Fearless Product Leadership
By Hope Gurion
Fearless Product LeadershipJul 10, 2019
Resource Allocation Antipatterns: What can go wrong? (7/7)
Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively? In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions.
In the seventh episode, we tackle antipatterns in resource allocation decisions as we answer the question: What can go wrong when allocating resources?
In it, you’ll hear perspectives from:
- Jonathan Bertfield, Senior Director, Lean Startup Co.
- Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer
- Barry O’Reilly, Co-Founder & Chief Incubation Officer, Nobody Studios
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries:
- Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest?
- Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan?
- People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?
- Antipatterns: What can go wrong?
Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast
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Resource Allocation's People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where? (6/7)
Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively? In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions.
In the sixth episode, we tackle the people puzzle as we answer the question: How do you decide who goes where when allocating resources?
In it, you’ll hear perspectives from:
- Jonathan Bertfield, Senior Director, Lean Startup Co.
- Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer
- Adrian Howard, Coach, Quietstars
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries:
- Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest?
- Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan?
- People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?
- Antipatterns: What can go wrong?
Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast
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Looking for product leadership coaching? Contact me on Linkedin or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.
Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan? (5/7)
Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively? In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions.
In the fifth episode, Barry O’Reilly and I discuss our rules of thumb to answer the question: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan?
In it, you’ll hear perspectives from Barry O’Reilly, Co-Founder & Chief Incubation Officer, Nobody Studios and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries:
- Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest?
- Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan?
- People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?
- Antipatterns: What can go wrong?
Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast
Feedback is a gift! Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.
Looking for product leadership coaching? Contact me on Linkedin or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.
Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest? (4/7)
Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively? In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions.
In the fourth episode, we continue to weigh the options for allocating resources to products at various life stages as we answer the question: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore or Invest?
In it, you’ll hear perspectives from:
- Jonathan Bertfield, Senior Director, Lean Startup Co.
- Barry O’Reilly, Co-Founder & Chief Incubation Officer, Nobody Studios
- Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries:
- Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest?
- Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan?
- People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?
- Antipatterns: What can go wrong?
Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast
Feedback is a gift! Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.
Looking for product leadership coaching? Contact me on Linkedin or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.
Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain? (3/7)
Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively? In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions.
In the third episode, we continue to weigh the options for allocating resources to products at various life stages as we answer the question: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain?
In it, you’ll hear perspectives from:
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries:
- Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest?
- Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan?
- People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?
- Antipatterns: What can go wrong?
Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast
Feedback is a gift! Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.
Looking for product leadership coaching? Contact me on Linkedin or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.
Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being sunset? (2/7)
Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively?
In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions.
In the second episode, we start weighing the options for allocating resources to products at various life stages as we answer the question: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being sunset?
In it, you’ll hear perspectives from:
- Jonathan Bertfield, Senior Director, Lean Startup Co.
- Barry O’Reilly, Co-Founder & Chief Incubation Officer, Nobody Studios
- Adrian Howard, Coach, Quietstars
- Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries:
- Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest?
- Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan?
- People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?
- Antipatterns: What can go wrong?
Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast
Feedback is a gift! Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.
Looking for product leadership coaching? Contact me on Linkedin or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.
Resource Allocation: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation? (1/7)
Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively? In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions.
In the first episode, we set the stage for our people and time allocation decisions as we answer the question: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?
In it, you’ll hear perspectives from:
- Jonathan Bertfield, Senior Director, Lean Startup Co.
- Barry O’Reilly, Co-Founder & Chief Incubation Officer, Nobody Studios
- Adrian Howard, Coach, Quietstars
- Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries:
- Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest?
- Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan?
- People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?
- Antipatterns: What can go wrong?
Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast
Feedback is a gift! Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.
Looking for product leadership coaching? Contact me on Linkedin or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.
How do you make Resource Allocation decisions for products and teams?
Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively? In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions.
