Product Talk

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Stepping into your first product leadership role is a major change. You may find yourself less involved in the day-to-day work of discovery and delivery and more focused on higher-level strategy. Trevor explains, “The leadership team felt like discovery was ‘taking too long.’ But that wasn’t very helpful.”

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280 Group

JANUARY 22, 2020

“Management is doing things right. Leadership is doing the right things.” — Peter Drucker. Product Management is a unique role because Product Managers have all the responsibility for a product’s success yet no formal authority. Leadership Definitions. Let’s start with a couple of definitions of leadership.

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280 Group

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

As a dedicated Disney and Hulu enthusiast, and a passionate product fanatic deeply immersed in the most effective modern product strategies of a product manager, I found myself engrossed in Disney’s recent acquisition, gaining full control of Hulu.  By acquiring Hulu, Disney can generate more revenue from its streaming business.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Leadership without authority is product management 101. But as a product executive, you must take it to the next level — and this time use it with the entire management team. Image by Denis Doukhan from Pixabay In the CPO Bootcamp we talk a lot about product strategy. I’ll start with the former.

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280 Group

DECEMBER 20, 2023

For our next installment of our Women in Product Management Series, I interviewed Aruna Thapa , Senior Director of Product Strategy at IQVIA Technologies. Our goal with this series is to shine a light on Product Management as an option for women from various backgrounds and experiences. Nicole : Thank you for joining me, Aruna.

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280 Group

DECEMBER 13, 2023

‘Tis the season to be jolly, and what better way to celebrate than with a holiday spin in the world of product management! The Product Manager shares insights with all their might. Strategy and goals in focus, success guaranteed. Strong leadership support, beyond compare. Happy holidays, product managers!

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Introduction To discuss empowerment in product management, I find it helpful to distinguish three main levels of decision-making authority, product delivery, product discovery, and product strategy, as the model in Figure 1 shows. [1]

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 24, 2024

Expanding on a recent post ( Revenue Goals are Not Company Strategies ), I’ve been seeing lots of maker teams (product, engineering, design) struggling to form product strategies without a company strategy to hang them on.    If these strategies don’t hang together, we each hang separately.

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280 Group

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In the ever-evolving world of product management, staying ahead means constantly honing your skills and understanding the landscape around you. Our Global Product Management Skills survey, now in its third edition, is a resource for product professionals seeking to gauge their expertise against global standards.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 11, 2020

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. To maximise the chances of finding the right people, team up with the Scrum Master and engage with line management and your sponsor. Leadership at Multiple Levels.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 11, 2020

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. To maximise the chances of finding the right people, team up with the Scrum Master and engage with line management and your sponsor. Leadership at Multiple Levels.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 8, 2024

Explore digital transformation strategies for enterprises Have you wondered why digital transformation strategies are a necessity? This comprehensive guide empowers you to harness the power of digital transformation strategies, propelling your business toward a thriving future. What are digital transformation strategies?

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 14, 2021

What really is the difference between managing and leading your product. Don’t product managers need to be able to both manage and lead? Read more » The post How to lead your product – Part 1: Leadership and management appeared first on Mind the Product.

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280 Group

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

In the first four parts of the Product Management Career Acceleration Series, we focused on providing you with strategies, tips, techniques, leadership approaches, and even sins to avoid, to be a more effective Product Manager – the kind that can advance in their career rapidly. Product Management Resume Action Words ?to

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280 Group

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

For our next installment of the Women in Product Management Series I interviewed Sabrina Mandese , Vice President of Product Management at Qurate Retail Group. To read the entire series on Women in Product Management make sure to sign up for our newsletter. How did you get into Product Management?

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In this ProductTank Wellington talk, Andrew Tokeley, Product Leadership Coach, explains why strategy is a big part of trying to help product managers connect the dots and prove the value of what they’re working on and why many can struggle with lack of strategy. [.]

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Product Bookshelf

APRIL 15, 2024

Martin Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumels Product strategy is a set of choices informed by product vision and company objectives. A good strategy consists of a diagnosis, guiding policy, and coherent actions. Why is product strategy so hard? “What is product strategy?”

