Dan Roberts – författare

Be the most effective CIO you can be—by learning from the best in the business Today's Chief Information Officers must be an entirely new breed of technology leader. With ever-changing demands from the business, and in an increasingly technology-centric business environment, CIOs must find game-changing innovations and process improvements that make a real impact on the bottom line. Business executives need their CIOs to be real partners—speaking the language of the business and donning their strategist caps—not just commodity managers. Those IT leaders who fail to break out of the order-taker, utility manager mold will, simply put, be looking for a new job.In Confessions of a Successful CIO: How the Best CIOs Tackle Their Toughest Business Challenges, current and future CIOs will gain invaluable perspectives from the stories of today's best IT leaders. These acclaimed leaders—each profiled in their own chapter—explain the toughest business decision they had to make, and how the outcome influenced and impacted their leadership style. These in-depth anecdotes take the reader inside some of the most challenging business climates imaginable and chronicle how these elite CIOs made the decisions that mattered. Read detailed case studies of how some of the best CIOs have handled their most challenging business problemsLearn how the best CIOs anticipate changes to their business and respond—before the business comes knockingExplore how these top-flight CIOs make critical decisions around strategy and IT to not only benefit their companies, but in some cases, to save them from becoming obsolete.Analyze their perspectives on managing people, crises and balancing the risks and rewards of their "bet the farm" strategiesConfessions of a Successful CIO is the new playbook for learning how to take risks, respond to crises, and create more value from IT. Each chapter presents a different challenge, giving present-day and future IT leaders the chance to examine, analyze and learn so that they can be just as successful as the CIOs they're reading about.

Go from the "IT guy" to trusted business partner If you're in IT, quite a lot is expected of you and your team: be technologically advanced, business-minded, customer-focused, and financially astute, all at once. In the face of unforgiving competition, rampant globalization, and demanding customers, business leaders are discovering that it's absolutely essential to have a strong, active partner keeping a firm hand on the decisions and strategies surrounding information technology. Unleashing the Power of IT provides tangible, hard-hitting, real-world strategies, techniques, and approaches that will immediately transform your IT workforce and culture, presenting the new mindset, skill set, and tool set necessary for IT leaders to thrive in today's challenging environment. Includes new discussion on social mediaOffers online access to the IT Skill Builder Competency Assessment ToolFeatures top ten lists of tips and techniques, proven frameworks, and practical guidance to help you launch and sustain your IT culture change and professional development initiativesProfiling several world-class organizations that have implemented the principles in this book, Unleashing the Power of IT reveals the best practices to get you on the path to implementation.

‘A beautifully written and deeply compassionate guide for people healing from childhood trauma.' – Dr Susan Simpson, Clinical Psychologist & Founder of Schema Therapy Training Scotland.Heal Your Trauma is a compassionate and practical guide to recognising the lasting effects of trauma and learning how to heal and recover. Trauma leaves traces – in our minds, bodies and relationships – long after the original wounds occurred. Even experiences we thought we’d ‘moved on’ from can resurface years later as anxiety, depression, anger, substance abuse or low self-esteem. Drawing on powerful trauma-informed models – including Internal Family Systems, schema therapy and mindful self-compassion – therapist Dan Roberts shows how to calm your nervous system, reconnect with all parts of yourself and build lasting emotional resilience. Through clear explanations and guided exercises, Roberts helps readers come to terms with the past and move forward with strength and confidence. The healing process can feel challenging, but the rewards of living an authentic life are transformative. Your wounds do not have to define you – and it’s never too late to heal. For example, you’ll learn: How trauma affects the mind and body – even years after it occurred.  Practical tools from leading therapy models to soothe and regulate your emotions.  Techniques for working compassionately with your ‘inner parts’ to resolve old wounds. Ways to identify triggers and develop healthier emotional responses. Steps for building resilience, balance and genuine self-acceptance.Whether you’re beginning your healing journey or continuing work in therapy, this book provides an informed, reassuring companion for lasting change. Grounded in clinical insight and filled with accessible exercises, Heal Your Trauma offers a gentle roadmap to moving beyond survival mode and toward wholeness.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------'An antidote to the sense of isolation and shame we can carry when painful experiences have wounded us.' – Sue Smith MBACP, Certified IFS Therapist & Lead Trainer for the IFS Institute.'His genuine compassion and deep hope for his readers’ healing shine through on every page.' – Robin Spiro LCSW, Advanced Schema Therapist & Supervisor/Trainer'I felt seen, validated, and understood, but never judged.’ – Sarah Pagdin CPsychol AFBPsS, Certified Schema Therapist, Trainer & Supervisor