People-First Product Leadership

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Read People-First Product Leadership How to create the future together through backcasting When I worked in emerging media at Razorfish , developing a strategy brief was always a collaborative effort. “ The premise of Backcasting is getting us out of the present.” I remember going on and on about Twitter.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Photo by Lesly Juarez on Unsplash Mindfulness: Paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, without judgement. As a first-time founder, I have been reflecting a lot on leadership, mindfulness, and how much of a difference it makes in how I work and interact with my team. Mindfulness, your biggest ally as a Leader?—?Photo

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bpma ProductHub

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

This makes sure people don’t forget what we’ve recently accomplished, and helps them see the connecting lineage between what we launched and what’s coming out — and how this is growing us toward our vision.”. The process keeps you honest, and connected to your vision, your clients and your investors.”

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 5, 2022

I hope you find this helpful: Digital product development presents incredible opportunities for us to help our customers and our colleagues. I was in a meeting with the CTO and his staff one day when he laid out his vision. Part of his vision was “being agile”. if the vision, goals, objectives, etc.

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Gainsight

JULY 11, 2023

Our team’s vision, focus, talents, and hard work were central to achieving this milestone. A few years later, in 2012, my company was acquired by SPS Commerce (NASDAQ SPSC), and as part of that acquisition, I joined their leadership team. So around this time last year, we revisited and sharpened our vision.

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ProductPlan

JULY 30, 2021

Before hiring a product leader, you need to ensure that you understand the most essential product leadership interview questions that can help better inform your hiring decision. . 6 Product Leadership Interview Questions to Ask. Product leadership is about more than bossing around your direct reports.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 11, 2019

Past, Present and Future. Present: What is the current sprint or work we should be doing today? Future, Present and Past: Future is our backlogs, both development and opportunity backlog (I’m a big fan of Jeff Patton’s dual track ). Present is your typical Scrum/Kanban board/Sprint backlog? Second is present ?—?this

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Presenting or rejecting a well-researched product or design change to the HiPPO is a common pain point for product managers. A HiPPO situation is when you present your idea to executives or a board member and they shoot down your idea based on their gut. Reddit thread: What is the HiPPO effect? But there’s more to it.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 18, 2017

In this in-depth and inspiring talk, Keela Robinson , Founder and CEO PM Loop, unpacks what vision is, why it matters and how to find it. Crucially, she demonstrates how to communicate and reinforce vision to your team by sharing an incredible 30 practical strategies for meaningfully tying your vision to all that you do.

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Ronke PM

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Hard skills, such as understanding frameworks, story writing, backlog prioritization, and developing product visions, strategies, and roadmaps, can all be taught. Let's dive into why soft skills are critical in product leadership. Empathy Empathy is an invaluable characteristic of leadership. Own it and move on with your team.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 16, 2022

Always callout non-goals, in addition to the goals for a leadership review you are leading Earlier on in my PM career, while I would call out the explicit goals and feedback I needed from leadership reviews, I never took the time to communicate what we would not discuss. Context Setting Slide I include for all presentations 2.

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Innovatemap

AUGUST 31, 2020

Some choices are long-standing and are reflected in the product vision, some play into the foundation of a product strategy, and many more reside in the plan to pull it off – the roadmap. Product vision depicts the future the product aims to create and is used to inspire teams and customers.

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Product Bookshelf

APRIL 15, 2024

Martin Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumels Product strategy is a set of choices informed by product vision and company objectives. Product strategy tends to be mysterious because it is typically associated with executive leadership, large-scale bets, and major inititiaves. Playing to Win by A.G. Lafley and Roger L.

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Bain Public

MARCH 14, 2022

But unfortunately, in many companies, the product leadership team can perpetuate a negative culture — setting up product managers to fail. In essence, the product leadership team are those with influence on the product roadmap. Product-led cultures elevate products to the highest levels of the company’s mission.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 7, 2018

The change was agreed and represented by the vision for The Sun “to be the number one news brand in the UK”. This target allowed every piece of work or requirement to be prioritised against the vision and goal. If you can present lean iterative product development as de-risking new ideas then your CFOs will engage and drive for it.

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BrainMates

JULY 21, 2020

Stepping up into a leadership role is especially daunting. Product leadership is made even more challenging, as there are very few models (if any) that cover the complexities and requirements of this -broad role which varies significantly between organisations. A new Product Management leadership model.

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Product Management Unpacked

JULY 9, 2020

Pendo’s chief product officer shares his take on product management leadership. “If The success of a product is reliant on strong, integrated teams that work together to bring the product’s vision to life. What I was looking at was a product vision and a roadmap and I was like I want that job. That’s the job I want.”.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Here’s what we learned about product leadership. Your first task as a leader is to set the vision of the team and make sure that the team is set up to deliver it. Another key function of product leadership is to drive collaboration with other parts of the business. Book suggestion: Product Leadership.

