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Master stakeholder managementfor powerful enablement programs
Course
overview
As a PMM, your ability to navigate organizational complexities and unite cross-functional stakeholders is paramount. This expert-led course equips you with a proven framework to build rapport, credibility, and trust with key players across the business.
Develop the essential stakeholder management skills to power effective enablement programs that drive product success.
Become the linchpin that aligns diverse teams and sustains organizational momentum, propelling your product marketing goals forward.
Curriculum
Chapters
- Introduction
- Why stakeholder management matters
- Who are common stakeholders?
- Coursework
- Who's who in the zoo?
- Coursework
- Fireside chat: Different enablement functions
- Common pitfalls to avoid
- Key takeaways
- Exam
- Time to reflect
Chapters
- Research and preparation
- Coursework
- Building rapport
- Power questioning and active listening
- Establishing credibility
- Elevator pitch
- Coursework
- Ask not tell
- Stakeholder dogs
- Coursework
- Close the meeting smoothly
- Key takeaways
- Exam
- Time to reflect
Chapters
- Begin with the end in mind
- Consultative approach
- Fishing out pain
- Coursework
- The CLAW technique
- Coursework
- Difficult stakeholders
- Fireside chat: Dealing with difficult stakeholders
- Managing expectations
- Case study: Reframing problems for a 'demander'
- Key takeaways
- Exam
- Time to reflect
Chapters
- Enablement program creation
- Coursework
- How enablement teams scale
- Pitch programs to your stakeholders
- Enablement strategy report
- Coursework
- Fireside chat: How to add value to stakeholders to nurture the conversation
- Key takeaways
- Exam
- Time to reflect
Chapters
- Intro to ongoing engagement
- Reporting cycles part one: Meeting updates and quarterly reviews
- Coursework
- Reporting cycles part two: Annual reporting, scorecards and team reviews
- Coursework
- The road less traveled
- Coursework
- Key takeaways
- Exam
- Time to reflect
Chapters
Chapters
Chapters
Chapters
Chapters
Chapters
- Introduction
- Why stakeholder management matters
- Who are common stakeholders?
- Coursework
- Who's who in the zoo?
- Coursework
- Fireside chat: Different enablement functions
- Common pitfalls to avoid
- Key takeaways
- Exam
- Time to reflect
Chapters
- Research and preparation
- Coursework
- Building rapport
- Power questioning and active listening
- Establishing credibility
- Elevator pitch
- Coursework
- Ask not tell
- Stakeholder dogs
- Coursework
- Close the meeting smoothly
- Key takeaways
- Exam
- Time to reflect
Chapters
- Begin with the end in mind
- Consultative approach
- Fishing out pain
- Coursework
- The CLAW technique
- Coursework
- Difficult stakeholders
- Fireside chat: Dealing with difficult stakeholders
- Managing expectations
- Case study: Reframing problems for a 'demander'
- Key takeaways
- Exam
- Time to reflect
Chapters
- Enablement program creation
- Coursework
- How enablement teams scale
- Pitch programs to your stakeholders
- Enablement strategy report
- Coursework
- Fireside chat: How to add value to stakeholders to nurture the conversation
- Key takeaways
- Exam
- Time to reflect
Chapters
- Intro to ongoing engagement
- Reporting cycles part one: Meeting updates and quarterly reviews
- Coursework
- Reporting cycles part two: Annual reporting, scorecards and team reviews
- Coursework
- The road less traveled
- Coursework
- Key takeaways
- Exam
- Time to reflect
Chapters
Chapters
Modules
Modules
Modules
Our stats
"This course should be at the top of your list! Whether you are starting at a new company or beginning your enablement career, this is a great place to start. Stakeholder management is crucial to enablement success and is something that is always top of mind no matter who or what level you interact with. I really appreciated Theo Davies' perspectives through this course."
Annie Johnson
Revenue Enablement Manager
“This course provides a great foundation on how to deal with all types of stakeholders and gives you the tools to prepare for your interactions with them. Whether that is templates for meetings or advice on language and behaviours to use when engaging stakeholders, it is all here. Theo is hugely experienced and shares his wisdom across all facets of stakeholder management. There is a lot here I can and will take forward into my role.”
Harry Lingard
Head of Sales Enablement
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Learn from the collective success and experience of the world’s biggest product marketing community. Not only that, but our certifications are built with the support of PMMs from the largest orgs around such as Adobe, Google, Linkedin, Atlassian, Grammarly, and many more.
If you need help convincing your company to pay for your training, we’ve done the leg work for you.
By the end of the course
you'll be able to...
Work collaboratively
Create a truly cross-functional enablement strategy with support from all stakeholders.
Gain leadership buy-in
Earn trust and build rapport with leadership figures, highlighting enablement’s ROI.
Build lasting relationships
Learn how to create ongoing engagement reports to continuously land your programs.
What's
included
An extensive on-demand curriculum with all the tools you need to master the enablement stakeholder management process.
Dive into 3+ hours of exclusive, on-demand course content, and enhance your stakeholder management skills at your own pace.
Hone your skills with help from a line-up of engaging activities designed to help transform your theoretical knowledge into impactful stakeholder management strategies.
13 actionable, industry-standard templates that you'll use to implement your learning and drive results with no time wasted.
Elevate your career with an Enablement Stakeholder Management certification upon successful completion of all exams. Solidify your newfound mastery of alignment and collaboration, and set yourself apart in the industry.
Get personalized and actionable advice to your toughest product marketing questions, backed by Product Marketing Alliance’s entire knowledge base, using PMM-GPT.
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With every single one of our courses and certifications, you can get your hands on templates, frameworks, and toolkits. All are designed with the cumulative knowledge of our community to help you implement your newfound knowledge the very next day.
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500+ hours of OnDemand video content
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Ungated access to industry reports
Lifetime access to all course content
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Exclusive PMM Leaders Summit
Leadership programs
Mastering leadership workshops
Peer-to-peer mentorship
Carefully curated peer groups
Leadership breakfast briefings & dinners
100+ templates and frameworks
500+ hours of OnDemand insights
Members-only events and community
Lifetime access to all course content
Access to all future course updates
Official certification if you pass the exams
Course
benefits
Gain ability to quickly secure buy-in for initiatives by aligning cross-functional stakeholders.
Develop conflict resolution skills to overcome roadblocks and unite diverse teams behind your vision.
Become a trusted advisor by leveraging stakeholder relationships to drive successful product launches.
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FAQS
This course is packed with expert knowledge on managing and gaining buy-in from stakeholders. It’s for anyone who wants to elevate their understanding of enablement and the stakeholder management that’s necessary to succeed in the function.
Once you enroll, you’ll work through the modules in chronological order and be invited to take part in activities. At the end of each module, you’ll be presented with mandatory exam questions and if you pass all these, you’ll become Enablement Stakeholder Management Certified!
If you fail the first time around you'll be given the option to retake the exam. If you fail the second attempt, unfortunately, it means you won’t get the certificate. However, all’s not lost – you’ll have still learned lots and you’ll be given access to the course materials for life, so you can brush up on the bits you slipped up on forevermore.