Experts everywhere agree that in order to create successful, sustainable change, those leading the effort must engage key stakeholders in the planning and execution of activities that will bring about change. And leaders must be change champions, engaging, communicating and collaborating throughout the entire lifecycle of a change implementation to share plans, challenges, and successes along the way.
At Howick Associates we harness the power of leaders influence in the initiation phase of our work with the Influence Map tool. We use the influence mapping activity as an engagement opportunity and work with others to identify all those impacted by a specific change and brainstorm strategies to influence the groups, communicate more effectively and address resistance to minimize obstacles.
By identifying our stakholder’s commitment to change and clarifying who can influence them proactively, we are more successful in planning for barriers and minimizing obstacles to successful change. Use this tool engage others and to help leaders engage others to strategize and leverage influence to help your change succeed.