Interactive stakeholder engagement model
Stakeholder engagement pyramid
Explore five ways to engage stakeholders, from providing information to sharing responsibility for decisions.
FROM ANALYSIS TO ENGAGEMENT
Choose how to engage your stakeholders
Select a level of the pyramid to read its definition and see an example. Use your stakeholder analysis to judge which approaches suit each stakeholder.
About the stakeholder engagement pyramid
The stakeholder engagement pyramid shows five approaches to involving people in a project: pull communications, push communications, consultation, participation and partnership. The approaches range from making information available to sharing responsibility for decisions and outcomes.
Moving up the pyramid generally requires more time and closer working with fewer stakeholders. Use your stakeholder analysis to assess each stakeholder's influence and interest and choose how best to engage them.
The original model uses overlapping bands, not a separate engagement level for each quadrant of the power-interest grid. Select a level to read its definition and example, then compare it with the full model. You can combine several approaches for the same stakeholder.
For the complete planning process, read Stakeholder Engagement - Definition and Overview .