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Information Technology Management and Leadership Executive (ITMLE) Certification (ITL134)

3 days

Build executive IT leadership skills in strategic planning, governance, innovation, AI, change management, team development, and effective vendor negotiation.

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Course Overview

This intensive three-day IT Management and Leadership Executive (ITMLE®) Certification workshop is designed for experienced IT managers and directors preparing for broader leadership responsibilities. It is also suitable for mid-level IT executives in large organizations and CIOs leading smaller IT departments.

Participants explore the business role of IT, strategic planning, governance, innovation, change management, team development, and vendor negotiation. The course includes the ITMLE certification exam and a one-year subscription to the IT Leadership Growth Library.

Course Benefits

Strengthen your understanding of the business dimensions of IT.
Apply more effective IT strategic planning and thinking.
Clarify and strengthen IT’s role within the organization.
Build a culture of coaching, mentoring, and team development.
Improve your approach to vendor selection, negotiation, and management.
Lead organizational and technology change more effectively.

Delivery Methods

Public Class
Live expert-led online training from anywhere. Guaranteed to run .

Private Class
Delivered for your team at your site or online.

Course Outline

Thinking Like a CIO
1. Knowledge gathered
2. Insights gained
3. Changes in perspective
4. Actionable items
IT’s and Your Four Roles in the Organization
1. Observer
2. Requestor
3. Implementor
4. Leader
Living in a Waterfall, Agile, and Wagile World
1. Methodological differences
2. Political and leadership issues
3. Effects of leading-edge technologies
4. Working across distance, time, and culture
5. Communication flash points
6. Project coordination issues
7. Job and skill implications
8. Mixed-methodology action plan
IT as an Agent of Change
1. IT drivers of change
2. Traditional change methodologies
3. ERICA IT change framework
IT Strategic Planning and Thinking
1. Strategic thinking within IT
2. Organizational thinking
3. Strategic thinking process
4. Strategic planning process
IT and Organizational Productivity
1. Key productivity concepts
2. Productivity enablers
3. Creating an IT productivity culture
4. Productivity amplifiers
5. The productivity pyramid
IT Governance
1. IT governance
2. IT demand governance
3. IT risk management
4. IT compliance
Data Governance
1. Data governance challenges
2. Data quality and completeness
3. Data quality dimensions
4. Causes of data issues
5. Data governance groups
Fostering IT Innovation
1. Enablers and drivers of IT innovation
2. Design thinking
3. Divergent and convergent problem solving
4. Repurposing intellectual property
5. Building an innovation pipeline
6. IT innovation and implementation life cycle
IT Leadership’s Role in AI
1. AI techniques, types, and functionality
2. Internal IT uses and benefits of AI
3. Key IT leadership questions about AI
Coaching, Mentoring, and Team Development
1. Managerial and technical skill enhancement
2. Formal and informal training
3. Mentoring your team
4. 5D coaching process
5. Virtual motivation, engagement, and well-being
IT Project and Vendor Negotiation
1. Negotiation styles
2. Negotiation preparation
3. Negotiation strategies
4. Dealing with difficult tactics

Class Materials

Each student receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all class examples.

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