OneHour Workshops
Laser-focused, one-hour, virtual skill-building opportunities. Learn to engage and inspire others in bite-sized lessons.
How it Works
Our
OneHour
Promise
- Explore critical skills
- Practice in small groups
- Customize for your context
- Build cross-functional relationships
- Schedule easily
Format
- Only 60 minutes
- Live and synchronous
- Designed for conversation and interactivity
- Hosted on Zoom or Google Meet
- Paired with a PDF summary of key takeaways
Key Audiences
- Managers and rising leaders
- Product Managers
- Tech and Data communicators
Curate Your Curriculum
Explore our menu of topics and curate your learning journey by selecting the ones that best address your needs.
Presentations + Storytelling
Craft a Powerful Message
A strong presentation starts with a crystal-clear message. In this short-but-interactive workshop, you’ll learn how to define success using the Know, Feel, Do framework, identify the key takeaways your audience needs, and structure a narrative that sticks. You’ll leave ready to craft messages that cut through the noise and make your audience lean in.
Learning Objectives
- Understand how to determine the key messages for an audience.
- Discover how to define a presentation’s success using the Know, Feel, Do approach.
- Structure a narrative arc to achieve your presentation objectives.
Land Your Point with Stories
Facts inform, but stories inspire action. In this short-but-interactive workshop, you’ll learn how to spot story opportunities, leverage a simple story template, and identify strategic story moments in your presentation. You’ll leave ready to use storytelling to make your message more memorable and persuasive.
Learning Objectives
- Identify story opportunities within a broader presentation.
- Discover a basic story template to apply to your stories.
- Workshop story moments to reinforce a key takeaway.
Storytelling with Data
Numbers alone rarely inspire action. A story built around the data can. In this short-but-interactive workshop, you’ll learn how to craft narratives that make your data insights clear, memorable, and meaningful, and explore ways to integrate those stories into even the most data-heavy presentations. You’ll leave ready to turn spreadsheets into stories that stick.
Learning Objectives
- Identify how to craft stories that convey key data insights.
- Discuss ways to integrate storytelling into data-heavy presentations.
5 Key Delivery Techniques of Presentations
Authentic Executive Presence
Executive presence isn’t about acting like someone else. It’s about amplifying the best of you. In this short-but-interactive workshop, you’ll uncover the behaviors of charisma and warmth that inspire people to lean in, spot the common missteps that dilute your impact, and practice bringing both presence and authenticity into the room. You’ll leave ready to connect with confidence and command attention without losing yourself in the process.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the behaviors of charisma and warmth that inspire people to lean in and listen.
- Understand the key mistakes that undermine message impact.
- Practice demonstrating warmth and charisma in small groups.
Meetings (Th)At Work
Combat Your Meeting Problem
Design Your Agenda with Clear Outcomes in Mind
An agenda shouldn’t just be a list of topics. It should be a blueprint for results. In this short-but-interactive workshop, you’ll use the Know, Feel, Do framework to design agendas that keep discussions focused and outcomes clear. You’ll leave ready to lead meetings where everyone knows why they’re there, what success looks like, and what happens next.
Learning Objectives
- Apply the Know, Feel, Do approach to one of your meetings.
- Go from Know, Feel, Do to Agenda.
- Explore best practices of agenda design.
Strategies to Lead Engaging Virtual Meetings
Virtual meetings don’t have to be a passive, camera-off snoozefest. In this short-but-interactive workshop, you’ll define what “good” looks like for engaging online conversations, discover best practices to keep energy high, and get coaching on your real-life challenges. You’ll leave with practical tactics to turn virtual meetings into spaces where people actually want to participate.
Learning Objectives
- Define what “good” looks like for an engaging and interactive meeting.
- Discover best practices that maximize engagement.
- Group coaching on specific individual challenges.
Throw Out the Slide Deck: Interactive Ways to Share Information in a Meeting
Not every meeting needs a deck (gasp!). In this short-but-interactive workshop, you’ll explore when slides help, when they get in the way, and other more creative and interactive ways to share information. You’ll leave ready to design meetings that spark discussion, keep people engaged, and get better results without relying on slides.
