Establishing Connect!

So here I am, trying to understand the ecosystem i work in and establishing 'connect' with my stakeholders.

Hey, but first hold on! Who are my stakeholders?

Only after you have figured out who your stakeholders are, do you get to the next stage. This next stage is about establishing working connect with each stakeholder.

I have been wondering - what does a 'working connect' mean?

I have been going through these series of introduction rounds. Yes, you are supposed to be in a listening mode, and get 'inducted'. But should getting inducted only be a passive process - a one way street?

So after having had a few of these introduction/induction sessions with stakeholders, I came up with a model for structuring these discussions.

With every stakeholder, in the first meeting, I am:

• establishing a 'connect' frequency - an agreement on how frequently should we meet in a structured fashion. The question is 'We will meet once in -- weeks/days/months?'

• contracting the first thing we would work jointly on and make a difference in. It may be a low hanging fruit or an easy win. But that is okay! The essence is to have this mutual feeling of having worked on something together and achieved success (Think of a football team. Would you expect them to build team spirit only by sitting on the bench or playing in the field too?)

'Getting our hands dirty together' is a visual that comes to mind.

I am intrigued to see how 'outcomes' shape up.

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Sourav