Organizations waste billions on technology transformations every year. Too often, the focus is on acquiring the latest tools without developing the leadership necessary to ensure that these changes take root. To unlock the true value of technology, every leader on your board and executive team has a role to play. Digitally savvy leaders are essential for recognizing when technology isn’t working, quickly pivoting to test other solutions, and attracting and retaining the right talent for a digital future.

How to Develop Your Leaders’ Technology Readiness

Technology readiness in leadership is crucial for the ongoing transformations needed for long-term competitiveness. Organizations that embed technology into their DNA are better positioned to seize the opportunities of today’s ever-evolving markets.

How We Help You Unlock the True Value of Technology

To gain an advantage through technology, you need to know how and where to apply it within your ecosystem. We help you build a leadership team and organizational culture that can do just that.

Understand Where You Are in the Digital Maturity Curve Do you know where you are in your tech evolution—and where you need to be? We use proprietary methodologies to assess the digital maturity of your leaders, culture, and organization, then partner with you to develop a plan to gain a tech advantage.

Find and Develop Leaders Who Understand How Technology Drives Growth To unlock the real value of technology, you need board and C-suite leaders who can manage immense changes while inspiring others toward an ambitious tech vision. We leverage years of data-backed executive search experience, unparalleled market insights, and a rigorous, unbiased selection process to find and invest in tech-savvy leaders across your organization and set them up to hit the ground running.

Embed Technology Acumen Within Leadership Performance When growth hinges on technology, you need impartial ways to assess every leader’s tech acumen, including your board directors, CEO, and CxOs. Our proprietary tools and methods help you embed digital skills and thinking into leadership assessment, enabling you to recruit and develop leaders who understand the opportunities that technology presents and how to unlock them.

Build Tech-Savvy Leadership Teams As technology cuts across organizational silos, leaders will only grasp its full potential and sustain high business performance when they work as a team. We use unrivaled data on successful leadership and psychometric tests to find the best ways for your executive teams to collaborate effectively while delivering on their individual priorities.

Nurture a Tech Culture to Foster Innovation Achieving a tech advantage requires leaders who know how to drive cultural change. Our scientific approach to culture development uncovers future-looking, actionable insights on building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive tech culture. Our tailor-made assessment and development processes continuously measure culture at both individual and team levels, ensuring everyone is ready to capture a tech advantage.

IBG Insights

Unlocking the true value of technology involves more than just acquiring the latest tools. It requires developing digitally savvy leaders who can navigate technological transformations and drive cultural change. By understanding your digital maturity, finding and developing the right leaders, embedding technology acumen in leadership performance, building cohesive tech-savvy teams, and nurturing an innovative tech culture, you can position your organization for sustained success in the digital age.