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How an active and visible Sponsor is the #1 contributor to success when it comes to change implementation. But it's unfortunate that they don't all know that. According to some statistics I picked up a while back (I think it was from Prosci) teams report that half of their sponsors have no understanding or only some understanding of their role in managing the people side of the change and that they underestimated or misunderstood the people-side impacts on a project e.g. some 36% underestimated/misunderstood the people side of change and 55% lacked the time & resources to properly fulfill this important and critical role. What damning statistics.
I'm sure we all know that from various surveys and research it has been determined that Sponsors are the No1 factor in helping change to be successful. But, yes there's always a but, in reality, it is hard to find the kind of individual that has all the capabilities and attributes that a Project Sponsor should possess such as commitment, understanding, competence, credibility, and then some. Well, I've identified what I think are the 10 most important things they need to do. Of course, there are probably more but I think these will do for now.
The author has been in the "business of change and transformation" since 1974 and has worked across the length and breadth of the UK, across many European countries, and Internationally in a multitude of industry sectors and has "change managed" innumerable technology solutions. He is now a full-time Change Management Trainer delivering his unique Driving Change Management Course globally and creating an ever-growing Highway of Change Agent network using his Practical Framework Approach to Change. He is also an online Consultant, Blogger, Speaker, Coach & Mentor, and Trusted Advisor on all matters related to "change and transformation"
In June 2012 the author was presented with a "Change Leader of Tomorrow" Award by the World HRD Congress in recognition of my "remarkable progress in initiating changes enough for others in the same industry to follow my example".
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Source: Best Practices in Change Management PowerPoint Slides: Ten Important Things a Sponsor Needs to Do PowerPoint (PPT) Presentation, The Highway of Change
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