Leadership in Action: Laying the Groundwork: First Steps in Evaluating Leadership Development

KEY STAKEHOLDERS

A fundamental step in any evaluation is to identify key stakeholders: individuals or groups who have involvement in, responsibility for, or significant interest in the leadership development initiative and its evaluation. They may belong to the client organization, the provider organization, or some external group, such as an external funding organization. For instance, the stakeholder group might include the designers of the initiative, trainers, other human resource staff, potential participants in the initiative, senior managers who have a stake in the outcomes, line managers whose staff will participate in the initiative, and representatives of the funding organization.

To identify specific key stakeholders, you can begin ...