1 Day • IC & Leaders Focus Module

Managing Stakeholders

Our training for young professionals and emerging leaders who want to become more effective in dealing with their boss, their bosses boss, and other senior leaders in their Organisation. Participants will learn strategies to present themselves and their ideas upwards in order to be heard, understood, and supported.

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Are you a young professional or emerging leader looking to enhance your effectiveness when dealing with senior leaders within your organization? Look no further! Gain the skills and strategies you need to present yourself and your ideas effectively to your superiors, including top management, ensuring your voice is not only heard but understood, supported, and celebrated.

Reflect

Understand what your managers expect from you and what shapes their perception of your work

Learn

How to effectively communicate your ideas, answer questions, and manage follow up actions

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Ace your appearance in the board room and learn how to navigate corporate hierarchies successfully.

Training Topics

Stakeholder management fundamentals & real-world challenges

Understand why stakeholder management is critical for alignment, decision quality and project success
Explore internal and external stakeholder types, roles and influence patterns
Reflect on typical stakeholder challenges in your day-to-day work

Stakeholder identification, interests & expectations

Identify relevant stakeholders and stakeholder groups around your role, project or initiative
Analyse interests, needs, expectations and potential concerns more systematically
Uncover dependencies, impact and overlooked stakeholders

Stakeholder analysis, prioritisation & engagement strategies

Analyse and prioritise stakeholders based on influence, impact and level of interest
Define fit-for-purpose engagement and communication strategies
Translate analysis into concrete actions for your stakeholder work

Stakeholder mapping, sponsorship & strategic positioning

Visualise stakeholder constellations, relationships and sponsorship dynamics
Identify leverage points, gaps and opportunities for stronger alignment
Derive concrete steps to increase visibility, support and strategic positioning

Stakeholder communication & influencing with clarity

Communicate with more structure, clarity and audience focus in high-stakes situations
Tailor messages to different stakeholders and decision contexts
Increase buy-in through focused, persuasive and decision-ready communication

Conflict management with difficult stakeholders

Strengthen your ability to handle difficult stakeholder dynamics constructively
Practice self-regulation, perspective-taking and escalation awareness
Expand your toolbox for conflict-heavy and high-pressure situations

Negotiation, objection handling & real-life transfer

Practice negotiation in stakeholder scenarios with competing interests and power imbalances
Strengthen objection handling in a calm, structured and solution-oriented way
Translate insights into concrete next steps for your real stakeholder challenges