizational growth and development. To learn more about how to create an IT culture that positively impacts the bottom line, we invite you to join the Accountability Community at www.partnersinleadership.com, where you can review actual client case studies.

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