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Sponsor ADKAR® Assessment

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Rate this Sponsor’s awareness

using the 5 point scale (1 = lowest, 5

= highest)

The Sponsor ADKAR

Rate this Sponsor’s desire

using the 5 point scale (1 = lowest, 5

= highest)

Rate this Sponsor’s knowledge

using the 5 point scale (1 = lowest, 5

= highest)

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The Sponsor ADKAR

ADKAR Profile Bar Graph

Awareness Desire Knowledge Ability Reinforcement

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Rate this Sponsor’s reinforcement

using the 5 point scale (1 = lowest, 5

= highest)

Rate this Sponsor’s ability

using the 5 point scale (1 = lowest, 5

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Action Plan for Building Awareness

Actions: Timing: Notes:

Tips for Building Awareness

•Share why active and visible sponsorship is critical to project success•Share best practices data around change leadership and the role of sponsors•Have your sponsor complete the Sponsor Competency Assessment•Complete a change management strategy and present this plan to your sponsor•Articulate and share the ROI of change management •Review in detail the Sponsor Assessment Diagram and required actions•Encourage attendance at a sponsorship training program

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Action Plan for Building Desire

Actions: Timing: Notes:

Tips for Building Desire

• Review the consequences of failure for this specific change• Share experiences with other projects and past failures that lacked sponsorship• Make a clear connection between effective sponsorship and achievement of the

desired outcomes for this change• Help them connect or tie this change project to the overall vision and strategy for

the organization• Reinforce the specific ROI of change management for this project based on

business case factors• Review the risk mitigation capabilities of change management and highlight

examples from past projects• Negotiate sponsor contract for this project and be clear about expectations• Review the Sponsor Assessment Diagram to highlight the challenges that must

be addressed

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Action Plan for Building Knowledge

Actions: Timing: Notes:

Tips for Building Knowledge

•Encourage attendance at a sponsorship training program•Review sponsorship roles and activities – help them understand how these activities are completed successfully•Complete the Sponsorship Competency Assessment and identify gaps•Prepare a Sponsorship Roadmap and share this plan with your sponsor•Be an active coach to your sponsor

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Action Plan for Building Ability

Actions: Timing: Notes:

Tips for Building Ability

• Be the sponsor’s coach and provide candid feedback (what is working and what is not)

• Create a Sponsor Roadmap and help them achieve each element of this plan• Review the required actions for building the sponsor coalition• Create simplified messages for all levels and train/rehearse delivery • Determine authority for change using Primary Sponsor Assessment• Review sponsor models for opportunities to address gaps• Build and leverage the sponsor coalition to ease burden on primary sponsor• Develop non-time consuming sponsor activities• Coach sponsors on asking for coalition support• Support him or her in sponsoring the change upward in the organization

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Action Plan for Building Reinforcement

Actions: Timing: Notes:

Tips for Building Reinforcement

•Provide positive feedback to sponsor•Provide sponsor with employee feedback from sponsor related activities•Engage sponsor and early adopters to identify quick wins to celebrate•Thank your sponsor for the work they are doing•Acknowledge the good work of your sponsor in the presence of others, including your sponsor’s boss