26 Supply Chain Excellence on a team of 15 people, there will be at least two or three others who can be counted on to help at any time. 5. A Talent for Conflict Management Among Groups and Peers. The constraint to successful supply chain projects does not always lie in the technical challenges of material flow and application architecture; it's often in the conflicts that occur between people. Successful evangelists can handle large-group conflicts and individual conflicts--not by quashing them, but by con- structively helping one side or both to move toward common ground. The Active Executive Sponsor The active executive sponsor represents the leaders in the organiza- tion who will sign off on resources needed to make the changes happen. This person has the most to gain or lose based on the success