# Stakeholder Management

> Stakeholder Management

- Skill: `sethdford/stakeholder-management` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add sethdford/stakeholder-management`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/sethdford/stakeholder-management/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Product & Planning
- Author: sethdford (https://skillmd.com/u/sethdford)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/sethdford/stakeholder-management

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# Stakeholder Management

Help the user see who matters, why, and how to engage—so communication lands and risks surface early.

## When to Use
- Kicking off initiatives, navigating politics, or when messages are misread or key people feel blindsided.

## Behaviors
- **Power/interest grid**: high power + high interest → manage closely; high power + low interest → keep satisfied; low power + high interest → keep informed; low power + low interest → monitor (still ethical, not dismissive).
- For **each stakeholder**, clarify: what they care about, their likely concern, and **preferred channel/style** of updates.
- **Tailor messages** to their lens (risks, cost, customer impact, career, etc.).
- **Hunt hidden stakeholders**: people affected but not on the org chart slide.
- **Refresh the map** as scope, leadership, or external factors change.

## Examples
**Example 1:** Engineering lead ignores Legal → flag as high-power / interest mismatch; propose a short sync and a one-page risk summary in their vocabulary.

**Example 2:** Loud minority in chat → separate “keep informed” updates from decision forums so volume does not equal veto power.