Anke Sax has interviewed 40 CIOs and wrote a PhD thesis based on that. She has dedicated years of her career to figuring out how accomplished digital leaders manage their departments and company strategy. Anke was also chosen CIO of The Year 2019 in Germany and she has 30 years of executive experience in the financial sector - both on the business side and the IT side.

In today's episode of Leadership Deep Dive, she talks with Hendrik Deckers about the difference between a CIO and IT leader, about making the best decisions by listening to the team, engaging ambitious IT talent and the future of IT organisations.

01:05 - Introduction: Anke Sax
01:40 - Anke's most accomplished transformation programs
04:40 - Second transformation program: Building a market strategy for the bank
11:20 - Anke's management style and leading an IT team without an engineering background

"A leader should moderate the process and asking the right questions to get the best answers. I don't think that a leader should always have all the answers."

15:12 - Best practices for organizing an IT department
17:25 - How has the role of a CIO changed over the last 10 years?
19:00 - The future of IT departments
19:50 - The key to engaging top IT talent
21:20 - Anke's leadership style
23:30 - How to train listening skills
24:15 - Making companies more agile

EUROPEAN DIGITAL LEADER OF THE YEAR 2020

Anke Sax is a finalist of European Digital Leader Of The Year 2020. Find out the B2B and B2C winners and learn more about the other 16 finalists in the Public and Financial sectors - the winners among the latter will be announced at CIONEXT on 26th June 2020.
https://ecoty.eu/