The CISO’s Vital Role, As They Step Away and Companies Seek Top Cyber Talent – BSW #375
In the leadership and communications segment, How Good Leaders Become Great By Never Leading Alone, How Leaders Can Prepare Their Teams For 2025, Nervous About Public Speaking? Here’s How to Use Notes Like a Pro, and more!
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- 1. The CISO: Guardian of Data while Navigating Risk Strategic Insights for the Boardroom and Shaping Future Business
CISOs have one of the most vital roles in organizations today. It is also one of the most challenging. That’s because, regardless of industry or location, organizational data has become a precious asset. Protecting that asset is a strategic imperative that carries significant and long-lasting consequences.
- 2. Why CISOs Are Stepping Away and What the Future Holds
The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has become one of the most critical roles in modern organizations. Tasked with safeguarding data and infrastructure, CISOs face mounting pressures as cyber threats escalate, regulatory demands grow, and the role expands to encompass strategic business responsibilities. Yet, these pressures have led to significant turnover, with many CISOs stepping away from their roles. Understanding why this is happening and exploring what lies ahead is essential for organizations aiming to sustain effective cybersecurity leadership.
- 3. How Good Leaders Become Great By Never Leading Alone
The problem is we spend too much time looking upward at our leaders. We need to spend more time looking at each other and how we work together. That's the principal idea in my new book, Never Lead Alone, between moving from a perspective of leadership to a perspective of teamship.
- 4. How to Become the Company Top Cyber Talent Wants to Join
Become the company cybersecurity talent wants to join. Learn how to attract, assess, and retain experts with strategies that set you apart.
- 5. How to Cultivate Joy on Your Team
In this episode, you’ll learn the difference between joy and happiness, and how to harness joy in service of a larger project. You’ll also learn how, as a leader, to model joy for your team.
- 6. How Leaders Can Prepare Their Teams For 2025
As a leader, embracing "Trust in the process, and accept the reality that not everything can be controlled" is only one piece of the puzzle: My teams need to embrace it, too. Unknowns aren’t always easy to face, especially when you’re not the one running the show. Here’s how to prepare your teams for 2025, even if you aren’t sure what to expect yourself.
- 7. Nervous About Public Speaking? Here’s How to Use Notes Like a Pro.
Speaking in front of a smaller group is different than speaking on a large stage. Hearing your own voice over the speakers, being elevated above your peers with all eyes on you in an unfamiliar environment — these factors pull you out of your comfort zone and can trigger a fight or flight response, which can manifest itself as your mind going blank, either in the middle of the presentation or while fielding tough questions from the audience.So what can you do to prevent this fear from becoming a reality? Bring notes. They can make a big difference in the delivery of a presentation, especially if it’s your first time on a stage. The key is knowing how to prepare them, and then how to use them effectively in the moment.
