Centers of Leadership: The Marriage of COEs and Servant-Leadership as an Effective Way to Lead IT, Part I

by Jeffrey Dols

Like the ever-present dandelion that seems to take over my lawn each May, we have seen centers of excellence (COEs) popping up all over the IT landscape. And like the persistent weed/flower, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. My daughters think the bright yellow adornments to our lawn are "pretty" and simply don't understand why I work so feverishly each year to eradicate them. Likewise with COEs; some IT professionals embrace them, while others scorn them as a blight on the scenery. For many, it's not so much an objection to the COE concept as it is to the term. Most COEs are still early in the maturity cycle, so there's not much "excellence" emanating from the center.

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Centers of Leadership: The Marriage of COEs and Servant-Leadership as an Effective Way to Lead IT, Part I13 August 2008