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Ronke PM

MARCH 8, 2024

What truly stands out is how they carry themselves, how quickly they rise after falling, and how they present themselves to the world. Inspiration Three: Consensus-Building Leadership This motivator has profoundly influenced my leadership style. These women, like me, have goals and aspirations they strive for.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

That’s what Dave Martin , a product leadership coach, has talked about in his talk at this year’s Product Drive Summit hosted by Userpilot. They lack vision and lead nowhere. Strategic value is about aligning features with the company’s vision and long-term goals. Ready to dive in to learn more? What are the most acute ones?

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 7, 2023

Nurture your Relationship with Leadership. Leadership will hold you accountable at all times. PMs often give many presentations, and your leadership team, or CEO if in a start-up — will always be on your tail, as they should be). What features do leadership care about the most? Is the money going to flow in soon?

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 8, 2024

Future-proofing your business Embracing digital transformation is not just about keeping up with the present; it’s about positioning your business for the future. Vision & goals Now, chart your course. Define a clear vision for your digital transformation, outlining what success looks like for your organization.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Without thoughtful leadership around them, it may not be in product manager’s gift to achieve a “good” roadmap. This is because product leadership is genuinely hard and quite distinct from the job of product manager – something that is often misunderstood. Purpose, Vision, Mission and Strategy. What is your role?

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 20, 2019

The other path, the one I’ll focus on in this post, continues along the journey of individual contributor : to mastery of the craft of design, to leadership without the need to manage, to above all else shipping great work. Another dimension on which behaviors can be assessed is whether you are demonstrating leadership in your role.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 4, 2021

Martin Eriksson – veteran product leader, and Mind the Product co-founder – presented his “Decision Stack” to ProductTank Lagos. It’s a way of connecting vision to action.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The answer presented by an entry-level or an experienced PM, or by a Group product manager (GPM) lies majorly between two parameters - execution & strategy. Product manager of Airbnb, and leadership wants you to ponder on the idea to allow guests to book cars through the Airbnb Platform. Also, define some success measures too.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

11:03] How is senior leadership involved in product strategy? If there’s any problem in alignment between the product team and senior leaders, that’s a better problem to have than leadership not being involved in product strategy at all. Along with this is the vision—the big picture of your purpose.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 9, 2021

These are the modules and experiences that provide a fundamental understanding of our business, covering mission, vision, strategy, product, and organizational structure. Presenting skills. We all learn differently, and it’s difficult to be “on” all the time – listening to presentation after presentation can be tiring.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

UX vision is a clear and inspiring statement that guides the long-term design strategy and keeps teams and stakeholders on the same page. Next, conduct customer and market research to identify opportunities for UX improvement , and use research findings and business goals to formulate the UX vision statement.

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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. We work with you as partners by sharing product leadership best practices. I'm not very good at Product Management.

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Mind the Product

MAY 14, 2019

A product vision is the most crucial thing for a product leader to work on. Having looked at the survey responses in detail, it’s my interpretation that the answers say more about the current state of product leadership than they do about how product people want their leadership to be… but it was ever so. Detailed Results.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2023

By presenting a clear direction, roadmaps empower team members to share their thoughts freely, dismantling barriers that might hinder the open exchange of ideas. Foster mutual understanding by painting a shared vision of the future and the results achieved. Encourage feedback by presenting a unique perspective.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 12, 2023

We also discuss the benefits of UX roadmaps, present different types, and share top tips for building them. A successful roadmap should include information on UX vision , strategy, goals, themes, milestones, and a timeline. Want to learn how to create a robust UX roadmap for your UX team ? Let’s dive in! improving retention).

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Gainsight

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The stories varied, but a central character recurred: a leader with a vision to humbly serve others. Nowadays, I don’t hear many stories about servant leadership in the media. I think we need more compelling stories of leadership in our lives. A servant leader. We need more inspiration in general.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 29, 2020

Leaders of product management need agility, influence, trust, empathy, and motivating vision. Product leaders can’t succeed if they neglect people skills and leadership skills. Don’t be overly critical or judgmental; be present for them. 17:30] Tell us about product vision. Listen deeply and actively.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Your job is to get them past difficult choices, lay out the winning strategy and help them achieve the vision. Not to knock the C-suite, they explained their vision well and attempted to coach and direct the organization. The team needs to visualize and execute based on the circumstances present.

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Pranav Khare

JANUARY 7, 2024

The Tale of the Overzealous PM: Bob’s Blunder Meet Bob, a PM with a vision so grand it overshadows the sun. Tip: Be present and responsive. The Symphony of the Ideal PM: Emma’s Ensemble Now, let’s meet Emma, the PM whom engineers deeply respect, epitomizes the ideal balance of vision and pragmatism.

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