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Stakeholdering - Toolbox
More 'sparks' on stakeholdering?
Scope-tool
If there is no bulls eye, a lot of your arrows will be shot in the wrong directions. Exactly the same for your projects in which a lot of time invested could unfortunately be wasted effort. Therefore, together with those directly involved, define the goal of the project and divide the roles and responsibilities. As long as boundaries are not clearly defined, there is no point in taking the next steps.
Target-tool
Who are your stakeholders and how important is each one of them?
Who do you need to get around the table to achieve your goal? Go further than simply listing your stakeholder. Ask yourself these 3 central questions: Where do I need each of them for? How directly involved are they in the project? How important is each of them in the current phase?
Power & Interest: interventions
Your stakeholder will have a different priority, based on power & interest. This analysis helps you in putting the right interventions in place.
Analyse-tool
How do Stakeholders relate to your ideas?
When you start working with your stakeholders, you prefer to do so in a structured way, so are able to focus on reaching the best possible results. With this tool, you will first map your stakeholders before you will be able to come up with valuable strategies to create buy-in.
Getting your stakeholders on the move: Tips
Mapping your stakeholders on the 'Acceptance-Energy Matrix', gives you a static picture of reality. Ideally, you also want to put your stakeholders on the right track. To help you with this, we have some tips for you.
Know-tool
Get to know the perspective of your stakeholder
What makes ‘stakeholdering’ so complex, are the different perspectives, interests and concerns around the meeting table. Sometimes this is quite clear from the beginning. Sometimes it has a little taste of 'hidden agendas'.
Active Listening techniques
Techniques to explore the perspective of your stakeholder and get direct information.
Indirect information: Tips
Next to direct information, there are other channels to get to know your stakeholder: behavior, non-rational drivers and personality.
Creating awareness
Read these tips to get your topic on the agenda of your stakeholders.
Building trust
Read these tips to build a relationship of trust with your stakeholders.