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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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474: Emotionally fit leadership for product managers – with Dr. Emily Anhalt

Product Innovation Educators

How to become an emotionally fit product leader We are talking about mental health for product managers and leaders—specifically product managers moving into leadership roles and those who are already in leadership roles. We’ll call this emotionally fit leadership. ” There’s no shame in that.

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Conversations, Conflict and Leadership – Roman Pichler on The Product Experience

Mind the Product

A longtime consultant, author and teacher, we grabbed him for a chat focusing on some of the lessons contained in his fourth book, How to Lead in Product Management. Roman’s new book is How to Lead in Product Management. Quote of the Episode. The FBI’s Behavioural Change Stairway model. Who is Rambo ?

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Leadership Tip #20: Consciously Delegate to Free Your Management Time

Johanna Rothman

Jim, a relatively new manager said, “I don't have nearly enough time. I asked him to eyeball the Management Time Sheet (link is to the google sheet) and see where he spent his time. Isn't that the right way to manage?” If you're moving from first-level management up to director, it's the same idea.

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An Adult Conversation About Estimates

Speaker: Beekey Cheung, Software Consultant, Professor Beekums, LLC

Most of our development teams hate providing estimates and many managers are starting to view them as unnecessary. We are excited to be joined by Beekey Cheung, a software consultant and blogger known as Professor Beekums, who has helped many leaders and teams go from fearing estimates to using them appropriately.

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From Product Management Back to Strategy

The Product Coalition

In recent years it seems that product management is all about execution and delivery. Photo by Kea Mowat on Unsplash When I moved into product management, almost 20 years ago, it used to be a very senior role. Photo by Kea Mowat on Unsplash When I moved into product management, almost 20 years ago, it used to be a very senior role.

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Leadership Tip 16: Decide When to Choose Power-With or Power-Over

Johanna Rothman

When managers decide for other people, the managers exert a form of power-over. Instead, I see a manager deciding how other people or a team should work. When managers do that, they remove autonomy from people and teams. When managers use power-over, they deny the team's autonomy and mastery.