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How to Leverage Conflict in Product Management

Roman Pichler

Resolving Conflict with Non-Violent Communication So, how can you deal with disputes constructively? Table 2 summarises the differences between destructive, toxic and, constructive, healthy conflict. How can you have good, healthy conflicts? If you are in doubt, always talk to your line manager and human resources. [2]

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Tobi Lütke’s leadership playbook: Playing infinite games, operating from first principles, and maximizing human potential (founder and CEO of Shopify)

Lenny Rachitsky

Tobi remains deeply technical, frequently coding alongside his team, and is known for his unique approach to leadership, product development, and company building. Starting as a snowboard shop in 2004, Shopify has become the leading commerce platform by consistently approaching problems differently.

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Product Managers Misunderstood: We Don’t ‘Rule’ Silicon Valley—We Navigate Its Complexities

The Product Guy

A PM who creates unnecessary friction or fails to collaborate constructively isn’t fulfilling their responsibilities and shouldn’t remain in the role—just as with any other position. While such conflicts can arise, they are not inherent to the role—they reflect poor performance by ineffective PMs.

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Building Better Product Roadmaps: First Principles You Can’t Ignore

The Product Coalition

Build from the Ground Up —  Using these principles, construct your roadmap. Under Musk’s leadership, Tesla adopted a first-principles approach to rethinking fundamental aspects of the electric car. Identify Base Principles —  What are the fundamental truths of product development? Trust, outcomes, value? These are your building blocks.

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Leading with Fear, Vision, and Taste: Our lessons from the Mind the Product Leadership Forum

Mind the Product

On March 10 at the Barbican, London, we welcomed over 100 product leaders to our Mind the Product Leadership Forum. During the day, we were joined by great speakers and engaged in some constructive roundtable discussions. We put this event together to help product leaders connect, learn from one another, and grow.

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Become a better communicator: Specific frameworks to improve your clarity, influence, and impact | Wes Kao (coach, entrepreneur, advisor)

Lenny Rachitsky

.” Where to find Wes Kao: • LinkedIn: [link] • Website: [link] • Maven course: [link] In this episode, we cover: ( 00:00 ) Introduction to Wes Kao ( 05:34 ) Working with Wes ( 06:58 ) The importance of communication ( 10:44 ) Sales before logistics ( 18:20 ) Being concise ( 24:31 ) Books to help you become a better writer ( (..)

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Setting up Product Teams for Success

Roman Pichler

A common leadership response is to offer coachingtrying to help the team perform betterand, in some cases, start managing the team. To achieve this, youll benefit from strengthening your emergent/lateral leadership skills, as I explain in the article Decoding Product Leadership. Constructively dealing with conflict.