{"id":5132,"date":"2014-04-28T07:41:43","date_gmt":"2014-04-27T21:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/?p=5132"},"modified":"2014-05-01T21:33:22","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T11:33:22","slug":"stop-collaborate-and-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/2014\/04\/28\/stop-collaborate-and-listen\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop, Collaborate and Listen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been an IT consultant for close to two decades. During that time I\u2019ve worked with a large number of IT departments ranging from those in small, privately held businesses, to departments servicing world-wide Fortune 500 companies. Those businesses have been in just about all industry verticals: Telecommunications, Mining, Education (Higher and Tertiary), Government (Local, State, Federal), Finance and Banking, Manufacturing, Importation, Research, and so on. <a href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/iStock-Business-People.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5133\" src=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/iStock-Business-People.jpg\" alt=\"Business Talks\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/iStock-Business-People.jpg 800w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/iStock-Business-People-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a> As you can imagine, during that time I\u2019ve seen some excellent examples of how IT departments can best align to their businesses, and I\u2019ve also seen what doesn\u2019t work. <strong>Stop, Collaborate and Listen<\/strong> is a short eBook, a micromanual, which outlines three essential steps an IT department needs to take in order to ensure it remains relevant to the parent business. Ultimately, the IT\/Business relationship is just that \u2013 a relationship. And all relationships need to be built on respect, understanding and communication. <strong>Stop, Collaborate and Listen<\/strong> provides a starting guide to IT managers and staff on how to ensure the business relationship is at its best. An early draft of one of the topics covered in <strong>Stop, Collaborate and Listen<\/strong> can be <a title=\"Stop saying no\" href=\"http:\/\/unsane.info\/how-it-fails-business\/\" target=\"_blank\">viewed here<\/a>. You can buy the book from the Amazon Kindle Store ($3.99 US) using one of the links below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Stop, Collaborate and Listen: US Amazon Kindle Store\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00JYSVYW2\" target=\"_blank\">US Store<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Stop, Collaborate and Listen: UK Amazon Kindle Store\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B00JYSVYW2\" target=\"_blank\">UK Store<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Stop, Collaborate and Listen: Australian Amazon Kindle Store\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com.au\/dp\/B00JYSVYW2\" target=\"_blank\">Australian Store<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kept brief for the busy IT worker and manager, Stop, Collaborate and Listen is an essential guide to ensuring your IT department works closely to the core business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been an IT consultant for close to two decades. 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