Learning Objectives
- Clarify the key reasons to use a presentation.
- Discuss the pros and cons of alternative strategies to sharing information.
- Consider upcoming meetings and determine action plans.
Coaching Skills for Leaders
Coaching Conversations 101
Did you know that telling someone exactly what to do actually gets in the way of unlocking their potential? In this short-but-interactive workshop, you’ll learn the secret structure of great coaching conversations, spot opportunities to use them, and practice the skills that turn good managers into transformational leaders. You’ll leave with a go-to approach you can use immediately to spark insight, build trust, and inspire action.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the role of a coach in supporting others (both formally and informally).
- Discover the structure of a coaching conversation.
- dentify coaching moments.
- Practice coaching conversations in small groups.
Skill: Deep Listening
Think you’re a good listener? Most of us aren’t nearly as good as we think. In this short-but-interactive workshop, you’ll discover what it means to listen like a coach, why it’s harder than it sounds, and how to stay truly present in any conversation. You’ll leave with practical tools to tune out distractions, hear what’s really being said, and confidently make people feel seen, heard, and understood.
Learning Objectives
- Uncover the value of deep listening.
- Explore how to listen like a coach; why it can be hard and how to stay mindful.
- Practice listening like a coach in small groups.
Skill: Powerful Questions
The right question at the right moment can change everything. In this short-but-interactive workshop, you’ll explore why curiosity is a leadership superpower, learn how to craft questions that spark insight, and practice using them to open new possibilities. You’ll leave ready to replace advice-giving with curiosity, and watch both the quality of your conversations, and your influence, skyrocket.
Learning Objectives
- Discover why curiosity is important for leadership.
- Identify powerful questions and how to use them to reveal insights.
- Practice crafting powerful questions in small groups.
- Brainstorm opportunities to use powerful questions.
Skill: Intuition
Ever had a gut feeling you couldn’t explain, but knew you should trust? In this short-but-interactive workshop, you’ll discover how intuition can help you lead and inspire others more effectively, explore how great coaches tap into and refine it, and practice applying it in real-time conversations. You’ll leave ready to trust your instincts, read between the lines, and guide conversations with confidence.
Learning Objectives
- Discover how your intuition can help you lead others.
- Explore how coaches listen to and leverage their intuition.
- Practice the skills of intuition in small groups.
Skill: Brainstorming
Tired of brainstorming sessions that feel like a waste of time? In this short-but-interactive workshop, you’ll discover why guiding others to brainstorm is a critical leadership skill, explore how great coaches spark creativity and keep ideas flowing, and practice leading conversations that turn “meh” ideas into game-changing solutions. You’ll leave with tools to inspire innovation, foster collaboration, and make every brainstorming session count.
Learning Objectives
- Discover why brainstorming skills matter for a leader.
- Explore how coaches guide brainstorming conversations.
- Practice brainstorming like a coach.
Skill: Drive Action and Learning
Development conversations are only valuable if they lead to meaningful action and growth. In this short-but-interactive workshop, you’ll explore the Action/Learning Cycle, discover how great leaders keep people moving forward, and practice techniques to inspire follow-through and reflection. You’ll leave ready to help others turn ideas into action, and action into true change.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the Action/Learning Cycle as it relates to professional development.
- Discover how coaches support the Action/Learning Cycle.
- Practice driving toward action and learning in small groups.
When (and How) to Coach vs. Mentor
Ever wonder when you should give advice and when it’s best to step back and let someone find their own way? In this short-but-interactive workshop, you’ll uncover the key differences between coaching and mentoring, explore when each approach works best, and practice using both with intention. You’ll leave ready to empower others with just the right balance of guidance and autonomy.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the difference between a coach and a mentor.
- Explore the contexts in which leaders might embody each role.
- Discuss when it’s best appropriate to advise vs. coach.
- Discover how to give advice in a way that empowers your employee.
People Leadership
Lead Through Change
Change can be exciting… and exhausting. In this short-but-interactive workshop, you’ll explore the change journey, understand the challenges people face along the way, and learn practical strategies to help others navigate the journey with confidence. You’ll leave ready to guide your team and support your organization through change in a way that builds trust, resilience, and momentum.
