Mandate

Before planning for this change started, did powerbrokers (influential people inside the organization who have the support of people outside the organization) give you a strong mandate to plan this change?

• Yes, they studied the goals of the change and gave it a high priority.
• Not as strongly, they merely adopted the priorities adopted by their staff.
• No, planning began without their knowledge or with their opposition. Planning reflects the commitment of like-minded employees who wish to change the organization.
  

If you checked not as strongly or no, you have a weak planning mandate. Your odds of successfully implementing the change are reduced by 1.5 times or by 9 times depending how weak your mandate is. What can you do about this? How can you get a strong mandate? Should you abandon the project? Please write out your thoughts below (the information is not sent anywhere):

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