Practical Guide to Dealing with Difficult Stakeholders

All project stakeholders have different needs, objectives, responsibilities and priorities. For many project managers it is disturbing to realise that, for any number of personal or professional reasons, some of their stakeholders may not be as co-operative and helpful as they expect. It could be a negative and powerful sponsor (the ''Anti-sponsor''), a demotivated team, low-maturity or unrealisti...