If you want to be an effective leader in our networked world, you need to engage IT issues. You need to play a key role in establishing strategic direction, implementing specific projects, and formulating new public policies. The following guidelines are designed to help you develop your action agenda. Each guideline is an imperative—something you as a leader must do. Each is vital in its own right. In addition, taken together, these imperatives form a useful framework for harvesting the benefits and avoiding the risks of the Information Age.