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

AUGUST 19, 2021

Photo by Gabriel Tovar on Unsplash So many aspects in our lives are based on other people’s visions coming true. Going through history, visions which became reality changed our lives dramatically, and as technology progresses, this becomes more and more true. From my experience, there are four steps for turning a vision into reality.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 26, 2018

One of the key elements of a successful product management organization is creating the vision for your products—the ‘why’ that drives their purchase and the factors that make them successful in their markets. When you nail the product vision, you’re … Continue reading →

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In a wide-ranging conversation, Eoghan explored the complex nature of ambition, the role of self-doubt in creating our drive to succeed, and the crucial role of authenticity in leadership. What distinguishes good leadership from bad? How to manage your stakeholders. The scale of our vision constrains the limits of our ambition.

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Alchemer Mobile

MARCH 13, 2024

Vandegriff recognized for exceptional leadership of technology and teams, positively impacting Alchemer customers LOUISVILLE, COLORADO, March 13, 2024 – Alchemer, a global leader in experience management and enterprise feedback technology, today announced that Brandi Vandegriff has won the Colorado Technology Association’s CIO of the Year Award.

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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] I certainly don’t intend to make anyone feel bad.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Bruce McCarthy was the president of the Boston Product Management Association, is the founder of consultancy Product Culture and co-wrote the book on roadmapping, Product Roadmaps Relaunched. The art and science of product management. Owning your product vision. The art and science of product management.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 28, 2022

Let’s talk about how to define a product vision, and why the lack of a product vision is so detrimental to your team. As I’ll explain below, the “why” and “where” form your product vision, and your product team (especially your engineers), not only want this from you, but need it in order to do their best work. What about 3?

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Nulab

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Traditional top-down managerial structures for leadership are being replaced with bottom-up styles of working. Organizations need to be dynamic if they want to attract and retain the best workers — and collaborative leadership is one way to do that. What is collaborative leadership? Here’s everything you need to know.

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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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Userpilot

APRIL 25, 2022

What is product leadership and how is it different from product management ? In the article, we’ll be discussing what the product leadership role entails and how it is different from the product management role. Product managers step in later and they are in charge of implementing the strategy and building the product.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

At times, product professionals fail to realize the similarities and differences between thought leadership vs people leadership. A compelling thought leader most likely started as a people leader, such as a manager or a director. The Start of Thought Leadership. Product management is complex.

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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. As a result, I’ve come to value 5 different aspects of product leadership. How do I build alignment?

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2021

You’ve got a clear vision for the future, and it looks bright! The initial steps of this framework took collaboration between business leadership and the product team to set a direction for development decisions. Participants: Product Manager (required), Product Owner (required), Development Manager (required), Leadership (required).

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Alchemer Mobile

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Whether you’re new to the product management field or a seasoned professional, it’s always valuable to learn from your peers’ lived experiences. Meet our product management experts. Ian Hassard , Senior Manager of Product Management at Auth0. Ian Hassard , Senior Manager of Product Management at Auth0.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

To be a kick-ass product manager , you need a very diverse skill set. This article explores both hard and soft skills that product managers need in their everyday work, so if you’re curious to learn more, dive right in. Soft skills, like communication or leadership , are more general and can be used in different contexts.

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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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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Goals in Product Management. As I explain in my book How to Lead in Product Management , setting the right goals is crucial to align stakeholders and development teams and to achieve product success. Does this mean that there is a natural fit between goals in product management and OKRs? Should You Use OKRs for Your Product?

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People-First Product Leadership

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Part 1, we covered the “why” behind creating a strategy stack, with a focus on establishing the organization’s Mission, North Star, and Vision. Part 3 brings together the Product specific Vision, Roadmap and Goals. The Vision is brought to life in the Now / Next / Later roadmap, which is supported by Product Goals.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 11, 2023

One of the most frequently asked questions in the product field is what constitutes a great product manager. However, certain traits and backgrounds are often associated with great product managers. For example — If you are a product manager of a product for marketers, take the time to understand a marketer day, KPIs, etc.

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People-First Product Leadership

JUNE 11, 2023

He stood out from the other managers as he didn’t come across as a hot head, prima donna or just a total jerk. Yet the principles he espoused are and apply directly to today’s working environment - especially for manager’s seeking to create top performing product teams. The clincher was Arsène Wenger.

