“. . .‘Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?’ ‘That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,’ said the Cat. ‘I don’t much care where –’ said Alice. Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,’ said the Cat.”
—Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland1
We believe effective sponsors are made, not born—so the question arises, “How can an organization select and groom competent, but possibly inexperienced executives to prepare them for the sponsor role?” Thus far, we have suggested a high standard for project sponsor performance, but not addressed how sponsors might acquire the skills and tools needed to be effective. Learning on the job can be a costly and painful and it is unrealistic ...
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