Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 5, 2022

But no matter how isolating a management position can feel, you’re not going through it alone. Lara Hogan is an author, public speaker, and coach on management and leadership. Someone who has just taken on a big leadership project, on the other hand, is not going to need lots of 101 information. Leadership hats.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 11, 2019

I’ve had multiple occasions recently to reflect on my own leadership philosophy. Not only have I been asked about it explicitly, but in several conversations with friends and others, the topic of leadership has come up with both positive and negative examples. So What is a Leadership Philosophy?

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Product Talk

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This can create tension between product teams and your company leadership or stakeholders —some argue that they can’t coordinate work with the rest of the company without these dates. – Tweet This I’ve written before that date-based “ roadmaps are exercises in futility.” This doesn’t mean we can’t commit to outcomes.

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ProductPlan

MAY 19, 2020

Resilient Leadership During Challenging Times. Teams that feel safe also tend to trust each other and are, in turn, well-positioned to step up in times of crisis. ” This exercise spun up some short-term wins we were able to deliver quickly. The post Resilient Leadership During Challenging Times appeared first on.

Leadership 71

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 14, 2023

Transcendent leaders rise above self-interest and ego and focus on uplifting others and positively impacting the world. Let’s begin with a definition — Transcendent leadership extends beyond conventional notions of success and influence. The most helpful exercise, in my opinion that cultivates self-awareness is meditation.

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ProductPlan

JULY 30, 2021

Before hiring a product leader, you need to ensure that you understand the most essential product leadership interview questions that can help better inform your hiring decision. . Ultimately, this uneasiness is what leads to growth and positive change. 6 Product Leadership Interview Questions to Ask.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 1, 2017

A Product manager tasked to lead and manage her team while still providing product management capabilities; that was my position when I was selected to be part of the product mentorship program and paired with Amanda Ralph, my new mentor. This is a relative quick exercise and the matrix can be adjusted over time. Resource management.

Leadership 99

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Gainsight

OCTOBER 5, 2020

April Dunford sat in the back of a marketing class at Northwestern University in Chicago, where her professor gave an example of a product positioning statement. April described it as a “Mad Libs” fill in the blank exercise. . What Product Positioning Is and Is Not. Positioning is not a tagline. .

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SidsAvenue

MAY 31, 2020

Being in Leadership position is all about decision-making. Yellow Hat - Focus on Positive aspects The proactive folks would be happy to use the service and plan for their Career ahead. Apart from this, the exercise also helps in making the team feel that they valued. Every decision has an associated outcome.

Framework 52

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 17, 2023

By the time we finish, you should have a good understanding of the structure and methods that will support a positive experience for all and help your groups reach their desired outcomes. Last, let participants know what supplies they’ll need in order to prevent a scramble when you’re ready to start an exercise.

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People-First Product Leadership

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The positive nature of appreciative inquiry resonated with me. The other AI promotes such a model by looking for the positive instead of the negative (or gaps). Dream: Unlock creativity and possibilities by imaging potential positive futures, representing multiple perspectives, opinions, and understandings.

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Sequent Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2023

A Holistic Skill Set with Product Management Certification Skill Amplification : Aspiring Product Managers undergo comprehensive training, gaining expertise in strategic thinking, data analysis, and leadership, further enriched by a Product Management Certification. It doesn’t just shape careers; it defines success stories.

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The Product Cafe

APRIL 14, 2024

However, if you stay in this cycle, you will barely grow further and evolve enough to reach higher positions. Attaining senior positions shouldn't signal the end of learning; rather, it should ignite a keenness for continual improvement. Embracing Influence Product leadership demands you constantly be in product review mode (PRM).

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bpma ProductHub

JULY 5, 2016

It is an intrinsic characteristic, meaning it doesn’t depend on any title, position, or resources. By exercising boldness in the face of uncertainty you add to your overall charisma regardless if you are right or wrong in your position, it is the action that matters. and focus on the positions, not the person.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 13, 2019

Sure, there are some junior positions out there that can be reached with a few months’ experience and a prestigious certification. However, most of the time professionals who undertake the transition aim to build the following story with their resume: their gradual acquisition of product skills across different positions and functions.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Activities to try: If you need to focus or align the team, I recommend starting with this Playing Field exercise. If you’re in this position, you likely just need time to review and confirm. Lead a mapping exercise to outline the customer’s current experience journey. I’m partial to the Design Sprint approach to creating a map.

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People-First Product Leadership

JANUARY 22, 2024

Such an exercise is called “ Elephants, Dead Fish, and Vomit ” and originates from Airbnb. an exercise I like to do is from Coda and is called “Is your team laying bricks or building a cathedral”? Here are two exercises to help identify commitment to change. List the elephants in the room.

