workshop
Cultivate
Nurture relationships to achieve what matters
The best outcomes come from people working together. This workshop helps you build the relationships, trust and influence you need to work with others and get important things done.
A practical workshop for anyone who needs to collaborate, influence and lead without authority.
Build relationships
Improve rapport and connection with important stakeholders
Expand your influence
Influence without authority for greater commitment and buy-in
Pre-empt and navigate conflict
Turn conflict into collaboration and respectful disagreement
workshop
Cultivate relationships for greater impact and outcomes
In complex organisations, strong stakeholder relationships are not a nice extra. They are part of how work gets done.
Cultivate: Nurture Stakeholder Relationships is a practical workshop designed to help leaders and professionals build stronger, more effective relationships with the people who shape, influence or depend on their work. Participants will explore how to better understand stakeholder needs, motivations and influence, communicate in ways that land with different audiences, and build the trust needed for honest, productive relationships over time.
The workshop also develops the more challenging side of stakeholder work: handling friction, influencing without unnecessary force, negotiating through competing priorities, and staying self-aware when relationships become tense or political.
The aim is not just to help people “get on with stakeholders.” It is to help them build the quality of relationship that makes better decisions, smoother collaboration and more meaningful progress possible.
Build trust, empathy and credibility
Improve communication and connection
Understand what matters to others
Navigate conflict and difficult conversations
Influence and gain commitment
Create collaboration and shared ownership
Who is this for?
Senior Leaders
Lead with influence, align people and deliver outcomes
Delivery Leaders
Gain buy-in, manage stakeholders and keep work moving forward
Scrum Masters
Build collaboration inside and outside the team
Teams
Create a culture of trust, openness and shared ownership
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What Learners Are Saying
Geoff has so much knowledge in this area and this course is gold-dust
Andy Grason
Transformation Practice Lead
Thanks for the great session! It was intense and full of hints and tools I will try
Monika Vlhova
Performance Coach
This is one of the best learning experiences I've had
Dean Wilmot
Product Owner
Find out more
Want to learn more about dates and options for public, in-house and 1-2-1 options? Drop me a note and we can set up a chat.