What Your C-Suite Wants From Your Improvement Program (But Hasn’t Said)

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If you’re a CI leader, you’ve likely experienced the paradox:
you’re driving improvements across the organization, but your
executive team still sees your program as “supporting work” and
not strategic work.


You may hear positive feedback, even encouragement. But behind
closed doors, your program is being measured against a different
standard.


The good news? The C-suite isn’t intentionally withholding their
expectations. They’re just operating with a set of priorities
that live in another language. And until your improvement
program speaks it, you’ll struggle to get traction, attention, or
budget.


Here’s what your C-suite actually wants from your improvement
work, even if they haven’t explicitly said it, and how you can
deliver on those expectations in a way that secures long-term
executive support...