Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

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. Solvers tend to be reactive to what leadership is really worried about. But the work is still there, it still needs to happen.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 3, 2017

See it as an opportunity to improve your product management practice and leadership skills. But bear in mind that negative thoughts and emotions cloud your perception; they will make it difficult to have a constructive conversation with Jane. Additionally, bring to mind the positive qualities of the difficult person.

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Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Tobi remains deeply technical, frequently coding alongside his team, and is known for his unique approach to leadership, product development, and company building. You need both a positional game (long-term strategy) and tactics (short-term wins). Trust that fun and delight are powerful drivers of success.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 5, 2024

Introduction: The Product Manager’s Unique Challenge Product managers often find themselves in a unique position: responsible for a company’s future success but lacking the formal authority to implement changes directly. Be: Embody the leadership qualities that align with your values and organizational culture.

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

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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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

As the person in charge of the product, you lack transactional power : You cannot tell the stakeholders what to do, you cannot assign tasks to the individuals, and you are typically not in a position to offer a bonus, pay raise, or other incentives. Instead, they are collectively owned, and everyone involved feels responsible for them.

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Atlassian

MARCH 31, 2022

Making sure you, as the feedback giver, are in the right frame of mind before delivering constructive criticism is an important step. of managers strongly agree that they’re effective at delivering constructive criticism. Here’s why you shouldn’t avoid constructive criticism. In Leadership. By Patricia Omoqui.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 18, 2018

We’re in a position now where we can hire people who have potential and match our values, but who need a nurturing environment. Appreciates fair, constructive feedback. Nice to haves: Comfortable giving constructive feedback to peers. Comfortable giving constructive feedback to leadership.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 24, 2024

However, as Mary Baird’s inspiring story shows, a successful pivot from nonprofit leadership to product management is not only possible but also incredibly rewarding. However, Mary’s experience in nonprofit leadership provided her with a unique set of transferable skills that would prove invaluable in her new role.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 24, 2021

You get vague feedback on why you didn’t get the promotion, or unclear guidance on what you can do to position yourself for the next one. Fostering growth in your team and creating a positive team culture requires thought and intention. The reality is that great hiring and recruiting is time consuming and challenging. Eventually.

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Product Talk

MAY 10, 2017

The value of this approach is that rather than having all of the decision-making power come from the leadership team, it gets diffused to the teams closest to your customers. It’s important that outcomes be set by a two-way negotiation between leadership and the product team. This leads to better decisions. – Tweet This.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2021

I have also complemented this with a second meeting where I share wider topics linked to management & leadership (HR news, leadership ongoing topics, new processes and tools …) and provide space for questions and debate. Even in remote settings, a good leader shows positive energy, inspires and challenges their team.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

When you become a head of product, you move into a line management position. It means that you’ll have to deal with people issues on a regular basis, help and support the individuals who are on your team, constructively address problems and offer advice. Grow Your Leadership Skills. Listen to this article: [link].

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 1, 2020

To constructively deal with difficult feelings, we must become aware of them and learn to accept them. Instead, put things into perspective and think of a positive quality that Jon has. Fifth, counteract difficult emotions with positive thoughts. Consider all the positive things in your life and the goodness you have received.

Customer Experience 296

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 1, 2020

To constructively deal with difficult feelings, we must become aware of them and learn to accept them. Instead, put things into perspective and think of a positive quality that Jon has. Fifth, counteract difficult emotions with positive thoughts. Consider all the positive things in your life and the goodness you have received.

Customer Experience 296

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 8, 2020

I recently attended an excellent leadership programme, which led me to reflect more deeply on what makes a stand out leader. Of course, a large part of leadership is about designing good domain strategy & operating models etc, but this article focuses on the more emotive, people elements. Delegate & challenge constructively.

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Ronke PM

MAY 8, 2024

Table of Contents What does culture-driven leadership mean? The importance of culture-driven leadership in product management. Influential product leaders manage their teams with well-being in mind, necessitating culture-driven leadership. What does culture-driven leadership mean? Final thoughts.

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Product Management University

APRIL 12, 2021

You’re now in a great position to tell everyone what you’re going to do, why, and how it’s going to benefit them and the customers. Their feedback is welcome and will be far more constructive at this point because you’ve completely changed the complexion of the conversation from products to customer value.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 29, 2018

Asking what your team should keep doing highlights the positive things that are deep in the culture of your organization that are necessary for future success. Asking what your team should keep doing highlights the positive things that are necessary for future success. What is the real foundation of your success?

