The key to CIO survival is calculating the incoming CEO’s understanding and commitment to IT and having a “state of the union” script ready for the CEO to forge a credible and lasting partnership in meeting competitive challenges. By 2006, as world-class CIOs enlighten other executives on successful CEO partnerships, the average CIO’s tenure will increase to 30 months. CEO relationship-building activities should include the responsibility to chair various corporate steering committees, such as, garnering a seat at the M&A table but not chairing audit, compensation, compliance committees.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2118267/the-state-of-the–it–union–cio-to-ceo.html