IIM Bangalore - Executive Education

Influencing Your Stakeholders Toward Collective Growth (Batch 2)

IIM Bangalore - Executive Education

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About Programme

‘If you want to walk fast, walk alone. If you want to walk far, walk together!’ – Ratan Tata

Leadership today is no longer defined by authority; it is defined by influence.

In increasingly complex organisations, outcomes are shaped not by control, but by the ability to align diverse stakeholders, build trust, and mobilise people toward a shared purpose.

It is also this ability that distinguishes those who grow into senior leadership roles – leaders who can influence across boundaries, align diverse interests, and drive collective outcomes are the ones who are entrusted with greater responsibility.

The leaders who create lasting impact are those who can navigate complexity with clarity – and bring people together to move forward, collectively.

Influencing Stakeholders toward Collective Growth, offered by IIM Bangalore, is a high-impact executive education programme designed to help leaders build influence across complex stakeholder environments.

Through a human-centered approach, the programme integrates:

Behavioural frameworks
Systems thinking
Structured communication
Storytelling as a tool for influence

Participants will develop the mindset, skills, and practical strategies required to build meaningful relationships, align stakeholders, and drive sustainable impact across teams and functions.

Programme Content

You Will Learn To…
Understand Stakeholders – Decode stakeholder motivations, interests, and emotional drivers. Map influence, alignment, and power dynamics
Build Trust & Relationships – Build credibility and connection using the Trust Equation. Develop authentic, trust-based relationships
Influence & Communicate – Use storytelling to inspire alignment and action. Influence effectively without formal authority. Communicate with clarity using structured thinking frameworks
Navigate Complexity – Manage resistance and conflict with confidence. Engage in difficult conversations constructively
Think Systemically – Understand interdependencies across stakeholders. Make decisions with a systems lens

Pedagogy

This programme follows a highly interactive and experiential learning approach, combining case discussions, real-world scenarios, group exercises, and reflective practice.
Participants will engage in individual and team-based activities designed to simulate complex stakeholder environments, enabling immediate application of concepts to real workplace challenges.
The emphasis is on practical learning—equipping participants with tools and approaches they can apply from day one.

Programme Audience

Senior, mid-senior, and mid-level leaders, as well as individual contributors

Leaders driving cross-functional initiatives and organisational outcomes
Professionals managing internal and external stakeholders
Leaders involved in strategy execution, transformation, or change initiatives
HR and business leaders enabling alignment and collaboration

Programme Benefits

As a participant of this Short Duration Programme, you will be able to enjoy some exclusive benefits other than the outcomes such as skills and knowledge enhancement and building specific competencies that can help shape your career growth.

Some of the exclusive benefits of attending this programme are listed below –Receive Executive Education eNewsletters

Invitation to share articles to the EEP blog (subject to a shortlisting process)

Participate in EEP webinars on various topics

Invitation to curated events and programs by the EEP office

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