Stakeholder Engagement Manage The Relationships That Matter Most for IT
Build Trust. Inspire Respect. Drive Alignment.
Communicate with impact and transform professional behaviors that reposition IT from “order taker” to strategic business partner.
Trusted by Global IT Leaders
Stakeholder Perception Gaps Undermine IT’s Value
Make Stakeholder Engagement a
Measurable & Predictable Part of Leading IT
Rain Partners developed a structured, data-driven program helping IT leaders to measure and improve:
Make Stakeholder Engagement a Measurable & Predictable Part of Leading IT
This program addresses that gap by transforming how IT leaders manage their business relationships. With a structured engagement calendar mapped to the business cycle, targeted training in business fluency, prebuilt templates for key discussions, and real-time stakeholder feedback via MeasureIT®, IT leaders are positioned to lead with credibility, confidence, and clarity.
Stakeholder Map
Gain a clear, holistic view of the people who influence or are impacted by IT, so you can engage them with purpose and precision.
Business Technology Review
A structured process and template to drive meaningful, forward-looking conversations between IT and business leaders.
Target Achievements
Methodology for establishing, tracking and reporting quarterly goals.
Skill Building
A practical approach to equip IT leaders & teams with the skills and confidence to lead high-impact stakeholder conversations.
Year in Review
Recap the business impact of IT initiatives. Showcase what was achieved in partnership, just in time for the annual MeasureIT® survey
The Result: Greater IT Business Impact Through Stronger Stakeholder Engagement
What CIOs and IT Leaders Are Saying
“Rain Partners integrated our stakeholders’ perspective into every aspect of our collaboration. From IT strategy to daily communication tools, they ensured open, honest engagement with our key business peers.”
“Rain Partners truly shined at helping us build relationships within IT and the business“
“Rain Partners heavy emphasis on communications and change management as an integral part of our transformation paid huge dividends with both the global IT team and the stakeholder community. “
Secure IT’s Seat at the Table
What’s Next on Your Jouney
See where you really stand. Uncover the perceptions that are holding IT back.
Explore a ready-to-use leadership model, processes, and governance cadence.
Your Questions, Answered
This structured, scalable program helps IT leaders build and maintain strategic relationships across the business landscape. It uses data-driven insights from MeasureIT®, proven tools, and leadership skill-building to reposition IT as a trusted, proactive partner aligned with enterprise goals.
This program replaces ad hoc or reactive updates with a repeatable, scalable framework. Organized to the rhythm of your business cycles, IT proactively takes charge of the dialogue, with a structured approach that brings higher accountability for outcomes and direct focus on stakeholders’ expectations.
Many of the skills needed to manage relationships are simply overlooked in the IT career development path, such as Active Listening, Professional Presentation and Facilitation, Strategic Thinking, Business Acumen, Data-Based Storytelling. We’ll gauge your organization’s specific needs, and provide a recommended curriculum and resources.
You will receive stakeholder engagement roadmap, a living engagement calendar aligned to business milestones, customized curriculum, communication templates, stakeholder mapping tools, conversation scripts, and access to a community of practice for ongoing collaboration and coaching.
MeasureIT® is an excellent foundation for jump-starting IT’s new commitment to stakeholder satisfaction. The platform identifies gaps between IT and Stakeholder perceptions, and creates enterprise and function-level views of stakeholder sentiment toward IT. Even further, MeasureIT will guide IT groups toward targeted actions that will quickly impact stakeholders’ view of IT.
Clients increase IT’s visibility and influence in strategic conversations, strengthen relationships with business leaders, measurably improve stakeholder satisfaction and trust, better align IT initiatives with business priorities, and sustain engagement practices beyond the program.