Communication training for marketing and product management

From briefings and budget negotiations to customer meetings

This training is held in German.
In this workshop, which is specially tailored to marketing and product management, you will develop your communication and rhetorical skills in a targeted manner. We will work with topics from your day-to-day work. Whether you are convincing superiors about budget planning or presenting new product ideas to sales: You will persuade effectively with strategy, empathy and rhetorical skills. You will refine your negotiating skills and gain confidence and aplomb in your personal appearance.

Contents

The product and marketing manager as a communicative interface

  • Challenges for communication.
  • Communication models self-perception/perception of others; (non-)verbal communication.
  • Appearance, inner attitude, rhetoric, body language.

Effective communication with internal/external service providers

  • The briefing interview: structure, organization, content.
  • Effective rhetoric, positive use of language, criteria for good comprehensibility.
  • Recognize types of conversation.
  • Recognize and prevent conflicts.
  • Motivate, praise, give feedback.

Trade fairs, advice, complaints: customer-oriented discussions

  • Conversation structure, structure.
  • Counseling-oriented conversation.
  • The complaint discussion as a customer loyalty tool.
  • Listen actively, recognize customer wishes, prevent misunderstandings.
  • Building and promoting sustainable customer relationships.
  • Target group-oriented sales arguments: Convincing benefits and added value.
  • Stand out positively from the competition.

Budget, goals and win-win: negotiating skills for success!

  • Preparing, conducting and following up negotiations.
  • Use question types and techniques in a targeted manner.
  • Negotiate cooperatively with the Harvard principle.
  • The 3-step argumentation strategy.
  • Control and dissolve blockages.
  • Rapport: directing conversations with your head and body.

Product information, marketing ideas: effective presentations

  • Develop the individual presentation structure.
  • Authentic and audience-oriented presentation.
  • Change of page and ear opener: Inspire the target group.
  • The 5-sentence technique: argue effectively, convince superiors, sales or customers .
  • First aid concepts for blackouts, killer phrases & co.

 

Learning environment

In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this qualification measure after you have registered.

Your benefit

  • You will gain confidence in dealing with colleagues and cooperating departments, external service providers, customers and superiors.
  • You assess your counterpart professionally and increase your chances of success with the right communication technique.
  • They convince through empathy, target group orientation and effective argumentation.
  • You can conduct negotiations professionally and achieve your goal with confidence.

Please bring your own topics, e.g. product information, presentations, negotiation topics, with you.

Methods

Intensive communication training specially tailored to the needs of product management/marketing. Role plays and exercises based on examples from your practice with constructive trainer/group feedback, individual/group exercises, discussion, exchange of experiences, peer counseling, group coaching, checklists, trainer input.

Recommended for

Employees and managers from product management, marketing and communication.

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Attendees comments

"Likeable speaker, good rhetoric with very good specialist knowledge. She was able to recognize and verbalize the skills, behaviour and characteristics of the participants."

Melanie Maaßen
Dalli-Werke GmbH & Co KG

"The individual wishes and needs of the participants were addressed wonderfully and the balance between theory and practice was also right."

Anna Kellermann
Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmetics

"High level of expertise, highly relevant topics, very practice- and application-oriented."

Hubert Kivelitz
Deutsche Saatveredelung AG

"The change of method made the training very lively. There was a pleasant atmosphere due to the openness of the speaker and the participants."

Katharina Schäfer
Hydrosol GmbH & Co. KG

"Through the coaching and the case studies of the participants, I was able to establish a good connection to practice!"

Michael Finke
Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V.

"Friendly trainer, small group. The trainer was very attentive to the participants and responded to their wishes."

Charlot Beisswenger
puren GmbH

"It was a very flexible course with lots of interesting insights from practice and science."

Johann Shin
PLÜCOM

Seminar evaluation for "Communication training for marketing and product management"

4.6 from 5
with 258 reviews
training content:
4.3
Content comprehensibility:
4.7
Practical relevance:
4.4
Trainer expertise:
4.8
Participant orientation:
4.7
Method variety:
4.4
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Articles, interviews or whitepapers on the topic

Whitepaper Product Management

Definition, tasks, objectives

Find out everything you need to know about the important basics of product management in this white paper. Read more about the important function in the company and about the varied tasks and possible areas of tension that await you as a product manager .

