Common use of Unit-Based Team Sponsorship Clause in Contracts

Unit-Based Team Sponsorship. The LMP regional leadership will: » facilitate the development of working agreements between labor and management sponsors that will include a specific discussion about how the labor sponsor is going to be released; release time is critical for sponsors to be able to effectively support their teams; » recommend a maximum number of teams that can effectively be sponsored by a labor or management sponsor; » plan how to build union capacity for sponsorship; » develop a forum for sponsors to share information about teams, soliciting input from the voice of the customer; » ensure this work commences immediately and is completed by the end of 2015. UBT sponsors have primary accountability for taking an active role with their teams to identify resources and remove barriers that impede their teams’ success. Sponsors will receive more comprehensive support to be effective in their role. Sponsors will support UBT co-leads to be effective in their roles and hold co-leads accountable for following the Path to Performance and achieving results on the Value Compass. If local problem-solving attempts to remove barriers and allocate resources are not successful, UBT sponsors will escalate the issue in accordance with the Section 1.L.2. Partnership Agreement Review Process. Sponsors should focus their energy on helping teams achieve and ultimately sustain high performance, and accomplish line-of-sight performance outcomes.