In the first of this three part series, Jim Love, CIO and Chief Digital Office for IT World Canada interviews Mike Rollings, Research VP for Gartner Inc. discuss Skills, Talent and Leadership in the Digital Age. The move to Digital Business requires some fundamentally different skills as the nexus of Cloud, Social, Mobile and Information usher in the Digital Age. These technologies, used together are changing the expectations of the business users on how they work with the IT department. In this new world where non-technical skills grow in importance, organizations are having challenges finding people with the right skills. Mike also reveals why this is not just an IT problem – it’s embedded in our HR and recruiting processes. Organizations not only don’t search for the right talent, they may be turning away highly qualified and desirable people as they recruit tomorrow’s candidates with yesterdays requirements.

In the second of this three part series, Jim Love, CIO and Chief Digital Office for IT World Canada interviews Mike Rollings, Research VP for Gartner Inc. discuss Skills, Talent and Leadership in the Digital Age. The narrowly defined skills of yesterday’s IT don’t given employees the competency base to do their job. We have to become more business focuses. We extend our discussion from employees to the CIO and the skills that they are going to need to meet the future. Mike has designed a set of questions to help organizations understand how their goals are linked to the skills and behaviours of their employees.

In the second of this three part series, Jim Love, CIO and Chief Digital Office for IT World Canada interviews Mike Rollings, Research VP for Gartner Inc. discuss Skills, Talent and Leadership in the Digital Age. We talk about the importance of Leadership language and behaviour. We discuss the hidden messages that we pass on to our staff and the impact that it has. We look at what changes are necessary from recruiting and interviewing to day to day management. Keeping the right people requires addressing more than money – passion, contribution and purpose are as important or perhaps more important than title and compensation. Even organizations that can’t compete on pay can still attract great people by offering personal development and enabling the employees to fulfil their true passions.

CIOs need to take a long look at their own skills. The skills that made us successful in the past might not be what it takes to be successful tomorrow.