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The 7 habits of highly effective technology leaders

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What do CEOs expect from technology? What do they expect from their technology leaders? How should technology leaders "brand" themselves? Today'stechnology leaders would do best to learn the specific leadership skills required to meet IT's ever-changing challenges.

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          cover image Communications of the ACM
          Communications of the ACM  Volume 50, Issue 3
          Emergency response information systems: emerging trends and technologies
          March 2007
          95 pages
          ISSN:0001-0782
          EISSN:1557-7317
          DOI:10.1145/1226736
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