With our one-week Project Leadership training, you can unleash the potential of good project leadership and promote increased production, value, and efficiency. The Product Leadership & Influence training course program for project managers offers useful leadership techniques that directly contribute to project success and efficiency through lively class discussions, expert-led lectures, and real-world case studies.
At the Oxford Training Centre, learn how to lead with assurance in any type of project setting, whether hybrid, agile, or traditional. The essential components of leadership, knowing your team, developing a compelling vision, enacting change, and influencing results that advance project efficiency, will become second nature to you as you gain practical, understandable insights. Beyond theory, the Product Management Courses category applies emotional intelligence to practical situations, including making decisions, handling errors, and negotiating successfully. Clarity and flexibility in leadership will be taught to you, improving project execution and efficiency while speeding up value delivery.
Objectives and target group
Project managers aim to gain leadership skills and influence in Product Leadership & Influence training to lead teams effectively and deliver successful products. The main goals, as determined by the comprehensive data from numerous reliable sources, are as follows:
- Build product team leadership capabilities
By choosing the correct team members, structuring teams around products, and encouraging psychological safety and motivation among team members, you may learn how to create and lead high-performing product teams.
- Boost stakeholder influence and management
Know how to do stakeholder analysis, identify important stakeholders, and create ongoing cooperation. To obtain buy-in for product decisions and promote change, learn powerful influence strategies like the Behavioral Change Stairway model.
- Master goal-setting and decision-making
Learn how to use frameworks like product vision, strategy, and roadmaps to achieve the proper results. Avoid typical problems like “design by committee” and HIPPO (highest paid person’s opinion) by learning how to apply decision rules and OKRs to produce inclusive and effective decisions.
- Recognize and modify leadership styles
Learn how to choose the best leadership technique for various circumstances and identify your favorite leadership style. Learn the differences between assigned and emergent leadership, as well as how to gain more power and influence within the group and company.
- Align product strategy with corporate objectives
Recognize how to create a strong product culture, match product strategy with more general business goals, and make sure that product results support the success of the organization as a whole.
- Use useful frameworks and tools
For defining priorities, emphasizing risks, and fostering alignment both inside and outside the product organization, use useful tools and canvases. To put theory into practice right away, the course frequently incorporates practical activities and real-world applications.
Course overview
Modern leadership concepts and product leadership strategies are covered throughout the program, including:
Format and duration:
- Typically, intense workshops last two to five days, while part-time options last many weeks.
- presented in hybrid, in-person, or online modes.
- consists of case studies, practical exercises, live instructor-led workshops, and Q&A sessions.
Essential learning goals:
- Learn modern leadership techniques specific to project and product management.
- Gain expertise in creating and managing successful product teams.
- To gain alignment and buy-in, master effective influence strategies and stakeholder management.
- Learn how to use frameworks like product vision, strategy, and roadmaps to create specific targets.
- Learn how to promote creativity, manage team interactions, and ensure psychological safety.
- Learn how to use leadership philosophies and behavioral change methods that are appropriate for different contexts.
- Gain the ability to coordinate product efforts with OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) and organizational goals.
Hands-on learning approach
To give learners a controlled environment in which to experience real-world scenarios and leadership problems, the course includes practical exercises like stakeholder analysis, team organization tasks, and leadership simulations.
- Group cooperation and conversations
Using resources like virtual Post-its and group collaboration platforms (like Mural), participants participate in role-playing, group conversations, and cooperative problem-solving. Through shared experiences and peer learning, this aids in internalizing knowledge.
- Application to individual leadership difficulties
Participants can immediately apply frameworks and strategies to their leadership scenarios, allowing them to tackle particular issues and get customized feedback from teachers.
Course benefits
By completing this course, learners will:
- Enhanced ability to lead without formal authority
- Improved stakeholder engagement and collaboration
- Greater project success rates
- Faster delivery and higher quality outcomes
- Increased team motivation and lower turnover
- Stronger business acumen and strategic alignment
- Development of emotional intelligence and communication skills
- Preparation for formal leadership roles
- Access to proven frameworks and practical tools
- Increased confidence in leading complex projects
The Oxford training center offers adaptable learning formats designed to satisfy various corporate requirements, with an emphasis on achieving quantifiable gains in competitive advantage, employee morale, and productivity. Because of their internationally recognized training programs, participants receive credentials that are respected around the world and boost their professional credibility.