Sublime

CIOs with Snake behaviors are driven by pragmatism and are willing to be highly adaptable to achieve the greater good. They have a strong sense of goals and objectives, but will make calculated ethical trade-offs to achieve them. They carefully study situations to determine if the methods for achieving their goals require adaptation, or if the goal

dealing with a false alarm. CIOs also consider themselves very logical, and some believe they are more logical than their colleagues in other departments. While this may or may not be true, confidence in one’s logic and objectivity can put us into denial about the power our emotions have over us. Urgent requests are often conveyed with powerful emo

of the things that can interrupt the cycle of emotional blackmail is betrayal. Manipulative stakeholders will often fan the flames of urgency, and enlist the CIO by calling him an ally, a friend and a compatriot. Then, when the urgent request is fulfilled, the CIO is suddenly

This grey Wolf CIO tactic is best described as “collaborate or else.” It combines the Dolphin-like desire for teamwork with Shark-like consequences for noncompliance for pack members and those who interact with the pack.