Attributes of Great IT Leaders Start with Trust

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Attributes of Great IT Leaders Start with Trust

Posted August 3, 2010 | Leadership |

The value of "soft" people skills is often severely underestimated in IT organizations. For example, the psychoanalyst Erik Erickson identified trust as the foundational characteristic for identity and relationships.¹ A great IT leader at any level must be able to trust and be trusted. A leader's breach of trust will rapidly spread like a fungus throughout the project team to lower morale and decrease productivity.

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Martha Lindeman

Martha Lindeman has been helping IT projects exceed their user-experience goals since 1985, when she received her PhD in psychology from Harvard University. Dr. Lindeman has consulted on, coached, and led successful projects in a wide variety of industry domains and government agencies. As President of Agile Interactions, Inc., she specializes in helping people achieve their goals for people-to-people and/or people-to-technology interactions.… Read More

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Attributes of Great IT Leaders Start with Trust

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