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Decoding Product Leadership

Roman Pichler

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Leading as the Person in Charge of the Product When you hear the term leadership , you might first and foremost think of a senior manager like the head of product, Director of Product Management, VP of Product, or Chief Product Officer.[

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Leadership Without Authority on Steroids

The Product Coalition

Leadership without authority is product management 101. You must master it to succeed, in most cases with developers. Back to the humbleness point that started this article, the participant asked me why he should know better than others. One of the things I say about it is that strategy starts with the goals.

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Dealing with an Underperforming Development Team

Roman Pichler

Listen to this article: [link]. A development team does a good job if the following three conditions are fulfilled: First, the group reliably meets the agreed sprint goals and delivers product increments that offer a great user experience and exhibit the desired software quality. What is Bad Performance?

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Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track. If you’re a senior engineer and want to further your career, what skills should you develop? How do we fix it?”

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Leading without Being the Boss: Tips for Product People

Roman Pichler

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link]. Instead, you rely on the contributions and the support of the key stakeholders , the development team members, and possibly other product people who help you manage a large product. Influence and Trust as Leadership Building Blocks.

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Tips on Making that Product Leadership Leap from Being a Hero to Creating Teams of Heros

The Product Coalition

Leadership coach Gordon Tredgold recently wrote a piece in Entrepreneur, The Real Difference Between Leadership and Management, and Why Most People Struggle to Make the Grade , on understanding how you can set yourself up for success in climbing the leadership ladder. Leadership Level 1? —?informal Leadership Level 2? —?hands-on

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3 Empowerment Levels in Product Management

Roman Pichler

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Introduction To discuss empowerment in product management, I find it helpful to distinguish three main levels of decision-making authority, product delivery, product discovery, and product strategy, as the model in Figure 1 shows. [1] I certainly don’t intend to make anyone feel bad.