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Crisis Survival Kit: 10 IT Management Mistakes You Can't Make
Posted by Benjamin Tomkins Thursday, Mar 12, 2009, 12:45 PM ET
Right now every dime counts, but there's more to keeping your business thriving than just cutting expenses. Effective, day-to-day management is crucial to keeping your business operations flowing and that's particularly true with IT. Watch out for these 10 pitfalls.
In his work as executive coach and CIO of HigherHill, Joey Smith works with IT managers regularly. That proximity has allowed him to observe, up close and personal, the mistakes that many IT managers make. As he points out, sometimes these errors cost the IT manager their job, but in today's business climate, it these gaffes could cost your business. Here's Smith's Top 10 IT Management Mistakes (click thru to see his recommendations for how to avoid them).
- Focusing on technology and not the business
- Thinking "out of sight is out of mind"
- Thinking that your team has it covered
- Not inspecting what you expect
- Not creating a partnership with business management
- Burning yourself out
- Not testing your backup solution
- Not asking for help
- Not devoting time to personal development
- Not finding a mentor or coach
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