Stakeholder Engagement

Definition

Getting people to care about and participate in your project—like herding cats if the cats had competing agendas and quarterly objectives.

Example Usage

Effective stakeholder engagement was critical to the successful launch.

Source: Human resources and organizational management terminology

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