9 tips for project stakeholder management

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Tips to Improve Your 


Relationship with 
 Project Stakeholders 


9

Stakeholder management

has always been a tricky business

Your job starts the

day a project begins, and doesn’t end until after the post-project reflection meetings.

Your job starts the

day a project begins,

and doesn’t end until

after the post-project

reflection meetings.

And you have to keep your stakeholders

happy & engaged the entire time.

…In other words, you need superpowers.

We spoke to project managers from around the world to hear their best advice on stakeholder

management

Read on to see what tips they shared⤑

Don’t forget any stakeholders!


Bring in team members, project sponsors, and ANYONE

who has an interest in the project outcome.

Tip 1

Which stakeholders are most often neglected?

The people impacted by your

project — 

like your customers

and users!

↴

Tip 2

Build a good relationship with

stakeholders before you need it.

Tip 3

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Communicate with people in the way that

best suits their style,

not your style:

face-to-face, phone calls, emails, chat tools, etc.

Tip 4

Good managers are behavioral scientists Learn what makes people tick and use it to

motivate them (Candy, anyone?)

Tip 5

Get stakeholder input and feedback early Use this interaction to get them to really care about

the project outcome

Tip 6

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When new requests come in, highlight the impact on your project schedule.

Tip 7

Give consistent project updates geared toward different stakeholder interests.

Tip 8

Always include real numbers and real results.

When there is good news or press, point the spotlight

at your stakeholders

instead of yourself.

Tip 9

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