In it, you’ll hear perspectives from:
- Jonathan Bertfield, Senior Director, Lean Startup Co.
- Barry O’Reilly, Co-Founder & Chief Incubation Officer, Nobody Studios
- Adrian Howard, Coach, Quietstars
- Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries:
- Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain?
- Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest?
- Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan?
- People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?
- Antipatterns: What can go wrong?
Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast
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Looking for product leadership coaching? Contact me on Linkedin or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.
How Do You Nurture Product Discovery as a Leader? Interview with Teresa Torres
Are you a product leader seeking to improve the discovery practices of your teams? Do you want to create a culture and leadership team that values discovery-based, customer-centric product roadmaps over executive-only ideas? In this episode of Fearless Product Leadership, Teresa Torres of ProductTalk and I discuss how product leaders can nurture product discovery in their organizations.
Teresa Torres is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and coach. She teaches a structured and sustainable approach to continuous discovery that helps product teams infuse their daily product decisions with customer input. She has taught over 7,000 product people discovery skills through the ProductTalk Academy. She’s the author of the book Continuous Discovery Habits.
Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast
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What Was Your Defining Moment as a Product Leader? Part 2: People
When it comes to problems leaders face, they tend to fall into two main categories: people and process. In this episode, Part 2 in a two-part miniseries, we learn from four deeply experienced product leaders. They reflect on an epiphany that dramatically improved the way they approach the people part of their role.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:
- Nicole Brolan, Chief Product Officer, Redbubble, previously Executive GM – Global Services, Xero
- Polly Howden, Chief Product Officer, Roleshare
- Marc Abraham, Head of Product – Engagement at ASOS
- Audrey Cheng, Chief Product Officer at SnapComms
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
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What Was Your Defining Moment as a Product Leader? Part 1: Process
As a product leader, what was a defining moment of your career? There are likely a handful of experiences that radically transformed the way you think about your work. In this episode, Part 1 in a two-part miniseries, we learn from five deeply experienced product leaders. They reflect on a learning that dramatically improved the way they approach the process part of their role.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:
- Sean Murphy, Vice President, Digital Pharmacy, Optum
- Zabrina Hossain, Product Lead, Shopify
- Anthony Marter, Product and Delivery Coach, Harmoney
- Nicole Brolan, Chief Product Officer, Redbubble, previously Executive GM – Global Services, Xero
- Dave Wascha, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Zoopla
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
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Do You Nail Before You Scale Your Products?
“Nail it, then scale it” is a common—and catchy—refrain within the product world. But what exactly does it mean to “nail” your product? What happens if you move too fast or too slow when rolling out a new product or feature? In this episode, we learn from six deeply experienced product leaders who understand the delicate nature of timing product releases.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:
- Dave Wascha, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Zoopla
- Polly Howden, CPO and Co-Founder, Roleshare
- Zabrina Hossain, Product Lead, Shopify
- Audrey Cheng, Chief Product Officer, SnapComms
- Seth Roe, VP of Consumer Web Products at The Weather Channel, an IBM Company
- Ben Newell, VP of Product and Engineering at CBRE
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
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How Do You Hire the Right Product Managers?
Are you a product leader hiring new product managers for your team? Hiring the wrong person to your team can negatively impact you, the rest of your team and even the rest of the company. Fortunately, there are hiring techniques that will ensure you get the right person, with the right experience, approach and mindset to accelerate the success of your product teams. In this episode, we hear from Kate Leto, author of the book, Hiring Product Managers: Using Product EQ to go beyond culture and skills, who shares how to level-up your approach to the job description, the interview, the "culture fit" assessment using the Role Canvas to get the right people on your product team.
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Transcript available on fearless-product.com
How Do You Accelerate Product Decision Velocity?
