Executive Onboarding
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<strong>Executive</strong> <strong>Onboarding</strong><br />
importance and worth of the stakeholder by meeting<br />
him/her on his/her turf. You may consider flattering the<br />
stakeholder or simply focus on an issue that you both find<br />
important and ask the stakeholder for advice to create<br />
common grounds.<br />
2. Reciprocity – relationships in general are founded on some<br />
level of social arbitrage where you give and take. In this<br />
case, it is better to give before you take. Consider carefully<br />
what you can give because it should be a meaningful<br />
gesture/thing to the stakeholder and should require little<br />
effort for him/her to reciprocate.<br />
3. Rationality – appealing to the stakeholder’s rational<br />
mindset may assist to remove or diminish his/her<br />
negative emotions. For instance, by presenting factual<br />
benefits that substantiate the value of an initiative that you<br />
would like to obtain backing to or, at the very least,<br />
neutrality from the stakeholder.<br />
Mastering the stakeholder management skill also enables the<br />
executive to better understand the symbolism of individual<br />
organizations and the etiquette of their workplace. Based on<br />
strong interpersonal skills, successful leaders are focused on<br />
creating valuable relations that may assist them in learning how<br />
to navigate in the organization. Leaders employing stakeholder<br />
management skills are also consistently more successful in their<br />
organizational endeavors compared to their average peers.<br />
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