Projects fail from people problems more often than technical ones.
Direct answer
Stakeholder management means identifying who is affected by or can influence your work, understanding what they care about and keeping them informed and involved at the right level. Map them by influence and interest, plan communication and handle resistance with listening.
Simple steps
- List stakeholders.
- Map by influence and interest.
- Decide engagement: high influence and high interest means manage closely.
- Plan communication: what, how often, how.
- Check in and adjust.
Grid
| Low interest | High interest | |
|---|---|---|
| High influence | keep satisfied | manage closely |
| Low influence | monitor | keep informed |
Where Teyro fits
Teyro's How to Lead Without Being the Boss course turns this into short lessons you can play in a few minutes a day. It has 50 lessons, and you can start free.
The bottom line
No surprises. Keep the right people in the loop.
