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Christie Struckman
Distinguished VP Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Functional Leadership the IT Organization + IT 2030
- Executive Influence
Speaker Bio
Christie Struckman is a Vice President in Gartner's CIO research team. She helps CIOs and other C-level executives with aligning the organizational building blocks needed to succeed in the digital-era. Topics include: culture and organizational change; leadership development, leadership transitions and development; management practices; diversity, equity and inclusion; and conflict management practices. She is currently working on supporting clients developing themselves as executive leaders, re-imagining the role of managers in the future of work, and thriving as the role of the CIO continues to evolve.
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Sessions
Monday, February 23, 2026 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM MST
Increase Executive Influence Using Business Value Stories and Human Value Stories
Christie Struckman,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
CIOs continue to struggle to influence business executives, delaying budgets and derailing progress on business outcomes. Greater success comes from mastering two types of value stories: business value stories and human value stories. Both should be used to focus on each key stakeholder. This session will provide structures and best practices for creating these stories, including GenAI prompts for inspiration.
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Monday, February 23, 2026 03:45 PM - 04:15 PM MST
How to Build a High-Impact, Well-Connected IT Leadership Bench
Christie Struckman,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Successful leaders rely on the "know-who" as much as their "know-how." For CIOs to lead across the enterprise, they need a deeply networked IT leadership bench — leaders who build and tap into formal and informal alliances to drive business outcomes and elevate IT's value. Well-connected teams amplify the CIO's impact, poorly connected ones limit it. This session provides practical steps to build a high-impact, well-connected IT leadership team.
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