If you give it a half decent go, you will quickly start to notch up the benefits. Over the years, I have seen people achieve remarkable advances in a very short space of time in so many different areas. For example, clients have been able to… … [Continue reading]
Stakeholder Influence Process Introduction
The Stakeholder Influence Process is a sequence of steps which will help you work out what you need to do to achieve your goals when they are reliant on the agreement of other powerful people. It provides a simple framework to think through the … [Continue reading]
Exercise: Becoming More Influential
Research is consistent the world over that in just about every walk of life it really helps if you are influential, and this is particularly true of people who work in leadership roles. Some people have gone so far as to say that Leadership = … [Continue reading]
Considering Your Stakeholder Strategy
Assuming you have been diligent in your application of the preceding steps in the Stakeholder Influence Process, now is the time to pull it all together and make quick decisions about what you need to do in order to maximise your progress towards the … [Continue reading]
Exercise: Deciding Your Stakeholder Strategy
Bearing these principles explored in Considering Your Stakeholder Strategy, let’s start to get you thinking about what your strategy needs to be – at least initially. Remember to stay focused on your chosen Influencing Goal. See if you can answer … [Continue reading]
Stakeholder Strategy Examples
Assuming you have been and starting to , you might find it useful to take a look at a few examples of strategies which clients have arrived at during coaching on the Stakeholder Influence Process. As you will see, it doesn't have to be complicated … [Continue reading]
Planning Stakeholder Meetings
For each category on the stakeholder map, there is a suggested approach for engaging with them in order to either maximise the leverage in the relationship or to minimise the potential for damage. The overall goal of all activity is to work at … [Continue reading]
Exercise: Developing Stakeholder Influence
When considering the action you need to take with a certain stakeholder, one of the most difficult challenges is to overcome your preconceived ideas about why they are resisting, or why they may be difficult to handle. It is vital to be able to move … [Continue reading]
Exercise: Challenging Your Stakeholder Strategy
This is one of those exercises where it really helps to have someone else to ask the questions. The reason for this is that they can stay alert to what you are saying, help you focus on blind spots and ask the naïve questions which would never occur … [Continue reading]
How to Assess Your Stakeholders
Having a list of stakeholders is a good start; but to get a sense of the priorities, you need to understand their position relative to your Influencing Goal and to each other. That way you can begin to see the bigger picture and develop a clear … [Continue reading]
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