The Ultimate Leadership Edge
You want to present your ideas and opinions with unshakable confidence. You want to feel powerful in every room or zoom, but sometimes, when the moment is at hand, you start second-guessing yourself.
You want to be both assertive yet kind. But you also don’t want to come across as pushy or a pushover. Maybe you’ve even spent the night counting the opportunities you missed instead of counting sheep. Or worse, you spent the night spiraling about that thing you regret saying.
In this course, you'll learn how to step up without stepping on toes, inspire your employees to take meaningful action and captivate your boss with your words so your ideas are heard and valued. Whether you are delivering a presentation, leading a meeting, or having a difficult 1:1 feedback conversation, I’ll give you frameworks for what to say and how to say it so you can drive your team’s success and earn that next promotion or raise!
What you’ll learn
🚀 Learn the 8 critical skills to make you a confident and compelling leader.
Discover the most costly communication mistake most managers make in giving feedback
The seven-step formula to spark change
The 5 key questions that will transform your relationship with your direct reports
Why trying only to control your employees is a waste of time and what you need to say instead
The simple tip for converting any task or project into a hero’s mission that employees want to take on
Understand the psychology underneath great storytelling. Learn the techniques to make your message stick with limited time
The secret that the best conflict negotiators know to surface issues before they become problems
Techniques for making smart compromises that build trust and increase your influence, enabling your team to stay productive and engaged
The 5-part formula to take your boss from questioning your ideas to following them
The simple communication checklist that will help you optimize every meeting
Many people think charisma is only for extroverts, but I’ll give you two simple tools to increase your likability instantly
You’ll get scripts and formulas to help you get started
Plus, we’ll practice so you can sound confident and natural
Who this course is for
Experienced leaders looking to improve their skills
Quickly establish trust, improve productivity and amplify your influence
Startup founders & business owners
Build a culture that will empower your employees to create their best work
First-time managers (Congrats!)
Develop the critical skills that differentiate a follower from a leader
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Jess Goldberg - Teaches Leadership @ Columbia in a real-time, interactive format.
Proven Scripts, Frameworks & AI assistants
Scripts, frameworks and AI assistants you can use to help you prep for difficult conversations
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.
Live Coaching
Bring your biggest leadership challenges and get real-time advice from one of the top-ranked executive coaches
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
5 live sessions • 19 lessons
Week 1
Week 2
Dec
10
Spellbinding Strategy & Defining Decisions
Spellbinding Strategy
Defining Decisions
Dec
10
Optional: Hot Seats
Dec
11
Confident Collaboration
Confident Collaboration
Meeting Magic
Next Steps
Free lesson
Lead Your Team to Exponential Growth
The Secret to Top Performing Teams at Google
Why traditional management approaches backfire when you grow (and what to do instead that actually works)
How to Turn Silos into Synergy
How to align priorities and navigate cross-functional tensions — so everyone can focus on what matters
Master Cross-Functional Communication
Learn the most common cross-functional blindspots and how to overcome them
Schedule
Live sessions
1-2 hrs / week
Wed, Dec 3
5:30 PM—6:30 PM (UTC)
Thu, Dec 4
5:30 PM—6:30 PM (UTC)
Wed, Dec 10
5:30 PM—6:30 PM (UTC)
Success stories
Jess' course is very impactful, insightful and practical. Her frameworks are easy to follow. Overall, her course has helped expand my leadership skills and given me a toolkit for various situations arising in the modern-day workplace.
Gargi
Director of Engineering, ADP- Jess' course helped me get a promotion into a higher-level management position! She is an excellent instructor. She provided plenty of opportunities to practice different communication strategies up and down channels that helped me improve and land a bigger role.
Erin Schofield
Coordinator & Manager, Education Service Center - This class offers exceptional value for its cost. The instructor's guidance enhanced my leadership skills, providing practical tools and clear action steps to address workplace challenges. Within a short period, I've already observed tangible improvements in my performance. I recommend this course to anyone looking to develop their leadership.
Sunny
Senior Software Engineering Manager, Apple - Jess is not only an engaging and charismatic teacher, but she is also incredibly effective. Her lessons transform theoretical concepts into repeatable frameworks that can be tangibly applied to workplace challenges. I now have more clarity and confidence as a leader.
Gabriella Chavarin
Marketing Manager, Modern Health Jess' mastery of communication shines throughout the course. The concepts you learn are memorable, actionable, and applicable in so many situations in your day-to-day. All of the frameworks are well thought out based on Jess' many years of experience and condensed into an easy-to-digest format. I highly recommend Jess' course.
Jordan Cutler
Senior Software Engineer, Pinterest- Jess is helping grow a community of people who are bravely rewriting what leadership sounds, looks, and feels like - more regulated, more honest, more genuine connection, more solutions, more flexible, less need to know it all, less stressed, less over-produced.
Kiki Federico
CEO, Invocation Studios
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