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A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data

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executive sponsor

/ɪɡˈzek.jə.tɪv ˈspɒn.sər/ - n.

1 [colloq.] The name on the kickoff slide, available again at the one-year retrospective.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. The senior leader who funds a governance program, owns its mandate, and is accountable for its outcomes at the executive level.

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See also

chief data officerAn accountability spread across an average tenure shorter than a remediation plan.
governance officeThe function accountable for everything and authorized for the calendar invites.
steering committeeA body that steers by approving the direction already taken.