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  • The Wolf in CIO's Clothing

  • A Machiavellian Strategy for Successful IT Leadership
  • By: Tina Nunno
  • Narrated by: Karen Saltus
  • Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (19 ratings)
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The Wolf in CIO's Clothing

By: Tina Nunno
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Summary

Machiavellians are few in number in IT. The massive pressure on CIOs continues to increase as the opportunities to use technology in business become more prevalent and more competitive. As CIOs often find themselves at the center of business conflict, they must not only familiarize themselves with Machiavellian tactics as a defensive weapon, but also learn to use them as an offensive weapon in extreme situations so that they can increase IT's contribution to their enterprises.

As Italian political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli implied, you're either predator or prey, and the animal you most resemble determines your position on the food chain. In The Wolf in CIO's Clothing Gartner analyst and author Tina Nunno expands on Machiavelli's metaphor, examining seven animal types and the leadership attributes of each. Nunno posits the wolf - a social animal with strong predatory instincts - as the ideal example of how a leader can adapt and thrive.

Technology may be black and white, but successful leadership demands an ability to exist in the grey. Drawing on her experience with hundreds of CIOs, Nunno charts a viable way to master the Machiavellian principles of power, manipulation, love, and war. Through compelling case studies, her approach demonstrates how CIOs and IT leaders can adjust their leadership styles in extreme situations for their own success and that of their teams.

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Good, but lacks depth

I enjoyed this book; it provides an interesting perspective and lots of good ideas. I'm giving it a fairly low rating not because it's bad (it's not) but because it just skims the surface of what could have been a fascinating exposition.

It's a short book, and each chapter ends with a summary, however the chapters aren't really long enough to warrant a summary and it sounds repetitive. The real-world examples come across as being made-up, and I feel that it would benefit from some more research and comments/interviews/examples from real people in real situations to flesh out these concepts.

If you're interested in the ideas in this book, then you will find Robert Greene's 33 Strategies of War to be much more rewarding.

If Tina Nunno released a second edition of The Wolf in CIOs clothing that went into more detail then I'm sure I would highly recommend it.

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