Becoming an MVP Listener
Listen Better. Lead Smarter.
With real-world tips and easy-to-use prompts, this guide teaches you how to become a more present and empathy-driven listener at work so you can build trust, reduce misunderstandings and lead with curiosity.
What’s inside?
Learn
👂 How to spot and overcome common listening pitfalls like interrupting and solutioning, especially in remote environments.
💬 Practical prompts and phrases to help you listen with curiosity and clarity so your team feels heard, respected and supported.
🚀 Why listening is a secret leadership superpower that drives engagement, unlocks innovation and strengthens relationships.
Join the Summer 2025 Manager Training Cohort
Learn a no-BS, people-first, and research-supported way of managing and leading.
New Managers: Did you recently transition from individual contributor to managing people? Feeling lost?
Experienced Managers: Have you managed for a few months…but never received formal training? Still feeling uncertain and confused?
People Ops: Are you promoting employees into management positions but don’t have internal resources to train them?
About Your Trainer
Alice Ko, has worked for innovative organizations, tech startups/scaleups, agencies, non-profits, the Big 4, and corporate conglomerates for the last 18 years. She’s experienced different types of leadership and management - and knows what truly sets effective managers apart.
From first-hand experience as an IC and people manager, she knows that working at a startup during a growth and scaling phase has a different set of challenges compared to non-startups. The result? Participants learn the right mindset, framework, tools, and real talk to excel as a people manager in a complex and unstructured startup environment.
Alice’s credentials
✓ Worked with 90+ teams
✓ Worked with over 850 StrengthsFinder profiles
✓ 3x Marketing Director at venture-capital funded fintech startups
✓ Certified in Gallup’s CliftonStrengths
✓ ICF Professional (international coaching federation)
✓ Graduate of the Landmark Forum
✓ CPA, CA from KPMG (active member of CPABC)
✓ Graduate of non-violent (compassionate) communications course
✓ Graduate of The Corker Co.’s Facilitator Training
✓ Graduate of Conscious Leadership’s Introduction
✓ Graduate of Radical Candor’s Feedback Course
✓ Mental Health First Aid Certificate
Want to join a future cohort or get a customized program?
Let’s chat!
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