Leadership endorsement is not enough to drive adoption. Learn why active sponsorship matters in change management and how HR can help close the gap. Ask any leadership team whether they support an organisational change, and the answer is almost always yes. Endorsement is easy — it shows up in a kickoff email, a slide in the town hall deck. What’s harder to find, and far more predictive of whether the change actually succeeds, is active sponsorship. The gap between them is one
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