The material you have provided discusses Program benefits for DoD, what does the Sponsor get from participating?

There are pragmatic and philosophical benefits, some of which are unknown and unpredictable. Obviously, the Sponsor has, effectively, the use of a full time middle management on-the-job trainee for a year. Moreover, this person can be counted on to be a goal-oriented, type-A personality, with leadership qualities; used to working under stress in less than ideal environments at odd hours and meeting hard deadlines. Sponsor’s are often surprised how much they end up learning from the Fellow in the areas of organization and leadership. At one Sponsor, heavily populated with technicians who had risen within the company without management experience and training, the Fellow actually developed an enterprise- wide leadership training course. Fellows have also often been used as impartial observers and sounding boards, free to express their opinions without job security fears. By sending representatives to other Sponsors for participation in the “Company Day,” Sponsors gain access and a view ...  more