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Topic: Product Management Leadership Games. Sponsored by Product Tank Auckland and Pushpay. Rich Mironov coaches small groups of product leaders and product management teams worldwide. Practice being heroes to your non-product team members. MORE
I believe the future of product management is product thinking. And product coaching is how we get there. I have worked with in product for most of my career. Building products for big corporates, small startups and scale-ups. MORE
In addition to my formal coaching of product leaders (Directors, VPs and CPOs who directly manage teams of product managers), I talk with lots of senior individual contributors about the risks and challenges of moving “up the ladder” into product leadership roles. MORE
This time, our meetup theme was “Product Management, Strategy & Leadership” and it was a great pleasure for us to host our invited speakers: Jay Fong, Product Strategy Lead ( honestbee Singapore ). Mike Dickinson, Chief Product Officer ( Xendit ). MORE
For our next installment of the Women in Product Management Series I interviewed Liz Buderus, Vice President of Product Management at Epsilon. To read the entire series on Women in Product Management make sure to? How did you get into product management? I became a product manager early in my career at Epsilon as it was a brand new role for the company. What do you like the most about product management? MORE
Marty Cagan, founder of the Silicon Valley Product Group , delivered the opening keynote to the 2016 Mind the Product Conference. All six of the examples he uses are women in product management. Irina Farooq, VP of Product at Kinetica. Being women in product. MORE
The Product Leadership Forum is a chance for senior product professionals to discuss the challenges they face in a safe environment. The product manager role is evolving at pace and this means that there are a range of conversations that are hard to have in public. MORE
Mike Belsito of Product Collective hosted this half-hour live Q&A about product management organizations and careers. We talked about: How managing products is different from managing product teams. MORE
Last week I joined the Mind the Product Leadership Forum in London. A product manager is like a leader of a band. Our job as product leaders is to create a festival where all the different bands work together to make our customers happy. Leadership can be Lonely. MORE
The day before Mind the Product London 2017 we ran a forum for invited product leaders on a series of topics with some of the leading product managers from around the world. Here’s what we learned about product leadership. Book suggestion: Product Leadership. MORE
What are some things product management can do to exert more influence and demonstrate stronger leadership? Most product management professionals readily admit they spend too much time in the weeds on tasks that, at the end of the day, don’t contribute much to the overall mission of the organization. So you’re an expert on your product. ” A slight variation applies to product management – you are what you do. MORE
As product managers our job description is pretty simple: to make all of our software development projects succeed. In fact, I would go so far as to say any failures or successes of the team are failures or successes of product management. MORE
Therefore, successful product management requires highly effective leadership. When leadership is stripped of authority we discover the key element for being able to lead others comes down.[continue MORE
Consider the following three stages of product management maturity and the skills your team needs to become proficient in each stage. Infancy – Individuals become proficient at building, marketing, selling and delivering products that make users quantifiably better at their job. MORE
In this opening keynote from #mtpcon Singapore , John Maeda, the Head of Computational Design + Inclusion at WordPress parent company Automattic, argues that this increasing complexity and speed can only be handled by bringing balance to our work – and that product people are best placed to lead the way. Because product is ultimately a creative role that brings together all the functions and balances creative chaos with execution. MORE
Recognise the Importance of Product Management. Note that employing people who are called product owners or product managers does not necessarily mean that a product management function exists. Define Clear Product Roles and Responsibilities. MORE
To do a great job as a product manager or product owner, you require two skills sets: product-specific and generic ones. As the name suggests, product-specific capabilities are limited to a single product or product portfolio. MORE
Since it’s still a relatively new role, there’s a lot of confusion around product management job titles, seniority, and hierarchy. Associate Product Manager. Junior Product Manager. Product Manager. Senior Product Manager. MORE
Over the past few years, I’ve witnessed and been part of the evolution of the product manager role and product management as a discipline. Yesterday, product management was mostly unknown unless you were already in it. MORE
What are some things product management can do to exert more influence and demonstrate stronger leadership? Most product management professionals readily admit they spend too much time in the weeds on tasks that, at the end of the day, don’t contribute much to the overall mission of the organization. So you’re an expert on your product. ” A slight variation applies to product management – you are what you do. MORE
Three Types of Leadership. Scrum is a simple framework with three roles: product owner, development team, and Scrum Master. Each role provides a distinct type of leadership. As the product owner, you lead the product and are responsible for its overall success. MORE
