IT Organizational Leadership

Strong leadership is the key to any organization's success. Tilson offers a set of organizational leadership services to IT departments that help maximize department productivity and provide stabilization during times of transition.

IT Staff Evaluation and Departmental Review

IT organizations have a tough job. They are often asked to deliver the impossible with limited resources. Management also has a tough job. They often feel over-promised and under-delivered. Tilson's independent IT staff evaluation and departmental review helps bridge the gap between the two by:

Evaluating organizational dynamics between IT and the business,
Identifying areas for improvement in relation to your technology tools and staff skill sets,
Examining whether salaries are in line with the business marketplace,
Proposing ways for you to deliver the same services at a lower cost, possibly leveraging outsourcing opportunities to focus resources on areas important to the business,
Renegotiating current contracts and agreements with outside vendors, and
Implementing methods to sustain these improvements.

CIO Selection & Interim Leadership

As a business manager on your staff, a CIO bridges the gap between management and IT staff, articulating business goals to technical people. There are many reasons why an organization is in search of a CIO's leadership:

Your business is growing and it's time to add IT leadership with a business discipline.
Your CIO has moved on and you need to find a replacement to keep things running smoothly.
Your company's IT department is in trouble; your CIO needs mentoring to fulfill job requirements.

Whatever the reason, organizations look to Tilson for support in selecting a new CIO or providing interim leadership to their IT department.

Tilson is not a staffing service, rather, we work with the internal human resources team and outside staffing agencies to qualify, interview and place a new Chief Information Officer within your IT organization.

For organizations in transition, Tilson senior staff consultants temporarily step in to fill the operations gap, providing stabilization for your organization and preparing the group for the selection of new leadership.

Technology Strategic Planning

Technology strategic planning saves you time and money by identifying the technology goals that will allow your business to thrive. We've performed technology strategic planning sessions with clients in a variety of markets from financial services to construction. In strategic planning sessions Tilson will help you:

Step back and take a look at what you're doing to evaluate whether you've engaged the appropriate technologies,
Refocus your efforts and create a roadmap for "best practices" that will better align your technology with your business, and
Set the conditions for departmental success, ensuring you will have the resources required to meet the expectations of the strategic plan.