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Gratitude as a Leadership Principle in Product Management

The Product Guy

While strategy, vision, and execution are critical, there’s a powerful leadership principle that’s frequently overlooked: gratitude. Real-world examples: During a sprint, a product manager publicly recognized an engineer’s quick turnaround on a critical feature. In turn, this builds trust and encourages open communication.

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PM Branding: Building Your Personal Brand as a Product Manager

The Product Guy

Why Your PM Brand Matters Your personal brand as a product manager is essentially how others perceive your skills, expertise, and leadership. Open doors to new opportunities, such as speaking engagements, leadership roles, or consulting work. How are you perceived by your leadership team and colleagues?

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Building High-Impact Teams and Data-Driven Decisions in Product Management with Abner Rosales 

Productside

Key Topics Discussed in This Episode Hiring and Developing High-Performing Product Teams Abner reveals how to hire the right talent for your team, nurture leadership potential, and balance technical expertise with soft skills like emotional intelligence. Leadership lessons for identifying potential in your team and fostering growth.

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513: What product leaders need to know about making new product development work – with Jack Hsieh

Product Innovation Educators

Through real examples from his work in consumer electronics and aerospace industries, Jack shows how PDMA’s body of knowledge helps create successful products while avoiding common pitfalls in portfolio management. For example, his business unit needed to coordinate holidays across three regions: Sweden, Taiwan, and Japan.

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Driving Impact Through Influence and Experimentation: Key Insights from TPG Live

The Product Guy

Featuring an engaging discussion with Inis Hormann (Marketing Director Germany, Cepheid) and Steve Kury (Leadership Development Consultant, SHK Leadership Consulting), the session provided actionable insights for PMs at every level. The Future of PM Leadership As we approach 2025, product management roles are transforming.

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516: Strategic decision making in product management- with Atif Rafiq

Product Innovation Educators

In this episode, he shares some insights from that workshop and his experience in product leadership. Atif has spent 25 years working in both Silicon Valley and Fortune 500 companies, including leadership roles at Amazon, McDonald’s (as their first Chief Digital Officer), Volvo, and MGM Resorts.

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511: Product insights from employee #1 after a $2.3 billion exit – with Chris Elmore

Product Innovation Educators

For example, Chris tells his teams a story of how he tells his kids that he doesn’t care about their grades as long as they’re putting in full effort, but usually full effort leads to good grades. When someone is in charge of culture, the culture becomes that person’s version of culture.