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Communication Skills You Weren't Taught In Engineering School
10 days
·Cohort-based Course
You spend too much time trying to convince people that "don't get it." It's not them. It's you.
Communication Skills You Weren't Taught In Engineering School
10 days
·Cohort-based Course
You spend too much time trying to convince people that "don't get it." It's not them. It's you.
Course overview
Unlock how to get buy-in, and communicate so others listen and act.
The best ideas are worthless if you can't get them out of your head and into someone else's.
In this 4-day course, we'll build a communications toolbox so you can get buy-in faster, make more effective proposals, and spend less time in useless meetings.
If you've heard this before, this course is for you
01
"let's schedule another meeting so we can continue this discussion"
Your decision meetings are ineffective and don't drive a decision.
02
"I can't promote you yet, you need to get things done faster"
How you communicate to stakeholders doesn't show the value of the work you do
03
"you need to get ideas from others before deciding on a direction"
Your brainstorming meetings fail to yield meaningful results.
You'll Leave With a Communications Toolbox That Includes:
Communication Ground Rules
You'll learn to identify your communication style and other's to maximize effectiveness.
We'll practice stakeholder analysis so they listen when you speak.
Templates and Cheat Sheets
You'll get actionable templates and cheat sheets, honed over hundreds of presentations.
And practice using them.
Unstoppable Proposals
Learn how to speak the language of your stakeholder so they have no choice but to say yes.
Foolproof Brainstorming
How to 3-8x the number of ideas generated in brainstorming sessions.
Driving action once ideas are generated.
Confidence
We'll practice all skills in class so you see the results the same day.
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Communication Skills You Weren't Taught In Engineering School
Who this course is for
01
You're a senior-level engineer whose great ideas aren't turning into projects.
02
You're new to managing and want to unlock your team's strengths.
03
You're an early-career engineer who wants the cheat codes to accelerate your career (hint: it's not technical skills)
Course syllabus
Week 1
Feb
22
Session 1: Know Yourself
Feb
24
Session 2: Know Your Audience
New Module
Week 2
Mar
1
Session 3: Communicating Up
Mar
3
Session 4: Foolproof Brainstorming
What this course will NOT teach:
01
Problem-solving
This course teaches how to communicate problem statements, ideas, and proposals. Not how to solve them.
02
Storytelling and Graphic Design
This course teaches technical communication. We focus on facts, not colors.
03
Leading staff meetings
This course teaches how to lead decision, update, and brainstorming meetings, not regular staff meetings.
Meet your instructor
Alex Wentz
Alex Wentz
Alex is an engineer and Global Continuous Improvement Manager leading teams to deliver $20M annual cost savings. He also leads a Young Professionals ERG with 4000 members globally that develops the next generation of leaders.
His experience working across multiple functions, countries, and levels of leadership has put him in front of hundreds of stakeholders. Through these engagements, he's built frameworks to connect, engage, and drive results by understanding what they want, and telling them what they need to hear.
📈$100M cultural and technical organizational turnaround
📈 Trained over 1000 engineers in statistics and Six Sigma
⚡ Leadership development coach
🎓Six Sigma Black Belt
🎓 Mechanical Engineering @ University of Portland
🎓 Organization Development @ Penn State University
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Communication Skills You Weren't Taught In Engineering School
Learning is better with cohorts
Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you
Get Reimbursed by your Employer
Ask to use your company's Learning & Development budget
Many companies have a dedicated learning budget that goes unused each year.
This course directly improves your job performance so it's worth asking.
Use this template to make your ask
We'll cover how to make an effective ask in the course but until then, use this pre-drafted template.
Tailored for engineering managers so already have too many emails.
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