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Are You Feeling Desperate?

Go for No!

Do you think that when Sara Blakely wants to get her newest Spanx product into Macy’s that calling the head buyer would be desperate? There’s a tendency to believe that unless you sit back and wait for people to come to you, you must be needy and desperate. No, it’s called taking action.

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The Evolving Risks and Roles of CISOs in 2016

DiscoverOrg Sales

“The CISO of 2015 has been expected to be a business leader, IT leader, finance leader, and an excellent people influencer and navigator,” says James Carpenter, CISO at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. In other companies, CISOs are not the head buyers; such tasks are delegated to their teams.

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