Soft skills are hard to come by, but necessary in the world of CIOs. Lands' End CIO Steve Cretney capitalized on this unique set of traits to convince, inspire and move people to embrace his technological vision.

Staring in the face of uncertainty and fear, Cretney convinced the Lands' End president that his cloud strategy was the way to go, eventually garnering his support.

This brief expert e-guide from SearchCIO.com explains how Cretney successfully pitched his case for a new cloud computing model at Lands' End. Read this now and also gain leadership intuition to help you sharpen your soft skills and convince your business' leaders to share your vision, too.