How can organisations make sure that their leaders gain the right skills first?

Man: How can organisations make sure that their IT executives and managers gain the right skills?
Woman: In the short term, companies have to first recognise that business management and leadership skills are critical in the IT organisation, then ask, " How do we embed these today." You deal with this by finding enlightened ClOs who understand business and surround themselves with a team of people who have the right skills: a CFO for IT, an HR person with an understanding of how to deal with IT issues, the right marketing communications people.