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The Leadership Side of Product Management – What Does It Really Mean?

Product Management University

The leadership side of product management reaches its pinnacle when you have the complete trust of executives, marketing, sales, engineering, finance, customer success, and customers. Product management leadership comes in two flavors. This is where persuasion skills are paramount to leadership. It doesn’t stop there.

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Why CFOs Should Embrace Human-First Leadership

Gainsight

Once, finance leaders had a simple mandate: Keep the books up to date, make sure the numbers add up, and track where the money flows. That changed over time, and finance now anchors every aspect of the organization in actionable analytics. Today, financial leadership is transforming once again. Look in the mirror.

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How Patreon Embraces Cross-Functional Data Leadership

Amplitude

A large part of their success can be attributed to effective cross-functional data leadership. How is data helping finance and legal make better forecasts? 3 Keys to Strong Cross-Functional Data Leadership. Strong cross-functional data leadership is dependent on more than just collaboration and communication.

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485: How product managers can navigate “Big-Bet” transformations – with John Rossman

Product Innovation Educators

His expertise is on leadership for innovation and business transformation. His most recent book is Big Bet Leadership: Your Transformation Playbook for Winning in the Hyper-Digital Era. That’s the problem we are trying to address in Beg Bet Leadership. [11:44] A lot of that experience is now in Big Bet Leadership.

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Growing the Amplitude Leadership Team

Amplitude

Today, I am excited to share that we are growing our leadership team at Amplitude with world-class executives to take on these challenges. To manage this growth, we aimed to bring on a leader with exceptional expertise in scaling strategic finance and operations at market-leading businesses that have experienced the pains of hypergrowth.

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Hey Product Management, Strategic Direction is Yours for the Taking. Here’s How!

Product Management University

or horizontally (IT, Sales, finance, HR, etc.). Don’t confuse leadership and influence with a dictatorship. Strong leadership and influence from product management starts with superior market knowledge. Product Management & Product Marketing Leadership: How to Lead From a Position of Strength. Here’s How!

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Product Strategy Depends on Company Strategy

Mironov Consulting

  Do Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR, Engineering, and Product know/have what they need to support the plan?  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. 

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