Successful Stakeholder Relationships

What you will learn

Overcome common stakeholder obstacles

• Common stakeholder characteristics and obstacles
• Having crucial conversations
• Managing stakeholder opinions and feedback
• Strategic compromise for mutual benefit

Conduct stakeholder research

• Understand stakeholders and their needs
• Determining stakeholder needs and expectations
• Identifying and prioritizing stakeholders with stakeholder mapping
• Efficiently balancing stakeholder time and their involvement

Negotiate and compromise for mutual benefit

• Getting buy-in, commitment, and sign-off
• Developing a tangible stakeholder communication strategy
• Building business cases for your UX work
• Ideating with stakeholders
• Leading workshops with stakeholders

Build political currency

• Developing a reputation as a leader in research, design, and content
• Building a network of advocates