What characteristics and attributes does the CIO need to demonstrate at the executive level before the CEO will ask him or her to take on more business responsibility? That is a question Catherine Doran, CIO and director of corporate development at the UK's Network Rail, has been mulling over lately.

"The conclusion I've reached is that business leaders want to see in a CIO a high degree of motivation and a genuine interest in and deep understanding of the business," she says...

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