Conference Roundup: Perseverance, Persistence Prevail in Getting Buy-in From the Top

The survey showed that when it comes to getting an idea through to top stakeholders, it’s not easy. Some of the biggest obstacles are — not surprisingly — time, budget, bureaucracy, indecisiveness and fear of change.

But, Grams said, results showed that professionals do get over the hurdles through perseverance, by giving presentations to senior leadership, by calling in a third party like a consultant to back up the ideas and with some good, old-fashioned luck.