Stakeholder Influence Mapper Skill

Turn a product initiative into a structured influence plan — who needs to be aligned, in what order, and exactly what to say to each person in their language.

Required Inputs

Ask the user for these if not provided:

• Initiative description (what you want to do and why)
• List of key stakeholders (name, role, relationship to initiative)
• Timeline pressure (when do you need a decision?)
• Any known objections or political context (what you're already aware of)

Process

1. Build stakeholder map with: role, primary concern, decision authority (blocker / influencer / informed), current stance (supportive / neutral / resistant / unknown)
2. Identify the critical path of conversations — who must be won before others
3. For each stakeholder, lead with their concern, not your ask
4. Prepare one likely objection per stakeholder and a prepared response
5. Flag any stakeholders who should NOT be approached until others are aligned
6. Validate — Confirm every "blocker" stakeholder has a specific tactic (not just "have a conversation"), and that the sequence accounts for political dependencies