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The Power of Summaries

The Product Coalition

Product leadership is such a hard role, one of the hardest. I specifically remember that I consulted with another marketing teacher there about what should my next career steps be, and he suggested “That I should try this thing called product management”. Summaries are a very powerful leadership tool. Photo by Jessica Lewis ?

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How to Settle In Your New Job as a Product Leader

The Product Coalition

So you found a new position as a product leader, congratulations! Only among my consulting customers , two companies recently hired a new VP of Product. I decided to write this article to help you, product leaders, with your new position. and in product leadership positions there is so much of it!

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3 Blind Spots in Your Product Leader Interviews (Company Side)

The Product Coalition

You are looking for a partner to join your team and take a significant leadership role. In most cases, you have never been in this position yourself before, so interviewing could be a challenge. Photo by Mark Rabe on Unsplash When I started Infinify five years ago, I announced that I am offering product consulting services.

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How I Invented the Google Assistant

The Product Coalition

They want to consult with me on whether or not product management is the right profession for them since they feel that they don’t know how to come up with these big ideas, and feel that it is needed in order to be able to lead. Product leadership deals with so many unknowns, that the absolute truth is not reachable in most cases.

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Should You Aim High or Higher?

The Product Coalition

Product leadership is about finding the right business opportunities to accomplish with the right product. I see my consulting customers having to make the exact same decisions. an executive’s guide to strategic product management is waiting for you at www.ganotnoa.com/ebook Originally published at [link] on November 23, 2021.

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Insights: Using product analytics to find metrics that predict retention

Mixpanel

Start by talking to business stakeholders, like your leadership, customer success, marketing and more. Giving customers access to the product as early as possible puts you (as a product manager) in a unique position to help every other team understand how customers get value out of the product.

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How to Give Your Product Managers Negative Feedback (Part 3)

The Product Coalition

I tried the positive angle (“I see you are not happy, so tell me what you want and we’ll figure it out”), but the answers I got were nothing I could work with (“I want to work alone and for no one to ask questions about what I’m doing”). True to my belief that I can coach him, I invested everything I could in it. How big is the gap?