The Conversation Advantage: Leadership Dialog & Techniques Labs

Turn everyday conversations into moments of clarity, alignment, and impact.

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Sri Srikrishna and Bikash Chowdhury

Startup CEO & former CMO who’ve built global brands. Advisor, educator & author.

Sri Srikrishna and Bikash Chowdhury

Startup CEO & former CMO who’ve built global brands. Advisor, educator & author.

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Course overview

From everyday talk to intentional conversations that drive action

A two-session, experiential learning program for leaders and teams to identify where conversations get stuck and learn tools to make them clearer, faster, and more effective. Designed for anyone who influences outcomes across teams, levels, or customers.

Who is this course for

Leaders & Managers

Develop the confidence and structure to lead conversations that align teams, clarify decisions and move ideas forward.

Senior team members who collaborate cross-functionally

Learn how to influence outcomes without authority using clarity, framing, & empathy.

Team members who represent customer, product, or operational perspectives

Strengthen how you communicate insights and challenges.

Leaders & Managers

Develop the confidence and structure to lead conversations that align teams, clarify decisions and move ideas forward.

Senior team members who collaborate cross-functionally

Learn how to influence outcomes without authority using clarity, framing, & empathy.

Team members who represent customer, product, or operational perspectives

Strengthen how you communicate insights and challenges.

What you’ll get out of this course

Identify recurring communication and alignment challenges

Understand how these patterns connect to your organization's growth priorities

Apply practical frameworks for clarity, persuasion, and collaboration

Co-create a shared Conversation Playbook

Commit to concrete next steps for real conversations

What’s included

Live sessions

Learn directly from Sri Srikrishna & Bikash Chowdhury in a real-time, interactive format.

Real-World Casework

Practice with your own customer, product, and team scenarios

Conversation Playbook (v1)

Co-created guide of frameworks, examples, and do’s & don’ts

Reflection & Action Tools

Templates and prompts to apply new habits right away

Org-Level Insights

Themes and enablers surfaced from group analysis

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.

What students are saying

Meet your instructor

Sri Srikrishna

Entrepreneur, author, professor

Over the past twenty years I’ve built multiple businesses—from a $75M new product line in 18 months to a bootstrapped global leader in wireless stereo.

Professor at Northeastern. Mentor to founders and consultant to growing firms, I’ve coached hundreds to become persuasive storytellers.