What are the top 3 necessary skills required for a successful enterprise IT leader?
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A good article on this CTO Skills topic: The skills and traits of elite CTOs | CIO
Broad technical expertise
Adaptable to rapid change — with an eye on business context
Customer-centric with technology decisions
Curious and continually learning.
Strategic thinking and strong leadership skills
Able to foster a great working environment.
A great communicator with people skills
1. Communication
2. Emotional intelligence
3. Humane leadership
Excellent, I second you. Despite the quesion is for 3 factors only, I can add for the readers' benefits:<br>4. Honesty <br>5. Transparency <br>6. Supportive - creating the right working environment for your employees to accomplish, to be developed, and get rewarded (financially or otherwise).
If you are allowed a 4th, then I would add business process awareness.
LinkedIn Learning ironically has a good VOD about this particular subject. The speaker stated that a good IT Leader doesn't need to be able to do everything exceptionally well, but he or she does need to be able to multitask and adapt. Being able to juggle the multitude of challenges and priorities well is essential to a successful enterprise leader.
To add to that, I would state communication is extremely important. A leader that can make you valued and heard an a relatively short amount of time is extremely powerful and transformational.