These words couldn’t be more relevant to product management. Such a trait is crucial to Product Management roles if you want sales, marketing and engineering to trust and follow your direction. Product Management Product Marketing Product Strategy MORE
However, when it comes to a career in Product Management, just focusing on strengths is not going to cut it. Product managers must think strategically about their skill sets and address their weakest areas to give their products the best chance of success. We will explain why these three skills are important to product managers and offer some tips to improve. When product managers underperform in key skill areas, their teams and products suffer. MORE
In a world of uncertainty, good product leadership may be the most important ingredient in building a high performing team. business entrepreneurship leadership product-management startup MORE
Challenging situations are great opportunities to grow as a human being and by doing so, you increase your leadership power. To increase your expertise, strengthen your understanding of the market or domain and the product, as well as your product management savviness. MORE
For a new series of interviews with women leading product management teams, I reached out to Sara Wood, currently VP of Product at Gap, Inc in San Francisco. The post Women in Product Management Series: Sara Wood, VP Product at Gap Inc. MORE
A framework like Scrum offers specific techniques that ensure sustainable pace—unfortunately, only for development team members and not for product people. But sustainable pace is equally important for you, the person in charge of the product. With Other Product People. MORE
What is Product Leadership?—?really? Photo by rob walsh on Unsplash With so many Product Management articles out there, let’s talk ‘Product Leadership’ for a change. Product Leadership is NOT necessarily about having the best Product Manager skills. MORE
If you are in Product Management, executive support for your plans can mean the difference between your product’s success and failure. Getting executives and management to support what you are proposing can be very challenging and difficult. MORE
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. MORE
Organise Around Products. In order to grow your product management team, start by reviewing your product portfolio. Once you’ve identified the products, determine the skills required to manage each asset. MORE
to run its Product organisation. Ken has also been a keynote speaker, giving inspiring talks at Mind the Product conferences in both London ( 10x not 10% , 2015) and San Francisco ( Please Make Yourself Uncomfortable , 2016). When the opportunity came up to chat with him, we wanted to cover something new – the idea that startups are hiring too many product managers. Listen if you’d like to learn more about: When should you hire your first product manager? MORE
As someone who has experienced the highs and lows that accompany life as a Product Manager, I am keenly aware of the challenges this important role plays in the technology industry [and so many others]. to raise a new generation of well-informed Product Managers. MORE
But with effort, resilience, and patience, as well as the guidance from others, I have managed to become a reasonably skilled writer. The same holds for product management: When you create a product strategy for the first time, for instance, you are likely to make plenty of mistakes. MORE
Learning about product management is not just restricted to the business ecosystem. The sporting world is one of the key platforms where you can gain valuable product management insights and see product leadership dynamics in action. Mahi’s Leadership Traits. MORE
For our third installment of the Women in Product Management Series I interviewed Diana Benli, VP Government Programs Product Management at Cognizant in the TriZetto Healthcare Products Group. Product Management Leadership Product Manager MORE
With each product I’ve built, things have rarely come together exactly as planned. Eighty percent of your time building product will take place in a maelstrom of ambiguity and obstacles. The best teams embrace imperfections beyond their control and create great products anyway. It’s easy to pick out the product teams who struggle with this. Anyone who has worked in product is familiar with these challenges. MORE
What is the job of a product leader? How should a Head of Product, a VP of Product, or a Product Team Lead behave? Many articles have been written on this subject, most of them either by product consultants or people holding one of the above titles. MORE
When you think about the title ‘product manager’ … Continue reading → Leadership Product Management Purpose leader product builder product maker titleTitles have a way of morphing over time. In some cases, they improve and become more popular. At times, because of the acts of certain, often high-profile, individuals, titles can lose value. MORE
Most product managers are driven to achieve excellence in their craft. Many, however, get stuck in what I call “product consultant” mode and cannot break out of it. Many product managers never get to launch a product, let alone own one. MORE
Lucie McLean, Head of Children’s Product at the BBC, kicked off her #mtpengage Manchester talk with a nostalgic trip involving TV character Mr Benn – who keeps going back to the same costume shop to equip himself for a party which he may or may not attend. MORE
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.
ProductCraft
MAY 14, 2019
Over the past few years, I’ve witnessed and been part of the evolution of the product manager role and product management as a discipline. Yesterday, product management was mostly unknown unless you were already in it.
Roman Pichler
MAY 8, 2018
Three Types of Leadership. Scrum is a simple framework with three roles: product owner, development team, and Scrum Master. Each role provides a distinct type of leadership. As the product owner, you lead the product and are responsible for its overall success.
