Work That Makes Them Cringe

Think being an IT leader is all glitz and glory? Not a chance. Even IT leaders have their least favorite job duties. Here are the top five:

1) Terminating employees

2) Writing performance appraisals and other HR-related issues

3) Administrative duties like paperwork and reviewing legal contracts

4) Attending nonproductive meetings

5) Budget administration

There are plenty of other parts of their day that they wish they could jettison, including the following:

• Commuting
• Dealing with interpersonal issues within the IT shop
• Disciplining staff members
• Reading hundred of e-mails a day
• Dealing with the many vendors that want to tell their products' stories
• Filling out expense reports
• Having to explain why a system isn't functioning properly or is late
• Marketing the success of the department or company
• Dealing with corporate politics
• Planning work-related social events

2006 Premier 100 IT Leaders

Stories in this report:

• 2006 Premier 100 IT Leaders
  
• How They Were Chosen
  
• Premier 100 IT Leaders Honor Roll
  
• Defining Leadership
  
• IT Heroes
  
• People First
  
• Quiz: Are YOU A Top-Tier Leader?
  
• Words of Wisdom
  
• Agile By Design
  
• Cohesive Compliance
  
• Security Imperative
  
• Managing Megaprojects
  
• Foreign Challenge
  
• Succeeding at Storage
  
• Speed of Business
  
• Rebecca A. Blalock: IT Convert
  
• Terry P. Brooks: Multitask Manager
  
• Julie F. Butcher: Master Organizer
  
• Barbara D. Carlini: Agent of Change
  
• Lev S. Gonick: Community Liason
  
• John Sullivan: IT Adventurer
  
• George C. Rimnac: Disciplined Leader
  
• Mark Popolano: Master of Details
  
• William Westrate: Tech Strategist
  
• Elizabeth Hackenson: Business Booster
  
• In Memoriam: Gerard Higgins
  
• Protege Profile: Steve Yon
  
• Ask A Premier 100 IT Leader: Wendell Fox
  
• The Next Generation of IT
  
• Protege Profile: Allison Young
  
• Protege Profile: Michael R. Dean
  
• Protege Profile: Jairo Orea
  
• Protege Profile: Bill McCorey
  
• Protege Profile: Martin Schneider
  
• Work That Makes Them Cringe
  
• Leader Do-Overs
  
• Shark tank: Some Lead, Some Don't
  
• Data Points: Premier 100 IT Leaders 2006
  
• Executive Brief: IT Management Best Practices
  
• Webcast: Secrets of Superspies
  
• Webcast: The Passionate Pursuit of IT and Business Alignment
  
• Webcast: Evolving Through Abstraction: On the Way to Utility Computing