Tag: Sponsorship

  • Four Dimensions of Sustaining Change Leadership

    One of the paradoxes of strategic change is that the most important things are often the easiest to defer for matters that are more pressing but have less impact on success.  Sponsorship, engagement, and accountability are the greatest drivers of lasting and meaningful change.  However, the activities that sustain ownership, such as communication, governance, and…

  • For Successful Change Leadership, Emphasize a Culture of Engagement and Accountability

    I previously wrote about the challenges that change leaders face as they deal with a “new normal” that is increasingly competitive and volatile.1 Today there are great opportunities for creating new value streams and bringing them to market more quickly, interacting more meaningfully with customers, and building more collaborative and engaging organizations. At the same…

  • Realizing the Value Promise of Analytics

    As markets and companies have emerged from the recent downturn, executives have looked to the future with concern. The slow and inconsistent recovery, combined with the disruptive effects of globalization, technological change, and regulation, has made it clear that what happened was not just another cyclical swing. It was reflective of a deeper economic and…

  • Getting Serious about Program Success

    Every executive who has lived through even a moderately complex business capability implementation program is familiar with the challenges to successful delivery.  Many, if not most, of them have scars to show for it.  However, despite overwhelming evidence and past defeats, organizations and executives regularly move their programs toward failure.  Though there will almost always…

  • Non-Technical Factors are Key to Program Success

    Although each program to implement a business capability is unique, some fundamental challenges are common to many transformation efforts. These are often the result of leadership and management issues rather than technical skill deficits.  The Utrecht study referenced in my previous post1  assessed the importance of a several contributors to success and failure in implementation projects.…