Stakeholder Engagement: Some commonly asked questions answered
1. How do you identify your stakeholders? Stakeholders could be individuals, groups or organisations who have interest in the consulting organisation or what it is trying to achieve. Stakeholder mapping is done to identify stakeholders based on their interest, influence and impact/opportunity on a project. In most scenarios there are internal and external stakeholders. Set out below is an example of who they may be: Internal stakeholders: • • • • •
Employees Departments Subsidiary companies Board members/Councillors /Ministers Project control groups
External stakeholders: • • • •
Industry partners/stakeholders Investors and/or shareholders Community Reference Groups/Panels