The Product Coalition
MAY 12, 2019
In a world of uncertainty, good product leadership may be the most important ingredient in building a high performing team. business entrepreneurship leadership product-management startup
Mironov Consulting
MAY 20, 2019
In addition to my formal coaching of product leaders (Directors, VPs and CPOs who directly manage teams of product managers), I talk with lots of senior individual contributors about the risks and challenges of moving “up the ladder” into product leadership roles.
Mind the Product
APRIL 5, 2019
In this opening keynote from #mtpcon Singapore , John Maeda, the Head of Computational Design + Inclusion at WordPress parent company Automattic, argues that this increasing complexity and speed can only be handled by bringing balance to our work – and that product people are best placed to lead the way. Because product is ultimately a creative role that brings together all the functions and balances creative chaos with execution.
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Mind the Product
MAY 14, 2019
What is the job of a product leader? How should a Head of Product, a VP of Product, or a Product Team Lead behave? Many articles have been written on this subject, most of them either by product consultants or people holding one of the above titles.
Roman Pichler
JULY 9, 2019
Organise Around Products. In order to grow your product management team, start by reviewing your product portfolio. Once you’ve identified the products, determine the skills required to manage each asset.
Roman Pichler
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
A framework like Scrum offers specific techniques that ensure sustainable pace—unfortunately, only for development team members and not for product people. But sustainable pace is equally important for you, the person in charge of the product. With Other Product People.
Mind the Product
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
Last week I joined the Mind the Product Leadership Forum in London. A product manager is like a leader of a band. Our job as product leaders is to create a festival where all the different bands work together to make our customers happy. Leadership can be Lonely.
280 Group
JULY 26, 2016
Therefore, successful product management requires highly effective leadership. When leadership is stripped of authority we discover the key element for being able to lead others comes down.[continue
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Roman Pichler
JUNE 4, 2018
Recognise the Importance of Product Management. Note that employing people who are called product owners or product managers does not necessarily mean that a product management function exists. Define Clear Product Roles and Responsibilities.
Product Management Unpacked
MARCH 12, 2019
Marty Cagan, founder of the Silicon Valley Product Group , delivered the opening keynote to the 2016 Mind the Product Conference. All six of the examples he uses are women in product management. Irina Farooq, VP of Product at Kinetica. Being women in product.
Mind the Product
JANUARY 25, 2019
Learning about product management is not just restricted to the business ecosystem. The sporting world is one of the key platforms where you can gain valuable product management insights and see product leadership dynamics in action. Mahi’s Leadership Traits.
280 Group
SEPTEMBER 26, 2017
For our third installment of the Women in Product Management Series I interviewed Diana Benli, VP Government Programs Product Management at Cognizant in the TriZetto Healthcare Products Group. Product Management Leadership Product Manager
Mironov Consulting
AUGUST 15, 2018
Topic: Product Management Leadership Games. Sponsored by Product Tank Auckland and Pushpay. Rich Mironov coaches small groups of product leaders and product management teams worldwide. Practice being heroes to your non-product team members.
Nulab
APRIL 3, 2019
This time, our meetup theme was “Product Management, Strategy & Leadership” and it was a great pleasure for us to host our invited speakers: Jay Fong, Product Strategy Lead ( honestbee Singapore ). Mike Dickinson, Chief Product Officer ( Xendit ).
Lead on Purpose
APRIL 16, 2018
When you think about the title ‘product manager’ … Continue reading → Leadership Product Management Purpose leader product builder product maker titleTitles have a way of morphing over time. In some cases, they improve and become more popular. At times, because of the acts of certain, often high-profile, individuals, titles can lose value.
Mind the Product
JULY 9, 2018
Since it’s still a relatively new role, there’s a lot of confusion around product management job titles, seniority, and hierarchy. Associate Product Manager. Junior Product Manager. Product Manager. Senior Product Manager.
Roman Pichler
APRIL 19, 2017
Challenging situations are great opportunities to grow as a human being and by doing so, you increase your leadership power. To increase your expertise, strengthen your understanding of the market or domain and the product, as well as your product management savviness.
Mind the Product
OCTOBER 30, 2018
The Product Leadership Forum is a chance for senior product professionals to discuss the challenges they face in a safe environment. The product manager role is evolving at pace and this means that there are a range of conversations that are hard to have in public.
Mind the Product
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
I believe the future of product management is product thinking. And product coaching is how we get there. I have worked with in product for most of my career. Building products for big corporates, small startups and scale-ups.
Mironov Consulting
MAY 1, 2019
Mike Belsito of Product Collective hosted this half-hour live Q&A about product management organizations and careers. We talked about: How managing products is different from managing product teams.
