What is the purpose of the Sustain stage?

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What is the purpose of the Sustain stage?

The Sustain stage is about turning an agreement into action and keeping it on track. It focuses on follow-through, accountability, and ensuring the steps agreed upon are actually carried out. That’s why the best choice is the one that describes making sure what is agreed happens—it captures the implementing and monitoring effort that keeps a settlement alive after negotiations. The other ideas describe earlier moments in the process: opening and establishing willingness to work together, or simply reaching a final agreement. Those are part of preparation or negotiation, not the ongoing care and enforcement that Sustain is about.

The Sustain stage is about turning an agreement into action and keeping it on track. It focuses on follow-through, accountability, and ensuring the steps agreed upon are actually carried out. That’s why the best choice is the one that describes making sure what is agreed happens—it captures the implementing and monitoring effort that keeps a settlement alive after negotiations.

The other ideas describe earlier moments in the process: opening and establishing willingness to work together, or simply reaching a final agreement. Those are part of preparation or negotiation, not the ongoing care and enforcement that Sustain is about.

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