The Conversation Advantage: Leadership Dialog & Techniques Labs

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2 weeks

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Cohort-based Course

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

Previously at

Intuit
Synopsys
Northeastern U.
Texas Instruments
Inmobi

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

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Leaders & Managers

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

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Senior team members who collaborate cross-functionally

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

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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.

Course syllabus

2 live sessions • 3 lessons

Week 1

Nov 12—Nov 16

    Workshop 1: Dialog Lab - Seeing Conversations Anew

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    Nov

    12

    Live Session

    Wed 11/125:30 AM—9:00 AM (UTC)

Week 2

Nov 17—Nov 23

    Preparing for Workshop 2: Strategic Conversations Techniques Lab

    2 items

Week 3

Nov 24—Nov 26

    Nov

    26

    Workshop Live Session

    Wed 11/265:30 AM—9:30 AM (UTC)

Post-course

    90 day Action Plan

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    Email Communication

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What students are saying

Meet your instructor

Sri Srikrishna

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. 

UC Berkeley
Northeastern U.
Sasken Technologies
Synopsys
Wadhwani Foundation
Bikash Chowdhury

Bikash Chowdhury

Entrepreneur, CMO

As a marketing professional, I have been using storytelling for the past 20 years to build brands and businesses.


From Fortune 500 campaigns to consumer app launches, storytelling has been my persuasion toolkit.

IIM Bangalore
Inmobi
Intuit
Glance
Texas Instruments
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Course schedule

2 workshops - 3.5 hours each

  • Workshop 1

    12th Nov: 11.00 am - 2.30 pm IST


  • Workshop 2

    19th Nov: 11.00 am - 2.30 pm IST

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