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		<title>Use Mindset and Behavior Patterns to Your Advantage</title>
		<link>http://changethinking.net/patterns/use-mindset-and-behavior-patterns-to-your-advantage</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daryl Conner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once you understand that a specific mindset and its associated behaviors  can either facilitate or impede success, you have a level of insight that can be truly invaluable to a sponsor who is less familiar with these kinds of change dynamics.

Mindsets are made up of frames of reference (the ways individuals make sense of situations) that lead to the formation of priorities (the relative importance of various options). Shared mindsets within an organization serve as the foundations of culture and ultimately lead to common patterns of behavior.

Successful change requires a specific mindset that is shared among key players as they perform their respective roles. This “success mindset” reflects the]]></description>
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		<title>How Influential Can a Change Agent Be?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daryl Conner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sponsor-agent relationship is so important that just about everything we can hope to accomplish hinges on it. Without that relationship, our knowledge and skills are underutilized, poorly allocated, or worse, not called on at all.

It’s true that we work with and support the targets of change initiatives. We also work with advocates who want change but don’t have the ability to make it happen on their own, as well as with other internal or external agents. While our relationships with people in these roles are necessary and valuable, our key function is]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding the Key Roles in Significant Change</title>
		<link>http://changethinking.net/sponsoragent-relationship/understanding-the-key-roles-in-significant-change</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daryl Conner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope you had a chance to read the series I just finished on the characteristics of resilient people and teams. Resilience is crucial for individuals and groups dealing with the stresses of change.

Now I’m going to pick up again with the sponsor-agent relationship, building on two previous series, sponsorship and agents. First, though,]]></description>
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		<title>Ways Change Agents Can Help Sponsors</title>
		<link>http://changethinking.net/agents/ways-change-agents-can-help-sponsors</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daryl Conner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I wrote in my last post, even sponsors with lots of experience leading difficult transitions need the help of skilled change practitioners.

Sponsors are most effective when we help them:

Have a clear definition of the change. Effective sponsors must see the desired state clearly and understand the overall intent.

Recognize and express their dissatisfaction with the present state. Successful sponsors need to be keenly aware that the organization cannot afford to fail at the change; they have to be tenacious about fully realizing the initiative’s objectives and communicate effectively to the organization.]]></description>
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		<title>When You Need to Confront a Sponsor</title>
		<link>http://changethinking.net/sponsorship-strategy-execution/when-you-need-to-confront-a-sponsor</link>
		<comments>http://changethinking.net/sponsorship-strategy-execution/when-you-need-to-confront-a-sponsor#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daryl Conner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So here we are with all this knowledge (see my three previous posts) about what sponsorship is, its crucial role in realizing change objectives, and how it can be effectively applied and yet we find ourselves sometimes not utilizing what we know.

How is it possible that seasoned practitioners, well versed in the theory of sponsorship and its practical application, are reluctant to leverage this information?

Here are some examples of situations when sponsors (or agents and advocates) need to be confronted by us as change practitioners:]]></description>
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		<title>How to Spot (and Help) a Good Sponsor</title>
		<link>http://changethinking.net/sponsorship-strategy-execution/how-to-spot-and-help-a-good-sponsor</link>
		<comments>http://changethinking.net/sponsorship-strategy-execution/how-to-spot-and-help-a-good-sponsor#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daryl Conner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last two posts, we've examined things about sponsorship that many of us believe to be true. We’re also looking into why we sometimes stray from these axioms when we design interventions and/or interact with sponsors.

In my work, I’ve found that the most effective sponsors display a common set of characteristics. Of course, they’re expressed differently depending on the organization, the circumstances, and the personality of the sponsor, but in general, highly successful sponsors are purposeful, attentive, committed, decisive, and resolute. I’ll break these down into very specific statements and actions.]]></description>
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		<title>The Geometry of Sponsorship</title>
		<link>http://changethinking.net/sponsorship-strategy-execution/the-geometry-of-sponsorship</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daryl Conner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s continue to explore what we know about sponsorship, and examine why we don’t always act in ways consistent with what we know. In addition to the axioms I talked about in my last post, there are certain relationship dynamics that offer us reliable ways to interpret events and help the sponsor.

The majority of the strategies used to manage the change process depend on certain relationship configurations that exist between sponsors, agents, and targets. The most common among these configurations can be described as Linear, Triangular, or Square in nature.]]></description>
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		<title>Essential Truths About Sponsorship</title>
		<link>http://changethinking.net/sponsorship-strategy-execution/essential-truths-about-sponsorship</link>
		<comments>http://changethinking.net/sponsorship-strategy-execution/essential-truths-about-sponsorship#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daryl Conner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of the four primary roles in the change process (sponsors, agents, targets, and advocates), none is as crucial to successful realization of change as that of sponsor. Yet, as practitioners, we often don’t bond with these leaders effectively enough to carry out our responsibilities. I think this is the biggest problem we face as practitioners: Even though we know how important sponsors are to successful change, we don’t always do what we could to help them succeed.

Guiding sponsors toward new behaviors and mindsets is the heart of our profession. Maybe it’s time to invest more energy in exploring what we need to learn and what needs to shift in our own actions so we can be more influential with sponsors.]]></description>
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