Forging Relationships with External Stakeholders

Whether you’re a top business executive in a Fortune 500 company or a start-up entrepreneur you need to meet your stakeholders’ expectations to keep them happy and fulfill your obligations and commitments. In practice this can be hard to achieve especially when the stakeholder has influence or power over your success. When you have to interact extensively with stakeholders outside of your organization building a positive relationship can sometimes be stressful – but crucial. In this course youll learn how to identify external stakeholders and recognize their effect on your organization. You’ll also learn the steps to engage with external stakeholders and how to communicate effectively with them and garner feedback. And youll learn how to manage stakeholder relationships.