By Tim Ferguson
Published: Wednesday 06 February 2008
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Anonymous
Location
UK
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Consultant to CEOs and CIOs
Comment
You cannot generalise I know many techies how don't have the skills but I also know many who have! You should ensure that all your potential senior level managers have a broad practical experience of the business. Many non technical CIOs certainly don't have the "ability to leverage technology for competitive advantage - to innovate", and neither do most Board members.
As for heads of IT recruitments companies the less said the better!
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