280 Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A Product Manager’s multifaceted skill set spans critical thinking, leadership, time management, problem-solving, and effective communication, making them integral to the success of any business. The job market presents a wealth of opportunities, as a cursory search on LinkedIn yields over 200,000 open positions.

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280 Group

APRIL 18, 2023

” Jennifer shares her product management wisdom, including being authentic, decisive, and how PM leaders should focus on having a servant-leadership attitude. No matter the title, I was always working with the users of the software, the business leadership of those customers, and the goals they had from a business perspective.

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280 Group

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

It took stamina to stay excited, positive, and optimistic. Being patient is important, especially from a leadership perspective. I think self-awareness is a key part of being a Product Manager because Product Management is also product leadership. You don’t have to have a leadership title.

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280 Group

JANUARY 18, 2022

As the skills set required for manager advancement differs from those for leadership roles, you’ll want to invest in the right development for your near-term personal growth, while also aligning with the career growth plan for the team. Product Management is largely a leadership role. REGISTER NOW. About the Author.

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280 Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The company was investing in leadership, preparing leaders to assume a larger role. I did several leadership trainings to run a P&L, and I got into product management in 2013. Usually, they go into engineering if they like technology, or they go into leadership if they are more administrative. I love what I do.

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Amplitude

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Market Leadership: Amplitude stood out to me because it’s disrupting the digital marketplace–dominating the segment focused on digital product makers. I was impressed with the vision our CRO, Matt Heinz, and executive leadership outlined to assemble a world-class sales organization. What motivated you to join Amplitude?

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280 Group

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Product Managers must possess a broad range of skills, including critical thinking, leadership, time management, problem-solving and communication. This position requires a minimum of five years of managerial experience and a demonstrated ability to manage Product Managers and entry-level product marketing staff. . GET CERTIFIED.

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 20, 2019

In addition to my formal coaching of product leaders (Directors, VPs and CPOs who directly manage teams of product managers), I talk with lots of senior individual contributors about the risks and challenges of moving “up the ladder” into product leadership roles. At some point, I might want to be in a position like yours.

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Modus Create

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Mike’s extensive expertise in sales leadership and digital transformation will further bolster our client service organization. In his new role, Mike will lead Modus’ sales efforts and work closely with the executive team to accelerate the company’s growth.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 6, 2022

The managers, because they are in a terrible position. It's not, but that's a different leadership tip.) This is a part of the series of leadership tips. The post Leadership Tip 17: Consciously Choose How You Optimize the Salary Money appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. You can't be.

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280 Group

MAY 25, 2020

Without knowing the Positioning you want your product to take, its Value proposition to customers, and how you will Message these things, you don’t have a path to market success. Here are some practical steps to get you started: Start with Positioning. What features let the product deliver on that positioning? VIEW COURSES.

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280 Group

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

In the first four parts of the Product Management Career Acceleration Series, we focused on providing you with strategies, tips, techniques, leadership approaches, and even sins to avoid, to be a more effective Product Manager – the kind that can advance in their career rapidly. Tip #5: Emphasize Your Leadership Experiences.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 19, 2020

After working in consulting, many management consultants desire to exit into and work at a tech company. If you want to learn more about the consulting role vs the product role, read this article on the topic. Partner with sales, business, and strategy leadership to set and attain targets that affect Uber’s bottom-line.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 19, 2020

After working in consulting, many management consultants desire to exit into and work at a tech company. If you want to learn more about the consulting role vs the product role, read this article on the topic. Partner with sales, business, and strategy leadership to set and attain targets that affect Uber’s bottom-line.

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Bain Public

MARCH 14, 2020

As a product management consultant, he acts as a coach and a mentor to his clients, providing them with frameworks that guide them toward making the best product decisions. Different from a board member, a product management consultant does not instruct a CEO and the product leadership team how to run the company. How, you ask?

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280 Group

APRIL 3, 2023

From what I’ve heard, MLB is still making tweaks to the rule change even as the season has kicked off, but the response from players, coaches, announcers, and fans has been (mostly) positive. About the Author Joe Ghali is a Principal Consultant and Trainer at 280 Group.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 11, 2021

April is an expert marketing practitioner turned executive consultant and author who helps technology companies make complicated products easy for customers to understand and love. She is a globally recognized expert in Positioning and Market strategy. make sure your customers understand who your REAL competition is. Upcoming Events.

