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Name | Louise Worsley
Networking & stakeholder engagementLessons learned from project management
Great PMs
have great
networks….
Bursting your social
bubble
Connect to
It’s the quality not the quantity of your network that matters
Map your LinkedIn network withwww.socilab.com
Weak ties
Bursting your social
media bubble
Finding the right presence
Personal & private
Professional & private Professional & public
Personal & public
Source: Dutta, S, (2010)
Bursting your social
media bubble
1. Find highly active accounts run by people who are wildly dissimilar from you
2. Follow for thirty days –even if you don’t like what they say.
3. Don’t engage. Lurk!4. Self-study what is new
to you
Twitter exercise
Make a
memorable
connection
Connecting you with
energy and the drive
to achieve your
ambitions
Connecting you with opportunity
Your network
should
empower you
It should
inspire you
Networks for
• Information• Political support• Personal development
• Sense of purpose• Work/life balance• Personal support and
energy
Implementation is accepted Supported by taxi people
The 6
principles of
stakeholder
engagement
Stakeholder engagement provides information, time and space for stakeholders to participate 5It never hurts to be polite 6
1Stakeholders should have a say in decisions that affect them
2Stakeholder participation includes the promise that contributions will visibly influence decisions
3Stakeholder engagement seeks out those potentially affected by, or interested in, a decision
4Stakeholder engagement seeks input on how they wish to participate
Thank you!
https://za.linkedin.com/in/picubed
@worsley_louise
• Name | Louise Worsley
• Web | www.pi3.co.za
• Email | [email protected]
Stories borrowed from…• Reggie Springleer, Manager Industry Transition, City of Cape Town
And many, many others…
Worsley, LM. (2016). Stakeholder-led project management, Changing the way we manage projects, Business Expert Press
Gladwell, M, (2000). The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. New York: Little, Brown, and Company
Have a look at
Cross, R. & Thomas, R.J. (2011) Managing yourself: A smarter Way to network, Harvard Business Review, Available online at https://hbr.org/2011/07/managing-yourself-a-smarter-way-to-network
Cross, R. (2011) The most valuable people in your network, Harvard Business Review, Available online at https://hbr.org/2011/03/the-most-valuable-people-in-yo
Dutta, S. (2010) What’s Your Personal Social Media Strategy? Harvard Business Review, Available online at https://hbr.org/2010/11/managing-yourself-whats-your-personal-social-media-strategy
LinkedIn network mapping available at www.socilab.com
