What qualities should you prioritize when arranging your c-level staff, and how important is technical knowledge for this level of professional? The choice will be yours, and there may be some benefits toward finding a CEO with a technical background.
In a recent CEO and Senior Executive Survey reported on in Information Age, Gartner found that 7 percent of a group of more than 400 CEOs placed IT as a priority for their company growing forward.
This source also quoted the Vice President of Gartner, Mark Raskino, on the way that common technology goals can stretch across different members of an executive group. He suggests a way that businesses might want to see important figures within a company achieve their goals together.
"In 2014 growth almost equals the sum of the next three issues on the list of top strategic business priorities," he said. "The next step will be for CEOs and CIOs to work together to match the use of modern technologies to the specific kind of growth that the business is trying to win."
This can be influenced by the area in which your company operates, particularly for businesses within the medicine and healthcare fields. A recent paper by ssi-Search looked at several of the factors that go into the background of the CIO and their skill set. It found, among other things, that the amount of CIO compensation was dwarfed by the amount of work they were expected to do, and that resources are the greatest concern.
Does the know-how of your c-level staff match the vision you have for your business? Executive recruitment can be a means of streamlining the search so that these technical priorities are put to the forefront.
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