Requirements

The team sponsor must be high enough in the management hierarchy to provide or acquire the resources needed by the team to accomplish its goals. The sponsor must have…

•     An extremely good understanding of, and familiarity with, the key management personalities in the facility

•     A good understanding of how to bring about change in the organization

•     The ability to influence others, particularly upper management

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The team sponsor role may seem daunting, and it is a pretty tough role to fill. The sponsor is in the difficult position of determining where the organization’s resources will be allocated and which employees should ...

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