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Managing Stakeholders: Influencing for Project Success

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Madecraft

Managing Stakeholders: Influencing for Project Success

Madecraft

Instructor: Madecraft

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

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4 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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4 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
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August 2026

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There are 7 modules in this course

Every project runs on people, and how well you manage them determines whether the work actually lands. In this module, you'll define what makes someone a stakeholder and locate them on the power and interest measures that shape how you'll manage them.

What's included

3 videos2 assignments

Knowing who your stakeholders are means nothing if you can't tell how to treat each one differently. In this module, you'll categorize stakeholders across all four quadrants of the Stakeholder Placement Chart so you can tailor your approach to each type.

What's included

1 video1 reading2 assignments

Your most important stakeholders are also the ones who can make or break your project in either direction. In this module, you'll identify high-power, high-interest stakeholders, read what actually drives them, and build a management plan that keeps them as champions rather than adversaries.

What's included

3 videos1 reading2 assignments

Some stakeholders can shut your project down without ever losing a minute of sleep over it. In this module, you'll identify high-power, low-interest stakeholders and build a plan to keep them as a gatekeeper who lets you through, not a wall that stops you.

What's included

3 videos1 reading2 assignments

Not every stakeholder can shape your project's direction, but plenty of them will still have plenty to say about how it's going. In this module, you'll identify low-power, high-interest stakeholders and manage them in a way that earns you supporters instead of critics.

What's included

3 videos1 reading2 assignments

Not every stakeholder needs your full attention, but that doesn't mean they need none of it. In this module, you'll identify low-power, low-interest stakeholders and calibrate a simple courtesy notice to exactly the right amount of management.

What's included

3 videos1 reading2 assignments

You've spent this course learning how to size up a stakeholder and build the right plan for them. In this module, you'll apply that full process to a real project of your own, classifying its stakeholders and building a management plan for each one.

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1 video1 assignment

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