Strategic Stakeholder Engagement for Organisational Transformation

Course Overview

This course responds to a growing organisational need: complex enterprises are grappling with agility, rapid transformation, shifting geopolitical pressures, emerging technologies, and heightened expectations for strategic alignment. As decisions move through increasingly interconnected systems, leaders are required not only to define direction but to ensure that people, structures, and incentives converge around that direction with clarity and purpose. In many organisations, this capability is now mission critical, as misalignment between strategy, influence, and stakeholder expectations can slow progress, diluteoutcomes, or stall change entirely.

What You Will Gain

Struggling to align your organisation to transformation, navigate power dynamics, or ensure strategic decisions lead to measurable outcomes? This course is designed to empower leaders with the tools and frameworks to enable strategy, drive alignment, and deliver impactful change in complex environments.

• Master the art of strategic enablement by learning how to align organisational purpose, strategy, and stakeholder enablement for seamless execution
• Gain access to exclusive frameworks that help navigate organisational power dynamics, build coalitions, and foster durable alignment across interconnected systems
  
  

You Will Learn

• Analyse organisational power structures, informal networks, and political dynamics to effectively influence strategic outcomes
• Create and articulate a strategic vision that ensures stakeholders interpret and act on it as intended
• Design and implement high-impact stakeholder engagement strategies that anticipate resistance and foster durable alignment
• Evaluate and navigate stakeholders across the organisation’s value creation model to ensure decisions progress seamlessly through funding, governance, delivery, and adoption
  
  

This Course Is Ideal For

This course is intended for professionals who play a pivotal role in shaping strategy, leading change, influencing senior stakeholders, or ensuring that organisational decisions translate into meaningful outcomes. It is particularly suited to individuals working in complex environments where political awareness, alignment, and cross functional collaboration are essential for success.

• Strategy Managers and Strategy Consultants
• Transformation Directors and Change Leaders
• Heads of Department or Functional Leaders

Certification Criteria

You must meet two criteria to be eligible for an Informa Connect Academy Certificate of Completion:

• Satisfactory attendance: You must attend all sessions of the course. If, for any reason, you miss more than two hours of the course sessions, you will not be eligible to sit the course assessment
• Successful completion of the course assessment: Assessments will be ongoing and based on in-class participation and activities

If you do not meet these criteria, you will receive an Informa Connect Academy Certificate of Attendance. If you have not attended all of the course, the certificate will clearly state the number of hours you attended.

Delivered by Jon

For more than twenty years, Jon has trained managing directors, senior stakeholders, and cross-functional change teams on how to lead, sponsor, and sustain large-scale transformation. His work has focused onequipping leaders with the skills to navigate complex organisational landscapes, build alignment across competing interests, and drive meaningful change in international settings.

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