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Articles, interviews or whitepapers on the topic

Whitepaper Product Management

Definition, tasks, objectives

Find out everything you need to know about the important basics of product management in this white paper. Read more about the important function in the company and about the varied tasks and possible areas of tension that await you as a product manager .

Download free of charge

Communication seminar for marketing and product management

Success in marketing and product management depends heavily on the rhetorical and communicative skills of those responsible. After all, both segments are about convincing others of a cause, a product or a project. The good thing is that product and marketing managers can learn the necessary skills. This communication seminar provides managers and employees from product management, marketing and communication with the necessary tools and practical insights for greater success.

Successful communication brings good results

Whether in discussions with suppliers, consultations with customers or budget negotiations with management - employees in marketing and product management need a good deal of persuasiveness to achieve good results. Whether communication is successful depends on many different aspects. In addition to body language, other influential factors include your own inner attitude and the conscious use of certain terms and phrases.

Intensive 3-day training for more efficient communication

In this communication seminar for marketing and product management, all participants learn how to use their rhetorical skills effectively in a wide variety of situations and with different discussion partners. With the help of practice-oriented exercises and in-depth knowledge transfer, participants can gain more confidence in conversational situations, more empathy and more target group orientation in just three days.

You can book the communication seminar for marketing and product management directly online here!

On-site training together
Booking number
5246
€ 1.790,- plus VAT
3 days
in 4 locations
4 Events
German
In-person trainings
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Booking number
32346
€ 1.790,- plus VAT
3 days
Online
on 04.03.2026
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Train several employees internally
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10.09.2025
Düsseldorf
Booking number: 5246
€ 1.790,- plus VAT.
€ 2,130.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
Derag Livinghotel
Derag Livinghotel
Kirchfeldstraße 59-61, 40217 Düsseldorf
Room rate: € 119,15 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Train tickets to this event starting at € 51,90.
Days & Times
3 days
Limited number of participants

Wednesday, 10.09.2025

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Thursday, 11.09.2025

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Friday, 12.09.2025

09:00 am - 4:00 pm

Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
08.12.2025
Berlin
Booking number: 5246
€ 1.790,- plus VAT.
€ 2,130.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
Hotel Köpenick by Leonardo
Hotel Köpenick by Leonardo
Grünauer Straße 1, 12557 Berlin
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Train tickets to this event starting at € 51,90.
Days & Times
3 days
Limited number of participants

Monday, 08.12.2025

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Tuesday, 09.12.2025

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Wednesday, 10.12.2025

09:00 am - 4:00 pm

Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
04.03.2026
Live-Online
Booking number: 32346
€ 1.790,- plus VAT.
€ 2,130.10 incl. VAT.
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3 days
Limited number of participants

Wednesday, 04.03.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Thursday, 05.03.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Friday, 06.03.2026

09:00 am - 4:00 pm

Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
20.05.2026
Munich/Eching
Booking number: 5246
€ 1.790,- plus VAT.
€ 2,130.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
Olymp Munich
Olymp Munich
Wielandstraße 3, 85386 Munich/Eching
Room rate: € 122,18 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Train tickets to this event starting at € 51,90.
Days & Times
3 days
Limited number of participants

Wednesday, 20.05.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Thursday, 21.05.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Friday, 22.05.2026

09:00 am - 4:00 pm

Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
14.09.2026
Cologne
Booking number: 5246
€ 1.790,- plus VAT.
€ 2,130.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
Best Western Plus Hotel Köln City
Best Western Plus Hotel Cologne City
Innere Kanalstraße 15, 50823 Cologne
Room rate: € 137,36 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Train tickets to this event starting at € 51,90.
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3 days
Limited number of participants

Monday, 14.09.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Tuesday, 15.09.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Wednesday, 16.09.2026

09:00 am - 4:00 pm

Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
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Booking number: 5246
€ 1.790,- plus VAT.
€ 2,130.10 incl. VAT.
Details
3 days
Limited number of participants
Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
Booking number: 32346
€ 1.790,- plus VAT.
€ 2,130.10 incl. VAT.
Details
3 days
Limited number of participants
Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
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