Listen Like a Boss. My Active Listening Bootcamp for Business Leaders
Debbi Gardiner (DG) McCullough
Fortune 100/500 Communications Coach
Companies want CEOs and leaders who listen and converse well. Few know how.
Harvard Business School research reminds us why we need to listen better; and that few leaders know how.
Employees who feel well heard feel more motivated, engaged, and creative. Employees who feel misheard leave their jobs.
Leaders who listen can articulate visions well, resolve problems and shepherd decisions through. Deeper listening generates deeper questions and with that, truth.
The best part? From listening well, you feel more energized and stay way more informed. You discover what others really care and worry about and empower them 10X more.
Listen Like a Boss brings you my proven process, secrets, and habits I've built as a trusted communications coach with Google, the US Air Force, Dell, American Express, and major global finance houses and banks.
Since entering the coaching industry five years ago, I've coached over 1,000 leaders across 9,000 sessions.
By listening, asking questions, and pausing for answers, I've helped leaders know themselves and improve their communications in ways that win them their next big job.
I can teach you how. It starts with committing to becoming a better, more curious and intentional listener, and differently to before.
What you’ll learn
Become that 'great listener' who gets promoted. Earn clients' and team's trust. Gain better intel. Steady everyone (even those at home).
Discover frameworks that set up meetings for you (and others) to listen better than ever before.
Learn tools and habits to settle your mind, anchor, and reveal when you're lost.
Discover case studies from coaching calls, interviews, and live demonstrations where listening well has transformed the audience.
Discover listening psychology. Distinguish narcissistic, distracted, and directive listening from active listening.
Discuss and discern our blockers. Track our own speaking habits on when we interrupt and why we try to fix and solve.
Learn discreet activities to help us zone out less, signal what we need to focus, and practice listening in new, powerful ways.
Discover the power and big outcomes that can come from short, open-ended questions which reveal depth, understanding, and solve big problems
Learn a lot through one to eight-word prompts. Learn to braid in your audience's language to build trust and connect.
Understand how tone and questions reveal our judgment. Auto-correct to work less hard and build more trust.
Learn that leaders who signal comfort with pause signal comfort with ambiguity as well. Discuss our blockers.
Practice pausing with peers. See live demonstrations and the connections people form without words.
Learn to notice things within the silence. Notice shifts, even asking after a sigh. Feel less drained from pouring less into your meetings.
Learn to synthesize and mirror back the complex, like a global reporter and executive coach
Drive outcomes and solutions to complex questions through targeted questions vs vague, convoluted ones
Find the joy in asking a simple question like, "how are you?" with intention. See what people share with the space.
Discover case studies where active listening and small talk have won deals, jobs, and saved projects.
Experience live demonstrations. Practice outside of class, with strangers and premium clients. Boost your brand. See your career soar.
Learn directly from Debbi
Debbi Gardiner (DG) McCullough
I've coached 1k+ leaders and 9k+ sessions. Most of their careers sky rocketed.
Who this course is for
C-Suite Leaders and Managing Directors needing to listen, not instantly solve nor lecture, to help win back client's trust
Chatty leaders seeking frameworks to bottom line and listen better, if they want to know what’s on the minds of many.
Leaders needing the coach approach to leadership, but who lack the time nor interest to formally certify with the Intl Coaching Federation.
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Debbi Gardiner (DG) McCullough in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.
AMA
A live Q&A where you can hit me with whatever questions and worries you have about deep, focused listening
Coaching from a communications coach of Fortune 100 leaders
Gain access to Coach Debbi as a 1:1 coach on any communications challenge bothering you.
Maven Guarantee
This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.
Course syllabus
Week 1
Jan
14
LIVE EVENT: Class One. Listen Like a Boss
Jan
14
LIVE Event: AMA. Ask me Anything
Week 2
Jan
21
LIVE EVENT: Class Two. Listen Like a Boss
Jan
21
LIVE Event: AMA. Ask Me Anything
Free resource
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Specifics are in vogue. Let's add some to your work story
Gain more notoriety and recognition. Improve your brand
Replace vague, ambiguous descriptions of your work with intriguing specifics which help us get it—and celebrate it
Employ 5 journalism tactics to add specificity to your work
Learn crisp ways to apply data, details, and context from a former reporter at the Economist, FT of London, & Guardian.
Coach to our blockers. Discuss how vagueness helps & hinders
Vagueness disconnects. Specifics connect. Get more comfy adding colorful gems, meaningful facts, and depth. Worry less.
Schedule
Live sessions
2-3 hrs
Live workshop sessions with robust discussion, practice time, lecture, and hands-on training on becoming that 'great listener.' Live (optional) AMAs.
Wed, Jan 14
5:00 PM—6:30 PM (UTC)
Wed, Jan 14
7:00 PM—7:45 PM (UTC)
Wed, Jan 21
5:00 PM—6:30 PM (UTC)
Practice Your New Active Listening Skills in the Field
1-3 hrs
Practice time outside of class (optional, but recommended). Fulfilling simple homework activities, like practice asking more questions and fixing less in your direct reports 1:1 enrich the takeaways and learnings from this class.
Optional 1:1 Coaching with Debbi
1 hr
Optional 1:1 coaching on your listening challenges. Up to 1.5 hours for the entire course.
Testimonials
- Debbi‘s a pro listener. She asks thought-provoking questions, gets everyone engaged, and shares valuable lessons from coaching top industry leaders. I know because she’s my coach, trainer, and now co-facilitator for my own Sales Rocket Fuel course here on Maven. Check out “Listen Like a Boss” to sharpen your listening and facilitating skills.
Chris Bogdan
CEO & Founder, Sales Rocket Fuel - Coaching with Debbi has been a game changer in my communications. Great communication requires great listening. And Debbi is an exceptional, attentive listener. Our conversations bring meaningful breakthroughs, clarity to tough situations, confident decisions, and refined expressions. Take her workshop to listen with empathy and precision.
Fernanda Noronha
Director of Finance at Grainger - A coaching session with Debbi is truly transformative! The questions she asks help me think of things I've never considered and in ways that enlighten, help me understand, and explore. She is a master in coaching to your strengths while helping you discover the best listener you can be! Get ready to dive deep, uncover opportunities, and grow.
Laura E. Jackson
Assistant Manager, Learning and Development - Debbi is one of the best coaches I've worked with, now for 2.5 years. I've learned so much from her. She is caring, wise, extremely good at listening, and turns challenges to a positive learning or opportunity. I highly recommend her, especially if you're an aspiring leader wanting to become better at listening and communicating.
Ali
Group Product Manager at Google DeepMind
Frequently asked questions
$750
USD