Are you a product leader whose team struggles to make decisions efficiently? There are a number of underlying reasons why teams move slowly when they need to make product decisions. In this episode, we learn from five deeply experienced product leaders who have developed effective questions and frameworks to accelerate decision-making on their teams.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:
- Dave Wascha, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Zoopla
- Polly Howden, CPO and Co-Founder, Roleshare
- Zabrina Hossain, Product Lead, Shopify
- Anthony Marter, Value Management Lead, Foodstuffs North Island Limited; Product & Delivery Coach, Harmoney
- Audrey Cheng, Chief Product Officer, SnapComms
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
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Full transcript of "How Do You Accelerate Product Decision Velocity?"
How Do You Measure Your Success as a Product Leader?
Are you a product leader who isn't sure how you should be evaluated? Are you trying to define corporate and professional goals for you vs your team or the company? In this episode, we learn from deeply experienced product leaders who’ve held the product leader role at multiple companies how they measure their success as a product leader.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:
- Troy Anderson, Chief Product and Information Officer, Aperture
- Rachel Obstler, VP of Product, Pagerduty
- Seth Roe, VP of Consumer Web Products, The Weather Company
- Nate Walkingshaw, former Chief Experience Officer, Pluralsight, author of "Product Leadership: How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products and Build Successful Teams"
- Nicole Brolan, Executive GM – Global Services at Xero, previously Chief Product Officer at SEEK
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
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How Do You Achieve Radical Alignment?
HOW DO YOU ACHIEVE RADICAL ALIGNMENT? (3 of 3 in Alignment miniseries)
Are you a product leader struggling to effectively align your leaders and teams on critical decisions? In this 3-episode miniseries on alignment, 8 experienced product leaders share their best techniques on why and how they align their organizations on critical decisions.
In the third and final episode Alexandra Jamieson and Bob Gower, authors of the book “Radical Alignment: How to have Game-Changing Conversations That Will Transform Your Business and Your Life.” react to the practices our product leaders use and share their best advice on how to achieve that much needed state of alignment.
Be sure to listen to the other two episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Alignment miniseries:
- Why Must You Align People on Tough Decisions?
- How Do You Align People on Tough Decisions?
Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast
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How Do You Align People on Tough Decisions?
HOW DO YOU ALIGN PEOPLE ON TOUGH DECISIONS? (2 of 3 in Alignment miniseries)
Are you a product leader struggling to effectively align your leaders and teams on critical decisions? In this 3-episode miniseries on alignment, 8 experienced product leaders share their best techniques on why and how they align their organizations on critical decisions.
In this second episode,
- Rachel Obstler, VP of Product at PagerDuty, former VP of Product at Keynote Systems
- Nicole Brolan, GM at Xero, former Chief Product Officer at SEEK
- Lucinda Newcomb, Chief Product Officer at WeightWatchers, former VP of Product at Sephora
- Seth Roe, VP Consumer Products, The Weather Channel
- Prasad Gune, SVP Product Udemy, former SVP of Product at Signifyed, OpenTable
- Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
share the specific tactics they use as product leaders to align on key decisions.
Be sure to listen to the other two episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Alignment miniseries:
- Why Must You Align People on Tough Decisions?
- How Do You Achieve Radical Alignment?
Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast
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Why Must You Align People on Tough Decisions?
WHY MUST YOU ALIGN PEOPLE ON TOUGH DECISIONS? (1 of 3 in Alignment miniseries)
Are you a product leader struggling to effectively align your leaders and teams on critical decisions? In this 3-episode miniseries on alignment, 8 experienced product leaders share their best techniques on why and how they align their organizations on critical decisions.
In this first episode
- Nate Walkingshaw, former Chief Experience Officer at Pluralsight
- Sean Murphy, VP of Digital Pharmacy at Optum, former VP of Product at Target
- Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer, Aperture Credentialing
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
share why alignment is a key responsibility of a product leader.
Be sure to stay tuned for the next two episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Alignment miniseries:
- How Do You Align People on Tough Decisions?
- How Do You Achieve Radical Alignment?
Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast
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How Do You Work With Customer-Facing Teams in Product Discovery?
