Stakeholder Management
& Government Relations for Energy Leaders

A British Academy of Professional Development 5-Day Leadership Course

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Stakeholder Management & Government Relations for Energy Leaders

In Person

  • Barcelona — In Person — 22nd–26th June 2026

  • London — In Person — 7th–11th September 2026

  • Dubai — In Person — 14th–18th December 2026

  • £4,400 / $5,500 | 5-day intensive programme

Online

  • Online — 22nd–26th June 2026

  • Online — 7th–11th September 2026

  • Online — 14th–18th December 2026

  • $2,600 | 5-day intensive programme

Programme Overview

Energy leaders don’t lose projects because the technical plan was weak. They lose them because stakeholders were misread, mismanaged, or engaged too late.

This intensive 5-day programme equips senior leaders and high-potential managers in the energy sector with a practical, field-tested approach to stakeholder management and government relations. You will learn how to map power, interests, incentives, and risk across complex environments—then build a disciplined engagement strategy that protects delivery, reputation, and long-term licence to operate.

This programme is designed for leaders working across oil & gas, power, and renewables—particularly in high-stakes, politically sensitive, and community-facing contexts.

Programme Highlights

  • Build stakeholder strategies that protect delivery, reputation,
    and licence to operate

  • Learn how government and regulatory systems actually
    behave under pressure

  • Strengthen executive influence without authority across
    complex stakeholder webs

  • Handle conflict, escalation, and reputational threats with
    discipline and control

  • Improve negotiation outcomes with regulators, partners, communities, and internal executives

  • Create an engagement plan you can deploy immediately
    in your current role

Objectives

By the end of this programme, you will be able to:

  • Identify and prioritise stakeholders using power, legitimacy,
    urgency, and risk-based frameworks

  • Build a government relations strategy aligned to organisational objectives and constraints

  • Engage regulators and public-sector stakeholders with clarity, credibility, and discipline

  • Reduce stakeholder-driven project delays through proactive influence planning

  • Manage community, partner, and political risk without
    compromising ethics or compliance

  • Lead difficult conversations and negotiations with confidence
    and control

  • Build a 90-day stakeholder action plan tied to measurable outcomes

Training Methodology

This programme blends theory and practice through:

  • Interactive workshops: hands-on tools, templates,
    and live application

  • Real-world simulations: regulator meetings, community escalation, JV tension scenarios

  • Role-play and negotiation drills: pressure-tested conversations

  • Peer review and group critique: executive-level feedback loops)

  • Case-based learning: energy sector examples across Nigeria
    and the UK

  • Individual coaching moments: to refine your stakeholder
    plan and influence approach

    • Why energy projects fail: the stakeholder causes leaders underestimate

    • Stakeholder ecosystems in energy: government, regulators, partners, communities, media, investors

    • Mapping power and influence: formal authority vs informal control

    • Stakeholder segmentation: who matters, why, and what “success” looks like for them

    • Risk-based stakeholder prioritisation (delivery risk, reputational risk, political risk)

    • Workshop: build your stakeholder map for a live project (your current context)

    • Government relations vs lobbying vs compliance: what leaders must understand

    • The public sector decision environment: incentives, constraints, and reputational drivers

    • Building credibility: what government stakeholders respect (and what destroys trust fast)

    • Designing an engagement strategy: cadence, messaging, escalation routes, and documentation

    • Managing internal alignment: preventing mixed messages from your own organisation

    • Simulation: meeting with a regulator under time pressure (with debrief + feedback

    • Influence without authority: the executive toolkit for complex systems

    • Negotiation in energy contexts: where leverage really comes from

    • Handling “no”, delays, and vague commitments: turning ambiguity into decisions

    • Managing conflict with communities, unions, and partners without escalation

    • Language discipline: what to say (and not say) in politically sensitive environments

    • Role-play lab: difficult stakeholder conversations (3 rounds, escalating complexity)

    • Reputation as an operational asset: how it affects approvals, partnerships, and resilience

    • Stakeholder escalation patterns: early warning signals leaders miss

    • Crisis communications fundamentals for leaders (even when Comms owns the channel)

    • Managing misinformation and hostile narratives

    • Building a “single source of truth” operating rhythm across internal teams

    • Simulation: stakeholder incident escalation + press pressure scenario (team-based)

    • Ethical leadership in government relations: boundaries, compliance, and reputational protection

    • Anti-corruption leadership: decision frameworks for grey-zone pressure

    • Governance that works: decision rights, escalation ladders, stakeholder reporting

    • Building a stakeholder operating system: routines, templates, meeting rhythm, metrics

    • Capstone workshop: build your 90-day stakeholder plan (deliverable)

    • Peer review: executive critique + refinement

    • Personal action planning: what you will implement immediately and how you’ll measure impact

Duration: 5 days

Monday to Thursday 09:00–14:00, Friday 09:00–12:00

Location: Central London (details provided upon booking)

Total Programme Investment:
£4,400 / $5,500

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