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280 Group

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

For our next installment of the Women in Product Management Series I interviewed Michelle Lance: Head of Product Management, Western Alliance Bank. To read the entire series on Women in Product Management make sure to sign up for our newsletter. How did you get into product management? Any lessons learned along the way?

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track. Write a draft, talk through it with your peers, your manager and other staff engineers – and don’t forget to ask for feedback.

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Product Management University

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Product management is one of the hottest careers in high-tech right now with tremendous career growth. If you’re considering a career in this industry, you’ll need to know exactly what will be expected of you as a product manager. What Does a Product Management Career Path Look Like?

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280 Group

OCTOBER 4, 2023

For our next installment of our Women in Product Management Series, I interviewed Pinar Alpay , Chief Product & Marketing Officer at Signicat. Product Managers are the CEO of their products, so they have to be strategic and operational, as well. My first job was as a strategy consultant at Bain & Company.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Often we talk more about the technical skills, like, portfolio management, being more strategic, etc but being good at those things mean nothing if you can’t build a culture conducive to good product management practices. Setting an awesome strategy without building the enablers to executing on it is just a pipe-dream.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 22, 2019

Leadership differs depending on the size of the group you’re leading. For most product managers, the people they lead work on different teams and the individuals they need to influence don’t report to them. Regardless of whether the people you … Continue reading →

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

In the end, each contributor and manager has his goals and measurements driven by the management. Organizational culture is too important to leave to chance; organizations must use their culture to fully execute their strategy and inspire innovation. Leadership. Well, here comes the concept of culture.

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280 Group

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

In honor of International Women’s Day, 280 Group is hosting a panel discussion on how trailblazing women paved their way into Product Management. How did you get into product management? I had contemplated Product Management at different points of my journey in Engineering, but honestly—I was in my own head.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Strategy and enabling your team to solve problems makes the difference between a boss and an impactful leader. In this series, I look at what I wish I had known when I started as Head of Product… Summary Understanding strategy allows you to effectively delegate, motivate and align so you can move from a nice boss to an effective leader.

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People-First Product Leadership

MARCH 24, 2024

His people-first leadership approach lives on through his son who recognized his father’s skills and ability to lead by example. Nobody wants you to be more awesome than your manager does, because when you're amazing, your manager, his life gets easier, her life gets easier. I won’t ruin the movie for you.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

A four-layer framework to create a winning product strategy Today we are talking about creating product strategy. Bob is the author of the book Creative Strategy Generation. I first heard of Bob when he was the president of Sequent Learning, the product management training company. Our guest is Bob Caporale.

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Ronke PM

APRIL 22, 2024

As product managers, it’s our mission to position them as heroes within their organizations by providing products, solutions, and services that solve their unique problems effectively. We’ve entered the age of the customer, where traditional sales strategies have become obsolete.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 3, 2018

Business Strategy vs. Product Strategy. A business strategy describes how a company wants to achieve its overall aspiration and create value for its users, employees, and shareholders. The business strategy provides the company with the basis for making the right investment decisions. On their own, they are not enough.

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280 Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In the dynamic realm of technology and business, Product Managers continue to play a pivotal role, guiding organizations through an ever-evolving landscape. As we usher in the year 2024, the role of a Product Manager remains indispensable.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 15, 2024

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. They get called lots of things like market repositioning, merger integration, digital transformation, AI strategy, etc. Today, it is not.

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280 Group

DECEMBER 20, 2022

For our next installment of the Women in Product Management Series I interviewed Heather Weeks, Vice President of Product Management at Marathon Health. To read the entire series on Women in Product Management make sure to sign up for our newsletter. How did you get into Product Management? . It’s never static.

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Ronke PM

APRIL 5, 2023

Table of Contents Product and design partnership What does design-driven leadership mean? Design-driven leadership is product management Final thoughts The very essence of leadership is creating a space that enables our teams to dream big, imagine, and bring what was once unthinkable to life - therefore, changing humanity.

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