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 9, 2021

There is no causal evidence to point to the perfect position in the spectrum that causes a Product to succeed. Different factors including, but are not limited to Product’s lifecycle, Technology used, Company Strategy, and Leadership Persona are critical in determining the exact coordination for the Product Team.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 27, 2020

She posits that to scale a product well, you have to grow the product and team alongside each other deliberately. Most important was the building of processes around constructive feedback. We’re concerned with how we take our products and make them better, acquire more customers, and deliver more value.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 29, 2018

Asking what your team should keep doing highlights the positive things that are deep in the culture of your organization that are necessary for future success. Asking what your team should keep doing highlights the positive things that are necessary for future success. What is the real foundation of your success?

Framework 181

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 19, 2022

Our insights are used to shape strategy and help the company focus on what matters most – building products that deliver value and positive impact to our customers and our business. . Leadership. Leadership . Five essential skill sets of Research and Data Science managers: Leadership. Leadership. Communication.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Understanding what ‘Pecking order’ is all about in a team’s construct Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash What does the term ‘Pecking Order’ stand for? Dominance in chickens is asserted by various behaviors, including pecking, which was used by Schjelderup-Ebbe as a measure of dominance and leadership order.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 25, 2020

. “Allyship in a company often means taking a hard look at why certain people from certain backgrounds don’t stay at your company or get promoted to leadership positions” And on a company level, I think that allyship means changing your business to make it a safe place for people to bring their whole selves to work.

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Mind the Product

MAY 30, 2018

People are openly hostile to suggestions and new pieces of work – often jumping over each other to poke holes in other people’s work, and barely trying to mask it as constructive criticism. Conflict can be mined and used constructively by those who understand it. What Does Being Good at Conflict Look Like?

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Atlassian

JANUARY 21, 2022

By sharing the written review ahead of time, managers can set the foundation for positive communication. Frame your suggestions positively. Won’t providing constructive criticism put your boss in a bad mood? To make sure you’re using this time productively and constructively, use the following tactics. In Leadership.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 7, 2022

But you will end up with an unstable construct of agilised teams but an overall conventional organisation. So in the end it’s about leadership and creating general conditions under which employees can shine. Also, there’s nothing wrong with the agile manifesto of course.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 31, 2021

So the potential impact you can have on the business— either positive or negative?—?increase Your leadership team, stakeholders, and individuals doing the work all need to trust that your influence will result in better outcomes. Within Autodesk Construction Solutions (ACS), PMs are responsible for their individual product areas.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 25, 2019

Or is it like, “Hey, if this is a consistent pattern then we need to make sure no one ever repeats, we’ll have a principle about the positive behavior that we want.” It’s the predictability of the leadership team, it’s the predictability of you, of me. There’s a value around being optimistic and positive.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 21, 2021

“In old-world offices, space typologies – that is, types of workspaces available – were very limited” – Niamh Flannery, Senior Design & Construction Project Manager. Intercom’s leadership team has raised this as one of their main priorities.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 27, 2020

Product managers are often called in late in the selling cycle to address specific customer demands/requests or to position our product against competitors. We’re often asked to “position” an upcoming feature, or avoid mentioning a product shortcoming. So I don’t have any queasiness around: Emphasizing the positive.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

And don’t think this is just about improving the bottom line — organizational excellence is creating a positive work environment along with being a responsible contributor to the community. OMI was a business unit of CH2M, a large engineering construction company. His name is Adam Cohen. His name is Adam Cohen.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

This curiosity has led me out of product management and into my first B2B sales position with ProdPad, where I’ve been tasked with building a repeatable, scalable, and successful sales process, and ultimately a larger sales team. The chances are that they hit the same problems repeatedly, and they may even have mentioned them to you.

User Testing 189

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Ronke PM

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Table of Contents Why my walk must be purposeful Defining purpose-driven leadership Empowering the next generation of women Final thoughts Every life has hardship and adversity. So, as I am still weaving, writing, and editing my life story, I would instead do it through purpose-driven leadership. That is what will matter.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 27, 2018

Heighten Ambitions by Helping People to see Themselves in Leadership Roles. Things as small as recognising those with similar hair to us in positions of power can make a huge difference. This drives down innovation, reduces constructive criticism and builds sub-cultures that don’t speak to one another, siloing the whole organisation.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Tanya shares her ideas for nurturing a strong product strategy from this year’s #mtpcon London Product Leadership Forum. Ideas are complex – so the best product strategies have been constructed with a simple narrative about the ideas you are most passionate about and why. And why is the most important question.

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