Information Technology Management and Leadership Executive (ITMLE) Certification

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

Course Length: 3 days
Delivery Methods: Available as private class only
Course Overview

The IT Management and Leadership Executive (ITMLE®) Certification class is designed for experienced IT Managers and IT Directors who aim to improve their job performance, prepare for higher management roles, and influence business strategy and decision-making. This intensive three-day workshop offers a dynamic mix of interaction and content aimed at mid-level IT executives in large organizations and CIOs of smaller IT shops. Participants will expand their understanding of the business aspects of IT, enhance strategic IT planning, and improve their leadership skills.

With the inclusion of the ITMLE® certification exam and a one-year subscription to our IT Leadership Growth Library at no extra cost, attendees will leave the course equipped to broaden their IT knowledge, foster a mentoring culture, optimize vendor management, and implement effective IT change. This course sets a solid foundation for IT leaders looking to advance their careers and enhance the value IT brings to their organizations.

Course Benefits
  • Widen knowledge of the "Business of IT."
  • Enhance effectiveness in IT strategic planning and thinking.
  • Better understand and define the role of IT within the organization.
  • Establish a culture of coaching and mentoring within their team.
  • Improve skills in selecting, negotiating, and managing vendors.
  • Enhance the ability to implement change within IT and their user community.
Course Outline
  1. Thinking Like a CIO
    1. Knowledge gathered
    2. Insights gained
    3. Changes in perspective
    4. Actionable items
  2. IT’s (and your) four roles in the organization
    1. Observer
    2. Requestor
    3. Implementor
    4. Leader
  3. Living in a Waterfall, Agile, Wagile world
    1. Methodological differences
    2. Political and leadership issues
    3. Effect of leading edge technologies
    4. Dealing with distance, time and culture
    5. Communication flash points
    6. Project coordination issues
    7. Job and skill implications
    8. Mixed methodology action plan
  4. IT as an agent of change
    1. IT drivers of change
    2. Traditional change methodologies
    3. ERICA IT change framework
  5. IT strategic planning and thinking
    1. Strategic thinking within IT
    2. Organizational thinking
    3. Strategic thinking process
    4. Strategic planning process
  6. IT and organizational productivity
    1. Key productivity concepts
    2. Productivity enablers
    3. Creating an IT productivity culture
    4. Productivity amplifiers
    5. The productivity pyramid
  7. IT governance
    1. IT governance
    2. IT demand governance
    3. IT risk management
    4. IT compliance
  8. Data governance
    1. Data governance challenges
    2. Data quality and completeness
    3. Data quality dimensions
    4. Causes of data issues
    5. Data governance groups
  9. Fostering IT innovation
    1. Enablers and drivers of IT innovation
    2. Design thinking
    3. Divergent and convergent problem solving
    4. Repurposing your intellectual property
    5. Building an innovation pipeline
    6. IT innovation and implementation life cycle
  10. IT leadership’s role in AI
    1. AI techniques, types, and functionality
    2. IT-specific AI internal uses and benefits
    3. Key IT leadership questions about AI
  11. 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 wellbeing
  12. IT project and vendor negotiating
    1. Negotiation styles
    2. Negotiation preparations
    3. Negotiating strategies
    4. Dealing with difficult tactics
Class Materials

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

Live Private Class
  • Private Class for your Team
  • Live training
  • Online or On-location
  • Customizable
  • Expert Instructors
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