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Course Overview

Leaders today must balance diverse expectations and manage relationships with multiple stakeholders, from employees and customers to boards and regulators. This Stakeholder Management and Strategic Influence Training Course equips executives with tools to identify stakeholders, manage relationships effectively, and apply influence strategies that secure alignment and collaboration.

Through interactive case studies, negotiation role-plays, and influence exercises, participants will learn to communicate with impact, manage competing priorities, and foster trust across complex organizational environments.

The course ensures leaders can turn stakeholder relationships into powerful levers for strategic success.

Course Benefits

• Strengthen ability to manage diverse stakeholders.

• Build trust and credibility across relationships.

• Improve influence and persuasion in leadership.

• Align stakeholders with organizational goals.

• Navigate complex stakeholder environments with confidence.

Course Objectives

• Understand the principles of stakeholder management.

• Map and analyze stakeholder interests and priorities.

• Apply influence and persuasion techniques strategically.

• Manage conflicts and competing stakeholder demands.

• Communicate effectively to build trust and alignment.

• Lead stakeholder engagement during change initiatives.

• Build sustainable stakeholder relationships for long-term success.

Training Methodology

The course uses executive lectures, stakeholder mapping exercises, negotiation role-plays, and case studies. Leaders will practice influence strategies in realistic scenarios.

Target Audience

• Executives and senior leaders.

• Strategy, operations, and transformation directors.

• HR, communications, and external relations leaders.

• Managers responsible for stakeholder engagement.

Target Competencies

• Stakeholder management.

• Strategic influence.

• Negotiation and persuasion.

• Trust-building leadership.

Course Outlines

Unit 1: Foundations of Stakeholder Management

• Defining stakeholder management in leadership.

• The importance of stakeholders in organizational success.

• Case studies of stakeholder-driven outcomes.

• Key leadership responsibilities in engagement.

Unit 2: Stakeholder Identification and Mapping

• Tools for identifying stakeholders.

• Mapping interests, power, and influence.

• Prioritizing stakeholders for strategic focus.

• Assessing risks and opportunities.

Unit 3: Communication and Trust-Building

• Principles of transparent communication.

• Building credibility with stakeholders.

• Active listening and empathy in engagement.

• Practical exercises in trust-building.

Unit 4: Influence and Persuasion Strategies

• Understanding influence dynamics in leadership.

• Persuasion models for executive contexts.

• Negotiation and collaboration with stakeholders.

• Case studies of influence in practice.

Unit 5: Managing Conflicts and Competing Demands

• Identifying sources of stakeholder conflict.

• Balancing diverse expectations.

• Conflict resolution and mediation tools.

• Aligning interests toward common goals.

Unit 6: Stakeholder Engagement in Change and Transformation

• Leading stakeholders during organizational change.

• Building coalitions for transformation success.

• Managing resistance with influence.

• Sustaining engagement through change.

Unit 7: Sustaining Long-Term Stakeholder Relationships

• Embedding stakeholder management into leadership practice.

• Monitoring and adapting stakeholder strategies.

• Measuring relationship success and impact.

• Roadmap for sustainable influence and trust.

Ready to strengthen your influence and stakeholder leadership?
Join the Stakeholder Management and Strategic Influence Training Course with EuroQuest International Training and turn relationships into drivers of success.