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Sell your ideas, manage up, gain buy-in, and increase your impact. Sharpen your skills via hands-on exercises, deep dives, scripts, and more

Co-founder of Maven (a16z, First Round)

Anthropic

Atlassian

DoorDash

Google

Wes Kao

Co-founder of Maven. Co-founder of altMBA. Followed by 300k+ operators in tech

Cohort 10 (March)

Cohort 11 (May)

Update: The March cohort is sold out. The May cohort is now open for enrollment. Over 1,500 tech operators have taken this course. If you've been thinking about joining, I'd love to see you in class.___If you're a high performer, you likely got to where you are because of your raw talent and ability to execute.But now that your scope has grown, your ability to increase impact depends on how well you influence others.No one teaches you how to do this beyond the basics...Until now.In this 2-day intensive course, you will learn practical ways to:<ul><li>Influence stakeholders to get buy-in</li><li>Prevent avoidable back-and-forth, friction, pushback</li><li>Write/speak more clearly and concisely</li><li>Pitch your ideas to increase chances of getting a yes</li><li>Appeal to impatient executives with high expectations</li></ul>During the course, you will drink from the firehose.You won't become a different person overnight. But my goal is to help you dramatically improve your competence and confidence in a condensed period of time.You and your team can move faster. You can prevent avoidable friction.You can accomplish more of what you want--and have more fun in the process.

Strong communication is a force multiplier

Present to your CEO to maximize highly-visible moments

Managing up in day-to-day interactions

Frame your ideas and give the right amount of context in any situation

Identify ways to improve your own writing

Influence up and sideways to get things done

There's a difference between "I know this" vs "I do this."  This course is for operators who are strong and want to get even sharper.

You are open-minded and intellectually honest

This is not for you if you want a slower-paced course over several weeks. This is a 2-day intensive designed for busy operators.

You are looking for a condensed, intensive experience

This is not for you if you expect to become excellent in communication overnight. You will need to practice ongoing to build muscle memory.

You will continue practicing after the course

Senior individual contributors (ICs). Marketing leads, PMs, engineers, program managers, UX designers, etc. Minimum 3+ years of experience.

People managers and leaders (heads of, team leads, directors). You run a team and have to get buy-in upwards and x-functionally.

Teams who want shared language so you can move faster, give feedback faster, have shared expectations, and persuade folks outside your team.

Confidently engage and influence executives and key stakeholders to show that you've got what it takes to earn their trust and respect.

Former Amazon VP; 70+ patents; 800+ team

Amazon

Ethan Evans

Former Amazon VP; 70+ patents; led global teams of 800+

Cofounder at Level Up; $1B+ P&L; led 40+

Dentsu

IPG Mediabrands

Harvard Business Review

Techstars

Jason P. Yoong

Cofounder & COO at Level Up (former Amazon, VP at Dentsu, $8M seed Startup)

Cohort 2

Cohort 3

***Cohort limited to 50 seats (to maximize student interaction) and will close once filled.WHAT TO EXPECT:11+ total hours of content: 3 hours of prework core lecture video recordings for self-learning followed by 8+ hours of live sessions (executive scenario role-playing practice, peer practice, and a bonus class with a special guest).You will learn how to BUILD and SHOW executive presence through an intentional mix of video recorded lectures (self-learning) followed by live, hands-on practice sessions concluding with a capstone session with Ethan to put everything you learned into a final practice.You will have the unique opportunity to step into executive role-playing scenarios with Ethan, receive (and observe) real-time coaching, and practice alongside ambitious peers in a safe environment. You will learn by both observing and doing.Note: We've updated the cohort to have MORE TIME for live executive role-playing and Q&amp;A so that you have more opportunities to get real-time feedback, coaching, and reframing (both first-hand and observing others).

Command high-stakes rooms, win C-suite alignment, be confident, speak like a pro

Real coaching sessions with HEAVY PRACTICE to build your confidence

Finesse your executive communication (e.g. CEO, C-suite, SVPs, VPs)

How to get CEO approval and buy-in to your proposal

Establish your credibility in the company upwards, downwards, and sideways

Be direct and clear (without damaging your reputation)

Expertly handle (and recover from) big F-ups

Individual contributors (ICs) - product managers, mkt leads, engineers, UX designers, ops, analysts, chief of staff

Managers who have to get executive buy-in, gain cross-functional alignment, and inspire their teams.

This course is heavy on practice with Ethan, Jason, and your peers (e.g. role-playing, mock staff meetings, peer pairings).

Build credibility, influence without authority, and land strategic impact.

CPTO, Founder, & Executive Coach

McKinsey & Company

Instagram

Thumbtack

Harvard University

Yue Zhao

Chief Product & Technology Officer, Executive Coach, Author

Mar26

Jun26

You get things done. Yet when it comes to landing strategic decisions or speaking the language of executives, imposter syndrome kicks in. You ramble or freeze.This course will transform how you engage with executives, influence across the organization, and empower your teams.

Leverage AI to increase your visibility, credibility, and confidence

Build Executive Presence

Communicate strategically

Navigate High-Stress Situations with Grace

Gain Recognition as a Top 1% Leader

Senior Managers, Directors, and Principal ICs who aspire to be a part of senior leadership. Min 4 years of work experience.

Those who feel overlooked or talked over, and want to better manage a room, increase their influence, and get noticed.

Those who want to more effectively communicate their value, seniority, and leadership style to their leaders or hiring managers.

Learn how to use influence strategies and negotiation skills to achieve what you want at work, and create value for others in the process. 

Lifelong learner & teacher. Ex-HBS Prof

Francesca Gino

Ex-HBS Professor, with 20+ yrs of experience teaching & practicing negotiation. 

Cohort 1

Managerial and executive success requires the ability to negotiate. Whether you are influencing a team project, forging an agreement with suppliers, trying to ink a deal with potential customers, raising money from investors, managing a conflict inside the firm, or tackling a dispute that is headed towards litigation, your ability to negotiate will affect your performance.The course will allow you to test your analytic ability and your tactical skills, and to experiment with new ideas. This approach allows us to:1) Introduce a negotiation framework that will help you analyze, prepare for, and execute negotiations more systematically—and hence, more effectively—in a wide variety of contexts.2) Build a negotiation toolkit that consists of strategies and tactics for creating and capturing value in negotiation, and which can be put to use as soon as the session is over.3) Create an environment which helps diagnose your individual needs and allows you to identify techniques for mitigating your weaknesses and leveraging your strengths.

Negotiation is a human skill key to success

Design agreements that maximize joint value while capturing an appropriate share

Learn to navigate complex, high-pressure, and multi-party negotiations

Manage disputes and respond effectively to emotional or challenging behavior

Managers interested in developing a negotiator’s lens for diagnosing and resolving business problems.

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