BOTBP: John Hughes, Founder, GrowthWave

Today on my award winning radio show, Business Off The Beaten Path, on Blog Talk Radio, I had the pleasure of interviewing my guest, John Hughes, Founder of GrowthWave. Here’s the link to the interview: click here.

I learned so much about how CIO’s can become better business leaders within their companies.

One of the most important points John raised in the interview was his statement regarding hope:

“I
want the CEO to know that they can have hope that they can get value
out of IT and reap the benefots three times over. And I want the CIO’s
to know that they don’t have to live their entire career in fear. There
is a way for them to be and feel successful.”

It’s a great interview! Don’t miss it! Click here to listen to John Hughes, Founder, GrowthWave.

BACKGROUND ON JOHN HUGHES

John has been an
IT leader for more than twenty years and has passionately focused on
helping technology organizations make a greater impact on business
results. Through GrowthWave, John advises CEOs how to get the greatest
results from their IT organizations, provides Interim CIO talent, and
coaches CIOs to become business leaders within IT. John says, “IT
organizations that know how to put the business first become
significant contributors to business success.”

GrowthWave was born out of John’s desire to provide CEOs the help they
need to build effective IT organizations and CIO’s the coaching they need to become significant
contributors to business growth and profitability.
John’s career has spanned industries such as travel, hospitality, banking,
insurance, manufacturing and retail.  Prior to starting
his own business in 2005, John was CIO of Trendwest Resorts, and VP of
IT Strategy and Business Alignment for a $1.5B hospitality company.

You can reach John Hughes by clicking on this link: www.growthwave.com or you can call him at 425-894-1842.

THE INTERVIEW

1. Why do CEO’s so often complain that they don’t get value out of IT?
2. When you are advising your CEO clients, what do they tell you?  What do they ask you?  What do you tell them?
3. How can companies get more out of their technology investments?
4. What should CEOs be expecting from their IT organizations during the current economic downturn?
5. Why do most companies have the CIO and IT reporting to the CFO?  Is this the right organizational approach?
6. Why do CIOs fail?
7. When you get confidential moments with CIOs, what do they tell you?  What do you tell them?
8. Why is there so much turnover in the CIO role?
9.How can a CIO get a seat at the executive/strategic table?
10. What is the truth about business-IT alignment?

It’s a great interview. Don’t miss it! Click here to listen to John Hughes, Founder, GrowthWave.