ABSTRACT
The effective consultant will have a good map of all those with stakes in the outcomes and processes of each specific set of consultation activities. Stakeholders are those who have an interest in or an influence on a consultation, or should have, Especially in the second sense, stakeholders may be much broader than those encompassed by the term client, Indeed, clients may actively resist the involvement of some stakeholders, not to mention their often being uninterested in encouraging the involvement of stakeholders other than themselves.
