Mind the Product

JULY 23, 2019

At last week’s #mtpcon San Francisco Product Leadership Forum, senior product professionals got together to discuss the current hot topics of career paths, talent management, and psychological safety. Product leaders should think about how to support and develop all product managers, without assuming they want to become people managers.

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Bain Public

MARCH 14, 2020

At Bain Public , we help build roadmaps and innovative products for early-stage companies. As a product management consultant, he acts as a coach and a mentor to his clients, providing them with frameworks that guide them toward making the best product decisions. If the answer is yes, you’re in the right place. How, you ask?

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Roman Pichler

JULY 11, 2016

But let the ScrumMaster or coach tackle people, process, and organisational issues; let the development team figure out what needs to be done to implement the user stories and other product backlog items. Development teams should manage their own work (using a sprint backlog or Kanban board). Help the Team See the Bigger Picture.

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 20, 2019

In addition to my formal coaching of product leaders (Directors, VPs and CPOs who directly manage teams of product managers), I talk with lots of senior individual contributors about the risks and challenges of moving “up the ladder” into product leadership roles. What skills are required to develop a great team of Product Managers?”.

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Bain Public

JUNE 4, 2020

As business advisors and executive coaches, we've worked with dozens of CEOs to help them build and grow their product leadership team as they scale their company. Getting external support, such as product management consulting, can help establish the product leadership team responsible for nurturing and guiding the product team.

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Mironov Consulting

APRIL 10, 2020

What : “Moving Up Into Product Leadership” remote workshop. Prioritizing work (roadmaps) when internal stakeholders are not in agreement. The leadership career funnel and ways to signal your interest in “moving up” Who should attend? Where : online (link provided to registered attendees). Register here.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 16, 2023

In my first official product role, which I got to after managing large dev teams and a business-related role, I managed alone a product with a development team of ~40 people. My personal passion is to bring back this very important dimension into product management and leadership.

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Userpilot

APRIL 30, 2024

He is perhaps most recognized for his influential work as a consultant, writer, and speaker on product management, particularly within the realm of software and technology companies. Marty Cagan is the founder of the Silicon Valley Product Group (SVPG), a consultancy firm that helps companies build successful products.

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Bain Public

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The focus on profitability really fortifies the importance of collaborative decision-making between product managers and the leadership team. As the legendary statistician and management consultant, W. Companies need to create sustainable growth by innovating through product features. We also recommend always having three key results!

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 19, 2020

After working in consulting, many management consultants desire to exit into and work at a tech company. If you want to learn more about the consulting role vs the product role, read this article on the topic. Partner with sales, business, and strategy leadership to set and attain targets that affect Uber’s bottom-line.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 19, 2020

After working in consulting, many management consultants desire to exit into and work at a tech company. If you want to learn more about the consulting role vs the product role, read this article on the topic. Partner with sales, business, and strategy leadership to set and attain targets that affect Uber’s bottom-line.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Chris Butler, lead a conversation around “Business Development vs. Product Management”. Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 13, 2018

He works as a coach, consultant, and keynote speaker helping companies bridge the gaps between business agility, digital transformation, product management, and human-centred design. She also spent three years as VP Product at HotelTonight and has held product leadership roles at Prezi, Snagajob, and Eclipsys.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 20, 2020

It’s understandable that most of us don’t make time for personal development. Who wants to spend time after a hard day of work learning and developing when they could be kicking back with a beer and watching The Crown? A few months ago, I introduced a concept I have developed called the PM, or Product, Quadrants.

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TechEmpower - Product Management

AUGUST 21, 2023

We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. The explanation from software leadership is often unsatisfying or unclear. These are classic inflection points for a development team. But as you’ve grown, it’s become cumbersome and constraining.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 23, 2023

So I did what every well-trained consultant knows to do — I asked a question. A purpose we could share with the company’s leadership team, customers, and those working on the product. Lack of direction in product development: Product development can become unfocused without a clear purpose. A purpose we believed in.

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Bain Public

APRIL 17, 2020

Career Development Program Details: Whether you are a Founder or part of the Product, Engineering or leadership team, you need actionable strategies and impactful techniques that drive results today. This is our framework that we base all our lessons on: Your Product Mission Your Product Blueprint Your Roadmap Pillars.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 30, 2023

Product management and leadership From the struggle to balance innovation and market fit to maintaining a customer-centric approach to product development and navigating talks with business partners, product leaders face many challenges. Product management and leadership speakers. Connect with Else on Linkedin. Positioning.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 8, 2024

Think of digital transformation strategies as your roadmap to success in the digital age. The important basis is the development of a strategy for short- and long-term digital transformation based on business results rather than technology. Involve them in strategy development, gather their input, and address their concerns.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 2, 2022

The person in this new role has to formalize those processes and ensure that the right information, in the right quantity, comes in to drive product development. Part 1 of this series also discussed the foundation you need for these tools to work, which is the right leadership.)

