Cohort 8

You'll learn the skills that helped 400+ students improve their influence, have more impact, get hired/promoted and lead happier lives.

Ex-Product Leader at Meta, Yelp, & Yahoo

Yelp

Yahoo

Satish Mummareddy

Ex - Meta Yelp Yahoo. Led consumer, biz, ads & integrity products. Coached x00s.

Influence Without Authority

Principles, processes, skills and frameworks to influence people, have more impact and grow in your career.

Course OutcomesCreate an influence plan by understanding human psychology, organizational dynamics and political styles.Improve core interpersonal skills to amplify your influence.Develop Emotional Intelligence and Positive Intelligence to ensure great outcomes in high stakes situations. Course SyllabusHow to embrace a high integrity savvy influence modelHow to account for organizational dynamics and power structuresHow to leverage human psychology to change mindsHow to use processes to build alignment and deep commitmentHow to use principled decision frameworks to drive complex tradeoffsHow to improve core interpersonal skillsHow to strengthen Emotional Intelligence and Positive IntelligenceBuild a custom plan to achieve your influence outcomes and grow your skills FormatBlend of principles/frameworks combined with application to your scenarios in breakout groupsIn-class &amp; take home exercises to practice interpersonal skillsWorksheets &amp; exercises to develop emotional intelligence &amp; positive intelligenceTemplates to develop organization understanding and improve relationshipsTemplates for influence strategy Your PeersProduct Managers, Engineers, Designers, Data Scientists, User Researchers from 50+ companies including Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Adobe, Square, Lyft, Uber, PayPal, Instacart, Grammarly, Discord have taken this course and found it life changing.

Develop an actionable strategy to become an influential leader.

Strong Product thinkers Product Manager - Designer - Engineer - User Researcher - Data Scientist who want to increase their influence.

People who encountered career obstacles as a result of not having an extensive influence skills toolkit.

People who feel others with similar hard skills are rising faster and want a roadmap to improving their influence / soft skills.

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What you will get out of this course

Understand the differences between political styles ranging from cynic to machiavellian to leader. Embrace the mindset for Influence Without Authority to operate in a high integrity savvy manner.

How to embrace a high integrity savvy influence model

Learn to build an influence map of your organization, identify incentive structures for individual people &amp; teams, and develop a plan that accounts for these diverse needs.

How to account for organizational dynamics and power structures

Understand how people form opinions, the shortcuts the human mind takes in decision making, the need for humans to be right and proven processes for changing minds.

How to leverage human psychology to change minds

Learn to develop a plan that includes the right mix of 1:1s, small &amp; large group meetings, async feedback on documents, and review prep check-ins with leads to drive strong outcomes.

How to use processes to build alignment and deep commitment

Develop the right mindset, leverage key decision frameworks and include balanced advocacy to influence individuals, small groups and large organizations.

How to use principled decision frameworks to drive complex tradeoffs

Practical exercises to build trustful relationships, listen deeply, speak precisely, write collaboratively and negotiate effectively.

How to improve core interpersonal skills

Toolkit to manage your emotions and navigate other people's negative emotions to produce positive outcomes. Toolkit to manage your psychology, stay in the game and produce outstanding results.

How to strengthen Emotional Intelligence and Positive Intelligence

Leave the course with an operational plan to achieve your influence outcomes (big rocks, small pebbles and daily sand) and a growth plan for your influence skills.

Build a custom plan to achieve your influence outcomes and grow your skills

Understanding Political Styles

Embracing Influence Without Authority Mindset

Understanding Organizational Dynamics and Incentives

Building Relationships and Reputation

Understanding Decision Complexity

Choose the Right Influence Models and Processes

Understand the Human Communication Model

Improve Interpersonal Communication Skills

Strengthen Emotional Intelligence

Cultivate Positive Intelligence

Integrate into an influence strategy and skills growth plan

Course syllabus

What you’ll get out of this course

How to develop Emotional Intelligence and Positive Intelligence

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11:00am - 7:00pm Eastern TimeRecording will be available.

Saturday, Jan 20

Sunday, Jan 21

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This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

Active learning, not passive watching

You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams

Interactive and project-based

Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you

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