Building rapport with stakeholders is a good start, but you also need to develop trust. Trust is 50% credibility, 50% reliability. Prove you are credible by being confident in your expertise, and they will trust your decisions instead of second-guessing you. Prove you are reliable by following through, and they will give you autonomy instead of micromanaging you.
Do your stakeholders trust you? See Chapter 4 Trust in Aligned: Stakeholder Management for Product Leaders.
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