The Practical CIO: A Common Sense Guide for Successful IT Leadership

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and found it so valuable. Mr. Eiras has done a fabulous job in just 10 chapters compressing his years of experience in large scale IT operations for multi-nationals. Though numerous knowledge nuggets can be found throughout the book, chapters on "Establishing gols for IT", "IT Strategy","Work With the business" and Manage and Market IT Brand" stand out. This is a very easy book as the writing is so lucid and to the point and the sample dashboards can easily be taken up for immediate use. I found it quite relevant as in my previous company we used these kind of reports. With the directives and advise sourced from this book, I feel we could have done much better which I intend to do in our next iterations. Having been born and raised in Brazil, Mr. Erias brings in a different cultural perspective and demosntrates his success on foreign soils that had global reach while working in DHL and General Motors. It reminded me of the success attained by Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn ( academically trained in French and the glorious turn-around of Nissan in culturally-so-disting country Japan). Adopting the suggestions given in the book will certainly give simple universal view on the projects/priorities on hand and help align Senior Management, business, and IT in one plan. A must read for not only all CIOs but all the people in IT management to identify/understand the functional goals of IT and how to make it better. ~Chandra

The book is very practical and all the real world examples makes it an invaluable guide to any CIO. Easy to read and the message is very clear.

Nicely done text on CIO basics. Very easy and enjoyable read, and the author has experience in the industry which is an obvious plus. Recommend!