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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.[ You don’t have to be a line manager to lead others.

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How to Step into Leadership and Grow a Winning Product Team 

280 Group

Transitioning into a leadership role after years as a rockstar Product Manager is exciting – but it’s no easy task. During the webinar, Brooke shared sage advice about how to build a leadership tool belt, chalk full of tools and resources for leading your team toward success. Making the Leap to Leadership .

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482: People-first product leadership for higher performing teams – with Diana Stepner

Product Innovation Educators

How product managers can empower their teams Today we are talking about how product leaders can create more effective teams by using a people-first leadership approach. Her approach to product leadership empowers individuals, fosters collaboration, and connects with people in an authentic way. Express empathy.

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Purposeful Leadership in Product Management

Ronke PM

Our success story is our development; it was about preparing to lead purposefully. We will inspire them to be their best self, teach them the art of negotiation and the importance of not staying silent, and use their leadership voice to elicit change.

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From Whims to Wins: How a Customer-Centric Portfolio Transforms Product Strategy

Speaker: John Mansour - President, Product Management University

You’ve come up with a winning product strategy, everyone’s on board and energized, and you’re halfway down the path to execution only to have it submarined by something someone convinced your leadership was more strategic!

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Leadership Without Authority on Steroids

The Product Coalition

Leadership without authority is product management 101. You must master it to succeed, in most cases with developers. One of the common examples is when developers give you time estimates that are much higher than what you can afford for a certain feature. One of the things I say about it is that strategy starts with the goals.

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How to Overcome 6 Key Product Leadership Challenges

Roman Pichler

Unlike a line manager, you usually don’t manage the development team and stakeholders as the person in charge of the product, and the individuals don’t report to you. In order to overcome this challenge, build trust with the stakeholders and development team members. Leadership at Multiple Levels. No Transactional Power.

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An Adult Conversation About Estimates

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

Estimates are a contentious topic in software development. Most of our development teams hate providing estimates and many managers are starting to view them as unnecessary. They have value in many cases but increasingly are fraught with peril.

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Roadmap Personas: The Best Way to Set Expectations for Teams, Clients, and Leadership

Speaker: Johanna Rothman - Management Consultant, Rothman Consulting Group

Join Johanna Rothman as she discusses developing persona-specific roadmaps and the reasons why sometimes less is more. To address this, consider roadmaps as products and establish personas for each viewer. Then, you can decide which information to give to each persona.

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Cracking the Code to Product Team Success: Data, Empathy, and Extraordinary Communication

Speaker: Donna Shaw - Senior Product Manager & Eric Frierson - Director of Innovation for Public and School Libraries

Product management goes beyond product development; it involves nurturing a cohesive team. Master the art of communication for team success, informed leadership, and nurturing strong customer relationships Don't miss out and register now!

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The Key to Agile Team Motivation

Speaker: Robert Webber, Author and Innovation Leader

The Agile community was confident that management would recognize the benefits of Agile and adopt its servant-leadership style. It’s presented by an experienced engineering leader for product development leaders. Agile was a grassroots engineering movement that caught most software leaders unprepared.

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The Future of Product Management

Speaker: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, Founder and CEO of The Product School

From expectations to technology, tools, and leadership, the CEO of the Product School, Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, will detail the trends that are shaping the future of Product Management. Use Product Management Today’s webinars to earn professional development hours! March 23, 2022 at 11:00 am PDT, 2:00 pm EDT, 6:00 pm BST.

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Beyond the Findings: The Case for UX Research in Digital Transformation

Speaker: Marina Foglietta-Tereo, Head of UX Research, AXA Insurance

Going beyond the tactical applications of UX Research during product development and strategic planning can aid digital transformation, spark innovation and embed a product mindset. As a product manager, designer, or UX researcher - convince your leadership of the need to invest in this competency.

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Data-Driven Performance Feedback Helps Teams Improve Customer Outcomes

Speaker: Mickey Mantle, Founder and CEO at Wanderful Interactive Storybooks | Ron Lichty, Consultant: Interim VP Engineering, Author, Ron Lichty Consulting, Inc.

Teams and their leadership need to leverage data to achieve better customer outcomes. And in the era of agile, which recognizes that software development is a team sport, performance reviews need to use data for programmer growth and to give focus to business results.

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Social Collaborative Management: Harnessing the Power of the Many

Speaker: Peter Taylor, Speaker & Author of The Lazy Project Manager

This is a vital paradigm shift that many organisations are trying to understand right now - balancing traditional work and centralised leadership against the value of decentralised teams and trust. Use Product Management Today’s webinars to earn professional development hours! July 29, 2020 at 9:30 am PDT, 12:30 pm EDT, 5:30 pm BST.