Introductory workshop
How People Work
Success isn’t just about what you do and whether you’re good at it — it’s also about how well you work with others. And like it or not, we all work with other people.
Great work needs relationships based on trust and empathy, but we don’t get taught how to work with others. Learn how people work, and you – and your work – will have a better chance to succeed.
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9am to 12pm Pacific
3pm to 6pm Eastern
Who this is for
This is for you.
It’s for you because you work with other people.
No matter what you do, whether it’s in Github or Outlook, Excel or Asana, Figma or Visual Studio Code, Confluence (sorry) or Sharepoint (also sorry), you’re someone who needs to understand other people and communicate clearly with them — which also means thinking clearly about goals, strategy, and tactics.
How it works
This is the two-day introductory workshop version for individuals of the four-week How People Work course.
You’ll be in a participatory remote workshop of two three-hour sessions, across two days, with up to 10 other people. In session one, we’ll cover our four high-level topics. In session two, you’ll apply what we’ve covered through personal coaching and group feedback.
After How People Work, Introductory Workshop
You’ll be the person who knows who to influence, why to influence them, and how to persuade them to help your work succeed.
You’ll be more likely to get the answers you need from people because you’ll have stronger relationships built on trust.
It’ll be easier for people to support your work, because you’ll have learned to spot and remove bullshit, and know how to clearly communicate to meet different peoples’ needs.
You’ll be someone who can develop better strategies for success when you spot big problems, ones that really increase the chances of success, instead of creating strategies that feel like make-work. People will work with you because you’ll make goals clearer, strategy understandable, and tactics make sense.
What’s covered
Session 1
How Relationships Work
Building trust with truth
Developing empathy, being compassionate
How Organizations Work
From understanding to influence
Making and validating models
How Writing Works
Removing and spotting bullshit
Communicating with different people
When a presentation isn’t and shouldn’t
How Solving Big Problems Works
Everybody has a focus problem
The strategy is the problem
Bringing it all together
Session 2
In session two, participants apply what we’ve covered to their own work and experiences, through group coaching and personal feedback.
Learn How People Work
Learn how people work, and you – and your work – will have a better chance to succeed.