Whether you are currently a CIO/CTO or aspire to be one, this book serves as an essential guide to help you gain respect, become more influential and elevate your entire team, so that you can lead innovation and transformation in your organization. Heather L Cole is an expert at helping IT and analytics leaders overcome their identity crisis, and rebrand themselves and their teams to gain respect, and attain a higher level of success. The role of IT is dramatically changing yet IT is slow to adapt and develop the necessary skills to succeed in the data revolution. Departments are increasingly making decisions to buy and implement technology solutions but leaving IT in the dark. Heather’s goal is to solve that problem and guide IT departments in their transformation. As a certified High-Performance Coach, Heather has created a framework for CIO’s and IT professionals to become more respected and a strategic partner to the executive team and lines of business. The tools and strategy you will receive in this book are taken straight from the framework that she utilizes with her private one-on-one coaching clients that pay thousands for her advice.What makes this book unique in the world of personal development, is that it is written by a technologist with over 25 years’ experience and walked in your shoes. Heather understands what it’s like to be an introvert that needs to play the role of an extrovert and shares her proven methods to become a socialized nerd that has greater influence and succeeds at the highest level.