A growing number of IT leaders are joining the contracting community to become interim CIOs. Temporary leadership roles come with their own obvious challenges, such as speed-learning a company’s organizational structure, technology portfolio, and politics. But the interim CIO also has the opportunity to make vital changes in preparation for a permanent replacement. Success depends in large part on company culture, combined with the interim CIO’s skillset and adaptability.
Omid Shiraji, consulting CIO at Camden Council (and formerly interim CIO at the same organization) believes one of the key challenges is a misplaced perception around loyalty and longevity. “There is a negative perception that interims land with a short-term mindset; executing a specific brief and leave others to ‘pick up the pieces’ of the decisions they make, once they’ve gone,” he says.
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