Leading Change Sponsor Assessment

Discussion

 

Think about the sponsors and leaders you have had in the past. Think about an engaged sponsor, a manager or leader that you had frequent interactions. For example, being located nearby or on a weekly call or status meeting. Use the form below to assess their behavior. What was one thing that worked well and one thing they could have improved on this assessment?

 

Leading Change Sponsor Assessment

 

__ Provides clear definition goals and outcomes

__ Provides clear rationale why change is required

__ Provides a sense of ownership and commitment to change

__ Provides a clear definition on how change aligns with strategy

__ Provides a metrics that will define a successful change

__ Provides a metrics when the change process is complete or done

__ Provides a set of specific behaviors that will change

__ Demonstrates understanding of impact of change on staff

__ Encourages direct feedback

__ Promotes good problem-solving skills

 

__ Demonstrates strong motivation to change

__ Prioritized operational activities to reflect importance of change

__ Demonstrates strong personal commitment to change

__ Demonstrates personal investment to change

__ Actively builds support for change

__ Is persistent in achieving change

__ Builds joint accountability in managing change

__ Demonstrates emotional intelligence with staff

__ Demonstrates emotional intelligence with customer

__ Has experience with successful changes in organization

 

__ Demonstrate commitment of resources to support change

__ Uses rewards and recognition to promote desired behavior

__ Preference to use rewards for success over consequences failure

__ Have clear consequences for failure

__ Demonstrates that reinforcement is dependent on actions and behavior

__ Has a clear means of monitoring progress through objective data

__ Uses rewards that are meaningful to staff

__ Uses intrinsic rewards and recognition to increase motivation

__ Provides a clear, predicable set of positive and negative reinforcement strategies

__ Takes sets to eliminate old behaviors and make them more difficult to perform