The Product Coalition
MAY 31, 2018
As someone who has experienced the highs and lows that accompany life as a Product Manager, I am keenly aware of the challenges this important role plays in the technology industry [and so many others]. to raise a new generation of well-informed Product Managers.
Roman Pichler
MAY 10, 2017
To do a great job as a product manager or product owner, you require two skills sets: product-specific and generic ones. As the name suggests, product-specific capabilities are limited to a single product or product portfolio.
Proficientz – Product Management University
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
What are some things product management can do to exert more influence and demonstrate stronger leadership? Most product management professionals readily admit they spend too much time in the weeds on tasks that, at the end of the day, don’t contribute much to the overall mission of the organization. So you’re an expert on your product. ” A slight variation applies to product management – you are what you do.
280 Group
JUNE 20, 2017
If you are in Product Management, executive support for your plans can mean the difference between your product’s success and failure. Getting executives and management to support what you are proposing can be very challenging and difficult.
Mind the Product
JANUARY 28, 2019
Most product managers are driven to achieve excellence in their craft. Many, however, get stuck in what I call “product consultant” mode and cannot break out of it. Many product managers never get to launch a product, let alone own one.
Mind the Product
NOVEMBER 16, 2017
The day before Mind the Product London 2017 we ran a forum for invited product leaders on a series of topics with some of the leading product managers from around the world. Here’s what we learned about product leadership. Book suggestion: Product Leadership.
Roman Pichler
JULY 3, 2018
But with effort, resilience, and patience, as well as the guidance from others, I have managed to become a reasonably skilled writer. The same holds for product management: When you create a product strategy for the first time, for instance, you are likely to make plenty of mistakes.
Proficientz – Product Management University
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
What are some things product management can do to exert more influence and demonstrate stronger leadership? Most product management professionals readily admit they spend too much time in the weeds on tasks that, at the end of the day, don’t contribute much to the overall mission of the organization. So you’re an expert on your product. ” A slight variation applies to product management – you are what you do.
bpma ProductHub
APRIL 30, 2017
These words couldn’t be more relevant to product management. Such a trait is crucial to Product Management roles if you want sales, marketing and engineering to trust and follow your direction. Product Management Product Marketing Product Strategy
Mind the Product
JANUARY 21, 2019
As product managers our job description is pretty simple: to make all of our software development projects succeed. In fact, I would go so far as to say any failures or successes of the team are failures or successes of product management.
Mind the Product
APRIL 26, 2019
Lucie McLean, Head of Children’s Product at the BBC, kicked off her #mtpengage Manchester talk with a nostalgic trip involving TV character Mr Benn – who keeps going back to the same costume shop to equip himself for a party which he may or may not attend.
280 Group
JULY 8, 2019
However, when it comes to a career in Product Management, just focusing on strengths is not going to cut it. Product managers must think strategically about their skill sets and address their weakest areas to give their products the best chance of success. We will explain why these three skills are important to product managers and offer some tips to improve. When product managers underperform in key skill areas, their teams and products suffer.
Mind the Product
FEBRUARY 6, 2019
to run its Product organisation. Ken has also been a keynote speaker, giving inspiring talks at Mind the Product conferences in both London ( 10x not 10% , 2015) and San Francisco ( Please Make Yourself Uncomfortable , 2016). When the opportunity came up to chat with him, we wanted to cover something new – the idea that startups are hiring too many product managers. Listen if you’d like to learn more about: When should you hire your first product manager?
280 Group
MAY 23, 2017
For a new series of interviews with women leading product management teams, I reached out to Sara Wood, currently VP of Product at Gap, Inc in San Francisco. The post Women in Product Management Series: Sara Wood, VP Product at Gap Inc.
Proficientz – Product Management University
MAY 16, 2019
Consider the following three stages of product management maturity and the skills your team needs to become proficient in each stage. Infancy – Individuals become proficient at building, marketing, selling and delivering products that make users quantifiably better at their job.
280 Group
APRIL 1, 2019
For our next installment of the Women in Product Management Series I interviewed Liz Buderus, Vice President of Product Management at Epsilon. To read the entire series on Women in Product Management make sure to? How did you get into product management? I became a product manager early in my career at Epsilon as it was a brand new role for the company. What do you like the most about product management?
Mind the Product
MARCH 25, 2019
With each product I’ve built, things have rarely come together exactly as planned. Eighty percent of your time building product will take place in a maelstrom of ambiguity and obstacles. The best teams embrace imperfections beyond their control and create great products anyway. It’s easy to pick out the product teams who struggle with this. Anyone who has worked in product is familiar with these challenges.
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