Are you a product leader struggling to effectively collaborate with other customer-facing teams in product discovery? In this episode, 6 experienced product leaders share their best tips and techniques on how they work with sales, support and other customer-facing teams to learn from customers and manage expectations to create success for customers and their companies.
Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:
- Zabrina Hossain, Product Lead, Shopify
- Marc Abraham, Head of Product-Engagement at ASOS, former CPO at Settled
- Audrey Cheng, VP of Product at Pushpay
- Ben Newell, VP Product, CBRE, former VP of Product at RewardStyle
- Rachel Obstler, VP of Product at PagerDuty, former VP of Product at Keynote Systems
- Nate Walkingshaw, Chief Experience Officer at Pluralsight
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
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What Is Your Best Interview Question for Product Leaders?
Are you seeking a new product leader role? Or are you a CEO trying to hire a product leader? In this episode, you’ll learn how 6 experienced product leaders interview candidates for product leader roles, what they're looking to learn, and what great answers sound like.
Episode transcripts with more resources can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:
- Dave Wascha, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Zoopla
- Zabrina Hossain, Product Lead, Shopify
- Anthony Marter, Head of Product, Plexure
- Swapna Malekar, Product Lead, RBC Royal Bank of Canada
- Sean Murphy, former VP of Product at Target and VP of Product & Engineering at CustomInk
- Rachel Obstler, VP of Product at PagerDuty, former VP of Product at Keynote Systems
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
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How Do You Surface Assumptions in Product Discovery?
How Have You Been Burned by Risky Assumptions?
Are you a new product leader who doesn't yet surface assumptions as part of your product development practice? In this episode, 5 experienced product leaders share stories of product development gone wrong when they were burned by risky assumptions that surfaced too late. This episode will be followed by a companion episode in which we hear about the techniques product leaders use with their teams to surface assumptions as part of their product development practice.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:
Marc Abraham, Head of Product-Engagement at ASOS, former CPO at Settled
Rachel Obstler, VP of Product at PagerDuty, former VP of Product at Keynote Systems
Nicole Brolan, Chief Product Officer at SEEK
Preston Smalley, VP Product Management at Comcast
Ezinne Udezue, VP of Product at Procore, former VP of Product Management, BazaarVoice
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
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How Do You Know If Your Product Org Is Truly Great?
How do you balance investment in tech debt vs customer value?
Should Your Sales Team Sell Features Before They Exist?
How Do You Craft and Communicate Product Vision? | Fearless Product Leadership
HOW DO YOU CRAFT AND COMMUNICATE PRODUCT VISION?
Are you a product leader struggling to create and communicate a product vision that will compel your company into action in the best interest of your customers? In this episode, 5 experienced product leaders share their best practices that have helped them create a product vision to align their teams, leadership and stakeholders with how to improve the lives of customers for the growth of the company.
A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:
- Albert Lee, Co-Founder and former Head of Product, MyFitnessPal
- Ben Newell, former VP of Product, rewardStyle and Sabre Corp
- Ezinne Udezue, VP of Product Management, BazaarVoice
- Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer, SPINS
- Prasad Gune, SVP Product Signifyd
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
Resources mentioned:
Who Do You Want Your Customers to Become? by Michael Schrage
Is Your Product Vision Moving People in the Right Direction? by Hope Gurion on Product Coalition (contains example Product Vision videos)
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How Does Your Team's Experience Level Impact You As a Product Leader? | Fearless Product Leadership
How Do You Create Accountability for Product Teams?
HOW DO YOU CREATE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PRODUCT TEAMS?
Are you a product leader seeking a reliable, respectful method of holding teams accountable to meet their goals? In this episode, you’ll learn how 5 experienced product leaders:
- Set goals and achieve accountability while still enabling teams to take risks
- Rely on rituals to provide the necessary transparency of results vs goals
- Take action when goals are missed
- Help their teams be accountable to their goals and commitments
A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos.
