Stakeholder Engagement: How to be More Effective in your Project Management

Even at the start-up phase of your project, stakeholder engagement is the key to your success. So, how do you ensure that buy-in or engagement from the stakeholders?  And how do you ensure that they share the same expectations? In this context, the participants will be asked to consider what are the most important capabilities of successful project leaders; i.e. "What really makes a difference?"

In his presentation, Alan will discuss a number of factors linked to Stakeholder engagement including the Model of Swift Trust (based on Stephem Covey's "The Speed of Trust"), time management with stakeholders (based on the concept of the "Stakeholder Circle" by Linda Bourne) and dealing with difficult stakeholders and the importance of Quality Conversations.

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Alan Grant works as a Programme Manager for the Ministry of  Social Development in Wellington, where he is responsible for a variety of programme management projects.

Up to recently he worked at the Ministry of Justice on a variety of programme management projects in the tribunals, special courts and related areas of the Ministry’s Special Jurisdictions business unit. Prior to that he worked as a project professional for NZ’s Inland Revenue Department.

In the past seven years, he has focused on what skills and characteristics really make a difference for effective project management work. A key area of interest for Alan is great stakeholder management work.

Alan moved into project management in the early 2000’s, coming from a consulting background involving knowledge management, e-business, relationship management and sales work. Alan has B.Sc.(hons) degree from Victoria University of Wellington, and is a qualified PMP™ practitioner since 2005.