Chapter 9. Satisfying Your Stakeholders and Measuring Success

Step 9: Identify Any Potential Roadblocks to Achieving Your Objectives, and Make a Plan to Deal with Each

Not infrequently, some of the people who are necessary for the successful adoption and implementation of your recommendations will not be in the room during your presentation. If you want to be sure of success, you need to identify these people and create a plan to get them to agree to the steps that you need them to take if your recommendations are to bear fruit.

Think through each of the critical decisions that have to be made in order for your recommendations to be implemented and who needs to make each of those decisions. Think also about whether there are any people who, if they ...

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