Rosie Ruley Atkins, VP of Product, Homebase
Troy Anderson, SVP of Product & Technology at SPINS
Preston Smalley, VP of Product Management, Comcast
Al Ming, VP of Product & Design, CNBC
Ezinne Udezue, VP of Product Management, BazaarVoice
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
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How do you ensure that Product is not a Black Box? | Fearless Product Leadership
HOW DO YOU ENSURE THAT PRODUCT IS NOT A BLACK BOX?
Are you a new product leader? Are you concerned that the rest of your org feels that product is a "black box?" Learn from experienced product leaders who successfully ensure that their organizations understand WHAT the Product team is working on and WHY. A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos.
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- VictorCho.com (https://www.victorcho.com/)
- Christine Wodtke's Commitments Model
- Introduction to OKRs (Introduction to OKRs - O'Reilly Media
- 5 Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
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How Do You Set Product Team Goals? | Fearless Product Leadership
HOW DO YOU SET PRODUCT TEAM GOALS?
Are you a product leader struggling with how to set meaningful, measurable goals for your product teams? In this episode, 5 experienced product leaders share their best tips and techniques on how they set goals, how frequently and who is part of the process.
A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:
- Preston Smalley, VP of Product Management, Comcast
- Ezinne Udezue, VP of Product Management, BazaarVoice
- Rosie Atkins, VP of Product, Homebase
- Margaret Jastrebski, former SVP Enterprise Product, ShopRunner and current Product & Strategy Advisor
- Al Ming, VP Product & Design, CNBC
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
Feedback is a gift! Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review. Have a question suggestion for a future episode? Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.
Ep. 0: Introducing the Fearless Product Leadership Podcast
Always start with why!
I'm Hope Gurion of Fearless Product. I created this podcast to help new product leaders build their confidence and competence for 2 reasons:
1) It's the type of advice and examples of what to do and not to do that I wish I'd had as a new product leader to accelerate my learning curve
2) In my work as a product leader coach, it helps me quickly provide examples and lessons others have learned to help my clients identify the best practices that they can use TODAY to lead your product teams fearlessly.
That's the deal: 1 tough question + 5 product leaders' answers = Confidence through Evidence for new product leaders
Learn more about Fearless Product leadership coaching and advising at http://www.fearless-product.com or see video versions of each episode on the Fearless Product channel on YouTube.
Feedback is a gift! Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review. Have a question suggestion for a future episode? Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.
How Do You Help Your Company Deal with Product Ambiguity? | Fearless Product Leadership
HOW DO YOU HELP YOUR COMPANY DEAL WITH PRODUCT AMBIGUITY?
Are you a product leader struggling to help your customer-facing and leadership teams reconcile their desire for dates and commitments with a customer-driven, agile product development process? In this episode, 5 experienced product leaders share their best tips and techniques on how they support their stakeholders' desire for certainty while protecting a discovery-led, agile product development process.
A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:
- Rosie Atkins, VP of Product, Homebase
- Al Ming, VP Product & Design, CNBC
- Lauren Antonelli, Chief of Staff and former Head of Product, Evite
- Prasad Gune, SVP Product Signifyd
- Stefan Radullian, Head of Product Management, Brainloop, a Diligent company
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
Feedback is a gift! Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review. Have a question suggestion for a future episode? Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.
What is your Product Leader Superpower? | Fearless Product Leadership
WHAT IS YOUR PRODUCT LEADER SUPERPOWER?
Are you a new product leader wondering where to most focus your attention? Are you trying to position yourself for a new product leader job? In this episode see and hear how 5 product leaders describe the superpower that has most helped them succeed in multiple product leadership roles in B2B, B2C, startup, growth and mature companies.
A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:
- Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer, SPINS
- Stefan Radullian, Head of Product Management, Brainloop, a Diligent company
- Lucinda Newcomb, VP Discovery & Personalization, Walmart.com
- Al Ming, VP Product & Design, CNBC
- Prasad Gune, SVP Product Signifyd
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
Feedback is a gift! Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review. Have a question suggestion for a future episode? Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.
