⛔️ 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐓 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐒 ⛔️ 𝐉𝐎𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝟓% - Listen to Dissecting Popular IT Nerds and go further faster by connecting with our backend community of IT professionals. ► 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐒, IT guys hid in the server room swapping out tape drives. End-users slid pizzas under the door in hopes of a password reset. Face to face interaction with humanoids seemed medieval. But the times have changed... today there is a new generation of leadership that understands the importance of technology. However, many CEOs are failing to develop IT talent into leaders. Which makes one wonder... 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗖𝗘𝗢 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀... 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀... 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱... 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲? Maybe it’s because this integral technology person has no leadership skills and thus, there is no logical person to push forward. ► 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓'𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓? IT professionals need to develop their leadership skills and sell themselves to executive management. On the show we address many challenges: ▶︎ Constant pressure to train & support difficult end-users. ▶︎ Selling big upgrades to executive management. ▶︎ Remote workforce management ▶︎ The dark forces of shadow IT ▶︎ Ransomware attacks ▶︎ Budget constraints ▶︎ QOS issues ▶︎ GDPR, HIPAA, PCI, SOC ▶︎ Decision/direction planning overwhelm ▶︎ Managing time & balancing tasks. ▶︎ Licensing issues preventing scalability ▶︎ Providers with horrible support ▶︎ Legacy Silos 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐀𝐃𝐃 𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐔𝐄 to the show? Want to share your Business IT Skills? 𝐃𝐌 Phil Howard for more info. 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐆𝐋𝐄: Dissecting Popular IT Nerds Listen now! Find out how your peers are impacting the business world