Stakeholder Engagement - advanced

Korte beschrijving

For professionals who want more than just 'involvement': influencing, connecting and accelerating

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You know the basics — now it's time for real impact. In daily practice, effective stakeholder management is about more than techniques alone: it requires sensitivity, building trust, and creating movement. In Stakeholder Engagement – the advanced course, you will work on exactly that.
You will be provided with powerful conceptual frameworks, work on concrete behavioral skills, and practice situations that you will immediately recognize from your own work. This training seamlessly builds on Stakeholder Engagement – the basics and helps you sharpen and elevate your approach to a higher level.


You'll continue working on the Zoo case from the basic training. Expect energetic exercises, scenarios with challenging stakeholders, and direct feedback on your approach. The result?
After this day:

• You'll have a refined stakeholder strategy and a working engagement & communication plan.
• You'll be able to consciously influence and manage expectations without damaging relationships.
• You'll be demonstrably stronger in difficult conversations and within complex political arenas.

Doelgroep

• Business Analysts
• Product Owners
• Project and Programme managers
• Consultants

Voorvereisten

Participants are expected to have completed the "Stakeholder Engagement - The Basics" training.

Doelstelling

What will you learn?

• Stakeholder Strategy 2.0 – from intention to concrete choices regarding who, when, what, and why.
• Empathy that works – truly understanding interests, drivers, and barriers and translating them into action.
• Engagement & Connection – building relationships that accelerate collaboration (and prevent escalation).
• Communicating effectively – key messages and channels that work for each stakeholder.
• Influencing with integrity – styles, tactics, and timing; from nudging to decision-making rhythm.
• Obstacles & Expectation Management – ??recognizing resistance, redirecting it, and securing realistic agreements.