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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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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. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. Quote of the Episode.

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Building High-Performing Product Teams

Roman Pichler

To effectively staff the product team, I recommend including the people shown in Figure 1. [1] 1] Figure 1: The Product Team Members Let’s look at the product team members in Figure 1 in more detail starting with the person in charge of the product. 3] Figure 3 illustrates the team’s ownership of the goals.

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How Scrum Masters Use Facilitative Leadership Especially When Planning, Part 4

Johanna Rothman

30 mins) 3:45 pm: How does this sprint support the overarching product goal? (Or Or otherwise create a sprint goal.) (20 20 mins) 4:05 pm: Rank the stories (15 mins) 4:20: Summarize iteration's value, the ranking of the stories, and sprint goal. Verify everyone understands and agrees. 4:25: Adjourn.

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The Product Leadership Career Ladder

Mironov Consulting

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. So I have a strong sense of what product managers want.

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Product Talk is Growing: Meet New Instructor Ellen Brandenberger

Product Talk

Meet Ellen Brandenberger , a product coach and consultant and Director of Product at Stack Overflow. We’re excited to share that we’ve added yet another instructor to the Product Talk roster. Meet Ellen Brandenberger, a product coach and consultant and Director of Product at Stack Overflow.

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How Interview Questions Reveal the True Organizational Assumptions & Culture, Part 5

Johanna Rothman

The problems in this question might not be problems at all, if the team is autonomous, has a product goal that could supersede a sprint goal, and collaborates to create mastery for everyone. Does a lack of a sprint goal and hours of conversation require someone to control a team? That's not what I see in this question.

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