How Do Your Product Teams Prioritize? | Fearless Product Leadership
HOW DO YOUR PRODUCT TEAMS PRIORITIZE?
Are you a new product leader uncertain that your teams are effectively prioritizing what to do next among a long list of potential product features? Perhaps you've tried the RICE prioritization scorecard, ROI or Cost of Delay frameworks and are still searching for the perfect prioritizing technique? In this episode 5 experienced product leaders who've led product at start-up, growth and mature companies in B2B and B2C markets share their tried-and-true approaches to product prioritization and the critical importance of a North Star.
A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:
- Stefan Radullian, Head of Product Management, Brainloop, a Diligent company
- Lauren Antonelli, Chief of Staff and former Head of Product, evite
- Brandon Anderson, VP of Product, SportsEngine
- Rosie Ruley Atkins, VP Product, Homebase
- Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer, SPINS
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
Feedback is a gift! Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review. Have a question suggestion for a future episode? Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.
How Do You Say No to the CEO? | Fearless Product Leadership
What Most Surprises New Product Leaders? | Fearless Product Leadership
WHAT MOST SURPRISES NEW PRODUCT LEADERS?
Are you a new product leader? Perhaps you're finding yourself spending time in areas that are new and unexpected and wondering if this is normal. In this episode 5 experienced product leaders who've led product at start-up, growth and mature companies in B2B and B2C categories share what they found most surprising when they first led product management teams.
A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct.
Featured product leaders with links to their bio videos:
- Amanda Richardson, CEO at Rabbit, former VP of Product at HotelTonight, Prezi and Snagajob
- Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer, SPINS
- Margaret Jastrebski, former SVP Enterprise Product, ShopRunner and current Product & Strategy Advisor
- Al Ming, VP of Product & Design, CNBC
- Prasad Gune, SVP Product, Signifyd
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
Feedback is a gift! Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review. Have a question suggestion for a future episode? Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.
What Are Non-Negotiables for You to Accept a Product Leader Role? | Fearless Product Leadership
WHAT ARE NON-NEGOTIABLES FOR YOU TO ACCEPT A NEW PRODUCT LEADER ROLE?
Are you a product leader considering making a move? Or are you trying to hire a new product leader?
In this episode, 5 experienced product leaders share the essential factors that would motivate them to consider a new opportunity. A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:
- Al Ming, VP of Product & Design at CNBC
- Margaret Jastrebski, former SVP Enterprise Product, ShopRunner and current Product & Strategy Advisor
- Lauren Antonelli, Chief of Staff and former Head of Product, Evite
- Brandon Anderson, VP of Product, SportsEngine
- Lucinda Newcomb, VP Discovery & Personalization, Walmart.com
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
Feedback is a gift! Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review. Have a question suggestion for a future episode? Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.
Does Your Product Roadmap Contain What Will Happen or What May Happen? | Fearless Product Leadership
DOES YOUR PRODUCT ROADMAP CONTAIN WHAT WILL HAPPEN OR WHAT MAY HAPPEN?
Are you a new product leader? Are you struggling with how to create and communicate your product roadmap? In this episode get actionable advice on how 5 product leaders approach creating and sharing the product roadmap with their organizations in B2B, B2C, startup, growth and mature companies. A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct.
Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:
- Lucinda Newcomb, VP Discovery & Personalization, Walmart.com
- Stefan Radulian, Head of Product Management, Brainloop, a Diligent company
- Lauren Antonelli, Chief of Staff and former Head of Product, Evite
- Brandon Anderson, VP of Product, SportsEngine
- Margaret Jastrebski, former SVP Enterprise Product, ShopRunner and current Product & Strategy Advisor
and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)
Feedback is a gift! Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review. Have a question suggestion for a future episode? Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.