CAPABILITY 02 ยท TIER 2

Leadership and Sponsorship

A shift in behaviour, not a workstream to complete.

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FROM

Endorsing the change

TO

Visibly modelling it

Why it comes in when it does

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Sponsor behavioural modelling has to be established before the first wave goes live. It cannot be corrected after go-live without significant cultural cost.

In practice

Executive sponsors are scored on coalition influence, behavioural commitment and visibility modelling. The first governance meeting after go-live is the most culturally formative moment of the programme, so it is deliberately watched and measured rather than left to chance. When a sponsor's modelling score drops, a replacement takes on visible responsibility before the next gate.

What it looks like when it is missing

F4Strategy without sponsorship behaviourThe value hypothesis is well designed and sponsors say the right things, but in the governance meetings that matter most they do not model the behaviour the change requires. The strategy has no cultural authority.The rule. Behavioural modelling is the most predictive dimension of cultural outcome and the hardest to move. It is the primary focus of sponsor engagement from the first assessment.

Instruments it leans on

The platform assigns each of the 26 instruments to one capability as its lead and one as its supporting capability. This is where this capability sits.

LEADS (4)
SA-4Authority Architecture DesignSA-6Ethics, Risk and Guardrails ArchitectureHR-3Manager Enablement ArchitectureAIP-2Decision Boundary and Override Engineering
SUPPORTS (4)
SA-1Value Hypothesis FormalizationSA-3Portfolio and Capital DisciplineSA-5Change Portfolio GovernanceHR-7Psychological Safety

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Works with

It is read together with these capabilities, because the signals only mean something in combination.

7. Change Portfolio and Governance3. Stakeholder Experience and Communications

The kit measures and governs, and none of it forecasts an outcome. See all eight capabilities.

← 1. Change Strategy and Value Realization3. Stakeholder Experience and Communications →

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