Where will IT find its future leaders?

What with the impact globalization is having on IT, for better or worse, some "IT execs wonder where next-generation leadership will be found among rank-and-file IT staff when rank-and-file work is no longer performed within the organization," Ephraim Schwartz writes.

Current IT workers, Schwartz explains, might not like the answer.

"The skills needed to manage outsourced projects may not have been learned when you were managing a team down the hall for the past 20 years," he continues in Withstanding globalization's impact.

Indeed, many IT pros might not like the way things are going and, in fact, may not want to spend their time working with outsourcers. But globalization is not going away.

"IT executives will be faced with a myriad of choices for every project, with 30 or 40 geographies and a 100 providers to choose from."

Therein the management challenge lies...

Posted by Tom Sullivan on July 8, 2008 10:54 AM