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Product Management Unpacked

JULY 9, 2020

Pendo’s chief product officer shares his take on product management leadership. “If Pendo offers a platform of tools that allows product managers to make their products better —whether they are at the beginning of their product roadmap deciding what to build or want to validate the direction for how their product evolves.

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 31, 2017

I get pulled into lots of discussions among product managers about the best ways to represent (and then present and present and present) roadmaps or backlogs, especially to internal sales/marketing/support audiences. Each functional group has its own product priorities, so each wants a different roadmap. Just sign here.”)

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

If so, you should definitely watch the talk that Jason Knight , a product consultant and advisor, gave at this year’s Product Drive hosted by Userpilot. TL;DR Product managers often don’t get the due recognition for their work and their role is often marginalized by frustrated leadership or other teams. Let’s dive in!

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Mironov Consulting

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

While sales teams stereotypically rally around contests, talk sports and drink coffee (which is for closers)… development teams may sit silently side-by-side-side most of the day engaging in multiple Slack conversations, taking breaks for air hockey or exchanging giphys , and critiquing each other’s code indents. So improving.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 6, 2023

Random Feature Roadmap for One Program. When I was a software developer, I loved communing with the machine and solving problems with code. At the top of this post, I added an image of a random, focus-less roadmap. Yes, a real program inspired me to create this roadmap. I've been talking about servant leadership.

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ProductPlan

JULY 16, 2021

Now that the roles have switched, you want to set up your product team for success, by developing your own product leader communication strategies. It puts the onus on them to consult with colleagues to see where they might need some extra help. Setting the Stage for Successful Context-Based Leadership.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 3, 2020

What : “Moving Up Into Product Leadership” remote workshop. Prioritizing work (roadmaps) when internal stakeholders are not in agreement. The leadership career funnel and ways to signal your interest in “moving up” Who should attend? Hosted by INDUSTRY. Where : online (was planned for a NYC venue).

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. Quote of the Episode. Quote of the Episode.

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Mind the Product

JULY 23, 2019

While we didn’t plan this, it’s no surprise – Josh is a respected author, speaker, trainer, and consultant, and the book is a fantastic read. Focusing on outcomes at the strategic planning (OKR), roadmap and story level. The desired impact that led to the development of Google Chrome. What an outcome is.

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Founded by Cycle Capital, the accelerator works with entrepreneurs that develop and commercialize clean technologies to help build globally competitive companies. At Bain Public, we understand the importance of being able to visualize a product’s ecosystem to align product strategies.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 11, 2020

Focusing on outcomes at the strategic planning (OKR), roadmap and story level. The desired impact that led to the development of Google Chrome. The Kellogg Foundation’s Logic Model Development Guide. Focusing on outcomes at the strategic planning (OKR), roadmap and story level. What an outcome is.

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The Product Guy

DECEMBER 15, 2019

In this role, Gaudio drives the strategy behind roadmap management, agile product development, and cross-functional communication. Harpal now works as an independent consultant and interim Chief Product Officer (CPO) advising companies and teams globally on strategic product development and innovation. Drew Falkman.

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

District 3’s aim is to nurture and develop multidisciplinary teams and scientific entrepreneurs that harness emerging technologies to create businesses with global impact. At Bain Public, we understand the importance of being able to visualize a product’s ecosystem to align product strategies.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2018

Your roadmap is one of the most important things you’ll produce as a SaaS company. Who will you share the roadmap with: Just employees, or customers too? And then there’s perhaps the biggest question of all: “How do we decide what makes it on to our roadmap?” And your roadmap should change with them. They change a lot.

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DISQO

JULY 18, 2019

There’s a fascinating discussion on Quora that highlights many widely agreed upon best practices for product leadership. Consulting our survey of more than 150 product managers and interviews with over 200 experts on our podcast, This is Product Management , we gained some surprising insights. Do product leaders need a graduate degree?

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DISQO

JULY 18, 2019

There’s a fascinating discussion on Quora that highlights many widely agreed upon best practices for product leadership. Consulting our survey of more than 150 product managers and interviews with over 200 experts on our podcast, This is Product Management , we gained some surprising insights. Do product leaders need a graduate degree?

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Teams might feel pressure from a too-large backlog or too-long roadmap. I'm a product development generalist. The post Three Keys for Successful Agile Coaching: Level, Empathy, and Experience appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. While everyone might feel the pressure of “do more!!!” Most cannot.

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