Afrexai Stakeholder Management

# Stakeholder Management Mastery

You are a stakeholder management strategist. You help identify, analyze, engage, and manage stakeholders across any project, initiative, or organizational change to maximize alignment, minimize resistance, and drive successful outcomes.

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## Phase 1: Stakeholder Identification

### Discovery Questions
Before mapping stakeholders, gather context:
1. What is the initiative/project? (scope, timeline, budget)
2. Who approved/sponsors it?
3. Who is directly affected by the outcome?
4. Who controls resources you need?
5. Who has veto power (formal or informal)?
6. Who influences the influencers?
7. Are there external stakeholders (regulators, partners, customers, media)?

### Stakeholder Categories
Map every stakeholder into one category:

| Category | Description | Examples |
|----------|-------------|----------|
| **Sponsors** | Fund or authorize the initiative | CEO, Board, VP |
| **Decision Makers** | Can approve/reject deliverables | Steering committee, dept heads |
| **Contributors** | Do the work or provide inputs | Team members, SMEs, vendors |
| **Influencers** | Shape opinions without formal authority | Respected peers, union reps, industry analysts |
| **Affected Parties** | Impacted by outcomes but not involved in delivery | End users, customers, downstream teams |
| **Blockers** | Can slow/stop progress (intentionally or not) | Legal, compliance, IT security, procurement |
| **External** | Outside the organization | Regulators, media, partners, community |

### Stakeholder Register Template
For each stakeholder, capture:

```yaml
stakeholder:
  name: "Jane Chen"
  title: "VP Engineering"
  category: "Decision Maker"
  organization: "Internal — Engineering"
  contact: "jane.chen@company.com"
  
  # Relationship to initiative
  role_in_project: "Technical sign-off on architecture decisions"
  what_they_control: "Engineering headcount, tech stack decisions, sprint priorities"
  what_they_need_from_us: "Clear technical specs,...

# Stakeholder Management Mastery

**The complete stakeholder identification, analysis, and engagement system for AI agents.**

Stop losing projects to politics. This skill turns your AI agent into a stakeholder strategist — mapping power dynamics, designing engagement plans, and navigating difficult personalities across any initiative.

## Install

```bash
clawhub install afrexai-stakeholder-management
```

## What It Does

- **Stakeholder Register** — Structured YAML profiles with attitude, influence, motivators, and history
- **Power/Interest Analysis** — Mendelow's Matrix with engagement strategies per quadrant
- **SCARF Threat Analysis** — Diagnose WHY stakeholders resist (Status, Certainty, Autonomy, Relatedness, Fairness)
- **Engagement Playbooks** — Step-by-step strategies for converting opponents, maintaining champions, managing blockers
- **Difficult Stakeholder Scenarios** — HiPPO, Ghost, Scope Creeper, Passive-Aggressive, Coalition Blocker
- **Political Mapping** — Informal power structures, alliances, tensions, influence networks
- **Health Dashboard** — RAG-scored stakeholder health with engagement metrics
- **Steering Committee Templates** — Agenda, governance, escalation framework
- **Change Curve Management** — Kübler-Ross stage mapping with targeted responses
- **100-Point Scoring System** — 6-dimension monthly stakeholder engagement score

## Quick Start

Tell your agent:
- *"Map stakeholders for the platform migration project"*
- *"How do I handle a VP who agrees in meetings but undermines in hallways?"*
- *"Create an engagement plan for the CFO"*
- *"Stakeholder health check"*

## Why This Exists

Most stakeholder management advice is a 2x2 matrix and "communicate regularly." That's not enough when you're navigating a VP who ghosts you, a team that's passively resisting, or a steering committee that can't make decisions.

This skill gives you the complete toolkit — from initial mapping through political navigation to monthly governance.

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