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Count your Blessings for Effective Project Sponsorship

Learn the key factors for successful project sponsorship, including effective leadership, decision-making, and commercial acumen. Develop your sponsor competence through structured development, not just passing an exam.

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Count your Blessings for Effective Project Sponsorship

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  1. Count your Blessings for Effective Project Sponsorship 10th OCTOBER, 2017 IAN CLARKSON, HEAD OF ORGANISATIONAL CONSULTANCY ian.clarkson@qa.com

  2. Who is this? There is a hidden Bing Crosby reference in this presentation - the first person to come to stand 114 (afterwards!) with the correct answer wins a prize! Bing Crosby

  3. The case for effective sponsorship “Actively engaged executive sponsors continue to be the top driver of whether projects meet their original goals and business intent” PMI Pulse of the Profession 2017

  4. A project Sponsor is accountable for benefits realisation

  5. What does this actually mean? Effective leadership (of the project) Good governance Effective decision making Displaying the correct behaviours Having the authority able to make decisions Strategic thinker Commercial acumen Organisational-specific context Being available

  6. Availability for the role of a Sponsor is not a competence!

  7. How to build Sponsor competence Pass an Exam Competency Framework Executive Overviews Structured Development

  8. If an individual needs to pass an exam to be a Sponsor, then they shouldn’t be a Sponsor!

  9. Count your Blessings for Effective Project Sponsorship 10th OCTOBER, 2017 IAN CLARKSON, HEAD OF ORGANISATIONAL CONSULTANCY ian.clarkson@qa.com

  10. Don’t forget… There was a hidden Bing Crosby reference in my presentation. Did you spot it? The first person to come to stand 114 with the correct answer wins a prize!

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