A stakeholder map is a focused workspace for identifying, understanding and organising the people who influence a specific goal, decision or change.
Each map should bring together:
• The people who matter.
• Your relationships with them.
• Their relationships with each other.
• The dimensions and signals that influence how you can most effectively engage them.

Stakeholders, and your relationships with them, change depending on context. The same person might be supportive in one initiative, resistant in another, or influential only in certain decisions. Using separate maps lets you avoid mental overload, see patterns more clearly, and make sharper, more confident decisions.

Create a map around a single, clear context, such as:
• A project or initiative.
• A major decision you need to drive or influence.
• A change that will impact people.
• An external ecosystem or partnership.
• A professional network you want to connect with and maintain.