Session 3: Stakeholder Engagement & Influencing Without Authority
Date: June 5, 2020
Time: 12-1pm
Location: Zoom link provided in calendar invite; email advisoryservices@bu.edu for help
Description: This session will focus on the practical aspects of managing stakeholders, building relationships, communicating, and influencing.
It will cover the following areas:
- Identifying and understanding stakeholder needs
- Applying strategies to gain cooperation and support
- Leading change through relationships
- Enhancing trust and cooperation
- Dealing with difficult stakeholders
Optional Pre-Reading:
7 Tips to Transform Difficult Stakeholders into Project Partners
How to Develop a Stakeholder Engagement Plan
Influence Without Authority
Printouts to hang in work spaces:
Stakeholder Management
Worksheets:
The Martin Exercise
Session Slides:
Stakeholder Management
Recorded Session:
Session 3 Recording