7 Standout CIO Skills Every Company Wants
CIO, Monday, September 29th, 2025
CIOs are expected to possess a wide range of technical, business, and management skills. But by mastering these exemplary IT leadership skills, you will set yourself apart.
Are you looking to become or move forward as a CIO? Then you'll need to polish your business and leadership skills across a range of domains or risk career stagnation.
'CIOs really need to be conversant across just about everything the company does,' says Mike Loukides, vice president of emerging technology at technology and business training firm O'Reilly. 'That kind of breadth doesn't come easily and it's not a specialized, single-skill job.'
We spoke with industry leaders to identify the skills that CIOs who enterprises fight over have in common. Here are the seven fundamental skills that will help you become a CIO superstar.