Product Management 52

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Assets and liabilities is an exercise I often facilitate with teams to take an inventory and drive a shared understanding of what’s working for and against the team. I like to crowdsource items for the assets column first because they tend to be positive and help maintain an optimistic energy in the room.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 11, 2020

A good vision exercises pull—it describes a future state that people want to bring about. Solution : Describe the ultimate purpose of your product, the positive change the product should bring about like “healthy eating”. 59; Boost Your Product Leadership Power and How to Lead in Product Management , pp. No Clear Business Goals.

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Atlassian

MARCH 9, 2022

It’s important to stick to positive approaches to humor that don’t “punch down.” Together, they teach a course at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business about the surprising power of humor and leadership. Positive styles of humor. You don’t have to be naturally hilarious to use humor at work.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 19, 2018

As up and coming engineers in Silicon Valley, Jean Hsu and Edmond Lau long sought more influence and impact in their respective positions – but they couldn’t shake the feeling of being stuck. But as Jean and Edmond will now tell you, following years of engineering leadership at Quip, Quora, Medium and more, that simply isn’t the case.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 29, 2018

I experiment a lot with retrospectives, usually mixing different exercises that share the same goal but differ in structure. Asking what your team should keep doing highlights the positive things that are deep in the culture of your organization that are necessary for future success. Experimenting with your retrospectives.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 12, 2021

We all want to be part of something bigger and have a positive impact, so as a leader share the challenges and the ambitions of the company and of the product. This is a hard exercise when you have 10 priorities you’d like to list, but it also helps you recenter. Make sure the objectives are clear during onboarding.

Customer Experience 114

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 24, 2024

But I rarely see the right person in the right position, empowered by the CEO, politically astute, experienced in multiple functions, and with enough gravitas to keep everyone playing along.  I think of this first as an organizational and company culture question, not first as a Porter -meets-slideware-meets-research exercise. 

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In this article, we’ll take a look at what product leadership is really about, why coaching is the highest-impact tool that a product leader can have in their toolbox and how to get started using coaching yourself. <insert long list of common business terms preceded by positive verbs> All of that is true.

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Mixpanel

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

As a Product Lead, I continuously emphasize to our broader team the importance of defining personas so that we’re clear about who we’re targeting when shaping our product or positioning. This exercise developed our team’s first principles for understanding who we’re solving for. Here are a few ways we do it.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 29, 2018

I experiment a lot with retrospectives, usually mixing different exercises that share the same goal but differ in structure. Asking what your team should keep doing highlights the positive things that are deep in the culture of your organization that are necessary for future success. Experimenting with your retrospectives.

Framework 181

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 26, 2020

Our leadership team is fully engaged in the active management of our response during this challenging period. All operational access to production resources can be exercised at any location on the Internet. Intercom has no direct reliance on specific office locations to sustain operations.

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

  (Agilists state this in the positive: “start less, finish more.”) ”)  Building software is a complex intellectual team exercise, not simply reading specs or typing.    We have to support our PdMs when they take strong positions.    “ How hard could it be? 

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 29, 2021

It is an exercise in centralized power used to overcome the natural workings of a system. the true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k (By Mark Manson ) “The desire for a more positive experience is itself a negative experience.

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Modus Create

JULY 11, 2019

People who fit this description are often people in positions of power. Because they are in a position of power, other attendees feel obligated to agree with their assessments and thus risk failing to explore more fruitful options. People who climb the ranks into a leadership position are also often natural leaders.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 3, 2022

Dorian has a deep background in product development, starting in engineering and then moving to business leadership roles.? He has held R&D leadership roles and founded Auxilium in 2002 to help companies improve their R&D and leadership practices and transform their new product development using Agile practices.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 6, 2021

We had agreed with the Leadership team that we wanted to hire a senior team. We wanted to be mindful of the candidates time so we went for 4 steps: HR interview, interview with a lead PM, ‘live exercise’ (nothing to prepare beforehand) and a last interview with the Head of Product. You think getting a PM job is difficult?

User Testing 97

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Sachin Rekhi

JUNE 16, 2019

I've long found myself unsatisfied with the conventional discourse of what leadership is supposed to look like in Silicon Valley technology companies. These best practices are typically oversimplified into two high-level philosophies on leadership. These two leadership approaches couldn't be more different from each other.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2022

People with this competence: - Are skilled at winning people over - Fine-tune presentations to appeal to the listener - Use complex strategies like indirect influence to build consensus and support - Orchestrate dramatic events to effectively make a point A good part of our job requires the exercise of influence. It is the only thing”.

Product Management 153

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Go for a walk, do some exercise, chat with colleagues (but try not to talk about work). Tip #5: Be Positive. But I recommend that no matter how challenging things are, you should look for the positives, the healthy traits in people (without ignoring unhealthy habits and wrong behaviour). Creativity needs space. Learn More.

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People-First Product Leadership

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Here are some tips to keep in mind as you go through the exercise: Every product vision derives from the the organization’s vision. The vision is an exercise in constant evangelization. Share People-First Product Leadership We’ve gone through the myths. Creating goals is collaborative exercise. No worries.

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