All Things Product with Teresa and Petra

Training vs. Coaching


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Key Takeaways:

  • Training ≠ Coaching. Training builds foundational knowledge and skills. Coaching helps you apply them in your unique context.
  • Skill building takes structured practice. Reading a book isn’t enough—people need reps, feedback, and guided experiences.
  • Coaching is most valuable when teams already have baseline skills and face org-specific blockers.
  • You don’t need to be a certified coach to be effective. Experience in the craft and knowing how to support others in real-world contexts is often more important.
  • Leaders need targeted learning, too. But leadership-specific product training is still hard to find.
  • Resources & Links:

    • Follow Teresa Torres: https://ProductTalk.org
    • Follow Petra Wille: https://Petra-Wille.com
    • Mentioned in the episode:

      • Becoming a Product Coach by Marty Cagan
      • SVPG
      • General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
      • Opportunity Solution Trees: Visualize Your Discovery to Stay Aligned and Drive Outcomes by Teresa Torres
      • Drowning in Product Content? Here’s How to Focus and Thrive by Petra Wille
      • Continuous Discovery Habits by Teresa Torres
      • Story-Based Customer Interviews Uncover Much-Needed Context by Teresa Torres
      • Continuous Interviewing Course by Teresa Torres
      • Communities of Practice: What They Are, What They Do, and What I’m Hoping to Learn by Petra Wille
      • Coaching for Product Leaders/Executives by Petra Wille
      • Why Agile Coaches Can’t Be Product Coaches by Petra Wille
      • ...more
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        All Things Product with Teresa and PetraBy Petra Wille & Teresa Torres