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Ronke PM

MARCH 26, 2024

At the heart of an organization that creates product magic is a product leader who is an expert at leadership and coalition building. After all, the partner teams build products, not the product manager alone. Product management is inherently awe-inspiring. We just execute differently, and sometimes we have a bad day or week.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 13, 2021

In the effort to bring the company’s vision into reality, the details matter, often more than the innovation and completeness of the vision itself. Of course, in the process, the vision might be changed or refined, but it most likely wouldn’t be reinvented altogether. This should be your first step into product strategy.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

What is a technical product manager? This is the question that opens our discussion of technical product management. TL;DR Technical product managers work with engineering and development teams on the technical performance of software products. Tech PMs work actively with product teams on the product vision and strategy.

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Product Management University

JUNE 21, 2021

If you’re waiting for someone to crown your product management team the kings and queens of strategic direction, you better get a nice comfy chair with all the reclining, heating and massaging accoutrements because you’re in for a long wait! Here’s the thing about product management though. Zero or very few.

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Ronke PM

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Use your leadership voice to bring out change. You must have exceptional communication skills to bring your product strategy and vision to fruition. Here are my 15 rules of great product leadership: 1. Being liked, trusted, and respected is crucial for success as a product manager. You are a Chief Storytelling Officer.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 14, 2023

As a product manager, the most challenging aspect of the job has always been influencing and effectively communicating with those around me. ? From personal agendas to vendettas, individual opinions, power struggles, or politics, numerous factors can make it difficult to get people on board with your vision. I couldn’t be at fault.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 8, 2020

I work in the tech industry & manage a team of around 12 people with a range of product, delivery & engineering skills. I recently attended an excellent leadership programme, which led me to reflect more deeply on what makes a stand out leader. I thought I’d share the learnings I’ve distilled. Recognition for what they do.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

At Reddit, he led a team of 35 – none of whom knew how to manage other engineers. He had to quickly determine which team members displayed a potential for leadership and teach them the fundamentals of management so they could make new hires and scale – without ruining the culture. Managers and leaders are different.

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Ronke PM

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Table of Contents Why my walk must be purposeful Defining purpose-driven leadership Empowering the next generation of women Final thoughts Every life has hardship and adversity. So, as I am still weaving, writing, and editing my life story, I would instead do it through purpose-driven leadership. That is what will matter.

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Whether you’re new to the product management field or a seasoned professional, it’s always valuable to learn from your peers’ lived experiences. While you can watch the full hour-long interview here , this post breaks down four of the key lessons we learned from Jessi Alva, Director, Technical Product Management at SAP Concur.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 23, 2023

This means demonstrating a deep understanding of the product and the market and articulating a clear vision for its future — a difficult thing to do when you are new to the rule but gets more apparent as time passes. This article was inspired by “The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels” by Michael D.

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Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 4, 2021

For years now loyal readers have been asking me to package up my learnings on product management into a cohesive course on the subject. So in 2020, I took a survey of all the available product management courses out there. There were plenty of courses introducing product management to those new to the role.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 26, 2022

In this #mtpcon London+EMEA session, Kristina Walcker-Mayer, CEO at Nuri, explains how being a product manager provides a great apprenticeship to becoming a CEO. Read more » The post The 5 ways product management prepares you to become a CEO by Kristina Walcker-Mayer appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 3, 2023

How established organizations can overcome barriers to digital transformation – for product managers Today we are exploring digital transformation in large organizations as well as other challenges leaders are facing in a digitally transforming business environment. There’s a tension between the external and the internal.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 7, 2023

Aspiring product managers, nothing you’ll want to build will ever come easy, so let me give you some words of advice. Many who aspire to become a product manager (PM) always come to me with the same pattern of questions: Will I get to drive my ideas from start to finish? On paper, the role of a product manager can be a dream come true.

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Modus Create

JUNE 23, 2021

There are two ways to talk about transformational leadership. . We can dive deep into the academic theory created by Bruce Avolio and Bernard Bass in 1991 and understand how it fits into the broader Full Range Leadership Model. . But first, let’s define transformational leadership. . What is Transformational Leadership?

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