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Q: At Hoboken University Medical Center, the CIO is hired as a consultant. How does being a consultant affect your relationship with other C-level executives and department heads at the hospital?
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As a consultant CIO, I can draw on outside resources and offer my knowledge of business processes from other verticals. I can deliver results that fulfill the financial aspects of C-level executives' needs.
I also have a positive relationship with employees in the different departments. They know I have no other agenda but to drive results -- that is my job. This understanding creates a sense of freedom when dealing with employees' IT requests and projects the confidence that I will deal with their problems. At the end of the day it's a job with business goals, but there's a human element that makes the relationship with those at HUMC that much stronger and more meaningful.
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