Coaching: Pilot · Core
Run hands-on training
People learn product skills by doing them. Keep training short and practical, using real work, and follow it up so it sticks.
About 3-5 daysEvergreenLast reviewed 5 November 2026
Who this applies to
- Skills it builds
- Leadership and coachingCommunication and influence
- PM types
- All
- Product types
- All
- Starting points
- All
- Ways of working
- All
- Experience
- All
- Size of organisation
- All
Steps, by experience
Beginner (under 1 year)
- Pick one skill area to train first.
- Design a short session built around an exercise.
- Use people's real products as the examples.
- Set a task to apply the skill within two weeks.
- Check how it went in a follow-up session.
Intermediate (1 to 4 years)
- Build a short learning path for each level.
- Mix training with coaching and on-the-job practice.
- Ask experienced PMs to run some sessions.
Experienced (5+ years)
- Design a programme across levels and roles.
- Link training to the career framework.
- Measure whether behaviour changes, not just attendance.
Who can do this
Owner: Product manager
Can be delegated to
- People / HR partner: Arrange logistics and learning budget
Tool examples
- Miro
- Run exercises on a shared board.
- Confluence
- Publish session materials and follow-up tasks.
Definition of done
- Session run with an exercise
- Follow-up task set
- Follow-up held
Common pitfalls
- Lectures with no practice
- No follow-up
- Generic examples