this post is a bit of an oxymoron to me.
You say you're great at seeing other perspectives, but then you dehumanize them by calling them stakeholders (a term that is the new "resource").
They're people. Call them people.
You say you're great at seeing other perspectives, but then you dehumanize them by calling them stakeholders (a term that is the new "resource").
They're people. Call them people.
Generally I agree with you and I hate the term "resource" as it's used, but I really don't agree that this is one of those cases. I could have said, "people" but in this instance it would make what I said less specific.
"Stakeholders" is (usually seen as?) a subset of "people", whereas the modifier in "human resources" is very much not redundant.
The funny thing is you are right: the immediate role in a project is just some temporary thing. The next level is understanding them as a principal more broadly-- career goals, org goals, home stuff, and how that fits into them being... a person & stakeholder :)