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280 Group

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

About the Author Joe Ghali Principal Consultant & Trainer, 280 Group Joe has over 15 years of experience in Product Management working for Fortune 100 & 500 organizations. And the key to those high performing teams is strong Product Management leadership at the helm.

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Atlassian

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

In Leadership. How does leadership style affect psychological safety? As you might imagine, an authoritative leadership style is not the most conducive to creating psychological safety. In a recent study, McKinsey and Company looked at whether different leadership styles foster an environment of psychological safety.

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280 Group

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Despite initial doubts about our product’s market fit, research uncovered core capabilities, enabling me to position it effectively. It’s a positive aspect of professional growth. In the early stages of my career, female leadership examples were scarce. It’s about silencing the saboteurs and embracing a positive narrative.

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280 Group

JULY 30, 2019

Mentoring others and demonstrating thought leadership through writing and speaking are great ways to not only strengthen these skills, but also advance your career. Writing thought leadership articles, white papers, blog posts or even books are great ways to deepen your product management skills. Become a Mentor for others.

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Modus Create

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Servant leadership is a mainstay of corporate cultures worldwide. Like most leadership phenomena, it evokes both passionate adoration and scoffing. What is Servant Leadership? Servant leadership is a management philosophy in which the primary goal of the leader is to serve their direct reports. ” – Robert K.

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280 Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

For product management leaders, the report highlights how bottom-line business results are positively impacted by reskilling/upskilling efforts. 280 Group offers a range of PM training programs from foundational skills, to Digital Product Management , to Agile development, to PM leadership, and more. VIEW TEAM TRAININGS.

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280 Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

I initially worked in retail, so Paycor was my first career position. Another thing I learned is that at some point in leadership, it switched from things being offered to me to going after them myself. You can’t get your engineering teams bought in, and you can’t get different business units and leadership bought in.

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Bain Public

JUNE 4, 2020

As business advisors and executive coaches, we've worked with dozens of CEOs to help them build and grow their product leadership team as they scale their company. Getting external support, such as product management consulting, can help establish the product leadership team responsible for nurturing and guiding the product team.

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280 Group

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Or maybe you stepped into a management position and you are managing a couple of Product Managers (who manage the great new “thing”). Now is the time to maximize this opportunity and be incredibly effective in this new position. Ken Feehan is a Principal Consultant and Trainer for 280 Group. You landed that great new gig….

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

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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280 Group

MARCH 11, 2022

Product Marketing Managers possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and can demonstrate success with positioning and launching products. The Director of Product Marketing usually reports directly to C-level leadership and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Product Marketing. GET CERTIFIED. About the Author.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

My Half-Century Creating Disney’s Magic Kingdoms”, Disney Legend Harrison “Buzz” Price described what it was like to follow Walt’s leadership in building the dream that became Disneyland. This should resonate with anyone in a product role because it refocuses a “No” into a positive but realistic approach. And that’s okay.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 20, 2019

The other path, the one I’ll focus on in this post, continues along the journey of individual contributor : to mastery of the craft of design, to leadership without the need to manage, to above all else shipping great work. Another dimension on which behaviors can be assessed is whether you are demonstrating leadership in your role.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 30, 2023

Product management and leadership From the struggle to balance innovation and market fit to maintaining a customer-centric approach to product development and navigating talks with business partners, product leaders face many challenges. Product management and leadership speakers. leadership to uphold your customer-centric focus.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 12, 2023

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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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Being on the inside of a company as it takes off is a special kind of experience – and being in a product leadership position while that’s going on gives a unique viewpoint. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 3, 2022

They can present narratives to leadership about the company’s current, past and future needs. One of the critical responsibilities of a BizOps and Strategy position is to put out fires. This is different than a consultant who may suggest solutions for big or small problems and then leave.

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Product Management Unpacked

JULY 9, 2020

Pendo’s chief product officer shares his take on product management leadership. “If Unlike his previous positions where he led the creation of many tax, HR and accounting products — all subjects where he had little knowledge of the field — Pendo’s product is very much within his core expertise. The burden of bias.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Bring empathy to the client's pressures and position. ” Whenever I've been in that position, my mind immediately went to, “how many months of mortgage payment (or insert a large monetary outlay here) do I have available?” But all coaches need to: Understand which level(s) at which the client wants the coach to work.

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Melissa Perri

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Product is the only position that touches everything across the organization and helps pull it together to create a compelling offering for its customers. Since the Chief Product Officer role is so new, there are not many people who are perfectly positioned to take on this challenge, yet there are many companies desperate for this leadership.

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