ITMLE Certification
Information Technology Management and Leadership Executive
The IT Management and Leadership Executive (ITMLE®) Certification class is ideal for seasoned IT Managers and IT Directors (Managers of Managers) wanting to enhance their current job performance, position them for promotion, accelerate their upward mobility, and get a seat at the business strategy/decision-making table.
This three-day, high-energy, high-interaction, high-content class is designed to help prepare mid-level IT executives at large IT shops for higher levels of management responsibility and help CIOs of smaller IT shops enhance the value of IT to the organization it serves.
Program Overview
ITMLE is designed to help experienced IT leaders elevate from operational management to strategic leadership. The course focuses on the business, governance, innovation, change, and negotiation capabilities needed to lead IT at a higher level.
Participants will learn how to:
- Think more like a CIO
- Clarify IT’s role in the organization
- Lead across multi-methodology environments
- Improve strategic planning and strategic thinking
- Build productivity and governance practices
- Understand IT, data, and AI governance
- Foster innovation inside IT and across the business
- Lead AI-related people, project, and funding decisions
- Strengthen negotiation strategies with vendors and project stakeholders
Quick Facts
Format:
Three-day live training
Audience:
IT directors, senior IT managers, and experienced IT leaders
Credential:
ITMLE Certification exam included
Professional Development:
21 PDUs
Best for:
Director-level IT leadership, strategic thinking, governance, innovation, AI leadership, and negotiation
Delivery
Small-group corporate training, virtual, or public schedule options
ITMLE 3-Day Course
Day 1
Knowledge, Roles, Methodology, and Change
Day 1 focuses on the transition from technical contributor to technical manager. Participants explore what makes IT management unique, how to make better decisions, how to align IT activity to departmental priorities, and how to build influence across teams and stakeholders.
Topics include:
Thinking Like a CIO
- Knowledge Gathered
- Insights Gained
- Changes in Perspective
- Actionable Items
IT’s (and Your) Four Roles in the Organization
- Observer
- Requestor
- Implementor
- Leader
Leading Organizational Al Complexities
- Definition and Goal
- IT Strategies to Address Al-Based Shadow IT
- Al Shadow IT Governance Process Defining and Guiding Principles
- Al Shadow IT Governance Process Steps
- US vs. Non-US LLMs
- EU AI Ethics Law
IT as an Agent of Change
- IT Drivers of Change
- Traditional Change Methodologies
- ERICA IT Change Framework
Day 2
Process, Productivity, and Governance
Day 2 focuses on the planning, productivity, and governance responsibilities that help IT leaders create structure, improve decision-making, and increase organizational value.
Topics include:
IT Strategic Planning and Thinking
- Strategic thinking within IT
- Organizational thinking
- Strategic thinking process
- Strategic planning process
IT and Organizational Productivity
- Key productivity concepts
- Productivity enablers
- Creating an IT productivity culture
- Productivity amplifiers
- Productivity pyramid
IT Governance
- Governance, risk, and compliance definitions
- Key governance questions
- General governance activities
- Domain-specific governance activities
Data Governance
- Definitions
- Challenges
- Operational activities
- Data governance frameworks
AI Governance
- Definitions
- Legal and compliance activities
- Liability minimization activities
- Operational activities
Day 3
Innovation, AI, and Negotiation
Day 3 prepares IT leaders to guide innovation, make stronger AI-related leadership decisions, and negotiate more effectively in project and vendor environments.
Topics include:
Fostering IT Innovation
- Enablers and drivers of IT innovation
- Design thinking
- Divergent and convergent problem solving
- Repurposing intellectual property
- Building an innovation pipeline
- IT innovation and implementation life cycle
AI Leadership, People, Projects, and Funding
- When and how to implement AI
- AI funding issues and best practices
- Potential AI-related employee issues
- Potential AI-related project and process issues
- Key IT leadership questions about AI
IT Project and Vendor Negotiating
- Negotiation styles
- Negotiation preparation
- Negotiating strategies
- Dealing with difficult tactics
Bring ITMLE to Your Organization
Prepare your senior IT leaders to operate at a more strategic level. ITMLE gives experienced managers and directors practical frameworks for governance, innovation, business partnership, AI leadership, organizational productivity, and executive-level decision-making.