Learning Objectives
- Explore the change journey.
- Understand the challenges of navigating change.
- Identify the key strategies of leading others through change.
Maximize the Mgr/Employee Check-In
A great check-in can motivate, focus, and energize your team. But too often, they feel pointless, unstructured, or rushed. In this short-but-interactive workshop, you’ll explore the best use of a manager/employee check-in, know when they’re going wrong, and learn how to approach them strategically. You’ll leave with a simple plan to make every check-in count.
Learning Objectives
- Define the purpose of the Manager/Employee check-in.
- Discuss the symptoms of sub-optimized check-ins.
- Explore how to approach check-ins strategically.
- Practice planning for check-ins.
Effective Feedback Conversations
We often avoid giving feedback altogether because it feels awkward. In this short-but-interactive workshop, you’ll learn how to navigate feedback conversations from start to finish, integrate powerful questions to spark reflection, and practice delivering feedback that drives growth. You’ll leave ready to turn feedback into one of your most trusted leadership tools.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss the real and perceived barriers to feedback conversations.
- Identify the stages of a feedback conversation from beginning to end.
- Discover how to integrate powerful questions into feedback conversations.
- Practice a feedback conversation.
Workplace Challenges
Navigate Interpersonal Conflict
Conflict at work is inevitable, but it doesn’t have to be destructive. In this short-but-interactive workshop, you’ll learn what drives interpersonal conflict, explore a simple structure for resolving it, and prepare for a real-life conversation you need to have. You’ll leave ready to handle tough moments with confidence, empathy, and a focus on solutions.
Learning Objectives
- Define what interpersonal conflict is and list its causes.
- Discover the structure of a conflict resolution conversation.
- Explore how to prepare for a conflict resolution conversation.
- Collaboratively prepare for a conflict conversation.
Manage Time to Reduce Overwhelm
When everything feels urgent, it’s easy to end the day exhausted and unsure what you actually accomplished. In this short-but-interactive workshop, you’ll uncover what’s fueling your overwhelm, explore a simple time management process, and learn practical tips to take control of your to-do list. You’ll leave with a personalized plan to work smarter, not just harder.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the factors that contribute to overwhelm at work.
- Explore the Time Management process and its steps: Assess, Organize, Execute.
- Discover tips and best practices for time management.
Manage Up: Design Your Manager Relationship for Success
A great relationship with your manager is built with intentionality. It doesn’t just happen. In this short-but-interactive workshop, you’ll define what a successful manager relationship looks like for you, explore powerful questions to strengthen the relationship, and identify ways to collaborate more effectively. You’ll leave ready to shape a partnership with your manager that helps you thrive.
Learning Objectives
- Determine what a successful manager/employee relationship is for you.
- Explore powerful questions to design the relationship for success.
Ensure Project Success: Balance Taking Initiative and Guidance
Driving a project forward is a balancing act between taking charge and seeking input. In this short-but-interactive workshop, you’ll explore the Project Success Cycle, unpack the challenges of each phase, and learn powerful questions to get the feedback you need. You’ll leave ready to lead projects with initiative, alignment, and momentum.
Learning Objectives
- Discover the Project Success cycle.
- Discuss the opportunities and challenges of each phase in the cycle.
- Explore powerful questions that effectively drive feedback conversations.
What People Say
OneHour Workshops check all the boxes for a busy, client-billable team. In 60 minutes you get what the skill is, why it matters, how to do it, AND you practice. The sessions were focused, interactive, and immediately useful.
Ildi Conrad,
Managing Director, Learning, Effectiveness & Engagement | Crossmedia
The facilitators were great! They packed in a lot of very good information and made the workshop interactive and interesting.
Technical Program Manager |
Google
I really enjoyed this class, as I have the other OneHour Workshops. They are well lead, engaging and give me actionable takeaways I can use on a regular basis at work and in life.
Product Manager |
Google
The practice segment was super helpful to help us start turning the theory into action.
Product Strat & Ops Lead |
Google


