280 Group

JANUARY 22, 2020

“Management is doing things right. Leadership is doing the right things.” — Peter Drucker. In this article, we’ll discuss some of the concepts around how to step up and become a leader to your product team and organization. Leadership Definitions. Let’s start with a couple of definitions of leadership.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 20, 2024

For 2024, several excellent conferences dedicated to product management are available, addressing the increasing interest in this field. I would like to thank Tremis Skeete, Executive Editor of Product Coalition for his valuable contributions in the research, development and writing of this article.

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Product Innovation Educators

MARCH 7, 2022

Trends influencing the future of leadership – for product managers. Today we are talking about what product managers should know about the future of leadership. Joining us is an expert who tracks the trends influencing the future of leadership—Anne Loehr. Let’s break down coaching.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 19, 2021

Startups are often talked about as if they’re all the same, as if experience in one is directly transferable to another. Georgie Smallwood, Chief Product Officer at Tier Mobility, joined us on the podcast to chat about the differences in working for earlier stage companies and those that are scaling up. She covers why she [.].

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 18, 2021

How do you decide if you’re ready to take up a Product Manager role at a startup? Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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280 Group

AUGUST 4, 2020

Whether you have started your career in another field and making the shift into Product Management, or if you are nearing the completion of your undergraduate degree and have discovered your passion for Product Management, you may be considering obtaining an MBA in order to master the critical business expertise required for this role.

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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. That’s a good thing!

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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. I recall the startup founder who literally bounced with excitement when we discussed the product being built. I won’t ruin the movie for you.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In some of my previous roles as a product leader, I found it hard to get a customer-obsessed culture off the ground if their culture was already “obsessed” with optimizing shareholder value, or employee value. Doing so requires asking 4 main questions: Do you have the right leadership? Do You Have the Right Leadership?

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Mind the Product

APRIL 7, 2020

A longtime consultant, author and teacher, we grabbed him for a chat focusing on some of the lessons contained in his fourth book, How to Lead in Product Management. Roman’s new book is How to Lead in Product Management. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. Quote of the Episode.

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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.

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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. We’ve compiled a great list of?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

To survive and succeed, your product leadership must be sharper than ever. We were trying to catch up and close the timeline gaps SARS has created for an important tech transfer project with a Chinese startup. COVID is gone, and despite the initial hype, the resulting economic slowdown is here to stay. It always helps.

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280 Group

FEBRUARY 27, 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. What was the biggest hurdle in entering or transitioning into product management? My Product Marketing experience at LinkedIn was most helpful in landing my first PM job.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Startups also have a silent killer. Still, because startup life is so hectic — it might feel like business as usual. Note: everything I say here is true for mature product companies as well. The reason I’m talking here primarily about startups is that they are much more volatile than larger companies.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

During our careers, we noticed specific issues that re-occur between CEOs and their CPO/VP product in early-stage startups. Early-stage startups are characterized by their fast-paced and dynamic nature, with teams working tirelessly to bring their products to market, validate their assumptions, and gain customer traction.

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Product Management Unpacked

MAY 27, 2021

I’d worked for a startup in Hyderabad, India where everyone had to wear different hats,“ recalls Debashish. “I I realized that I wanted to expand my focus into product management.”. I had a strong tech background, so I wanted to dive into the business and design side of product management and hone my leadership skills.

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Userpilot

JULY 13, 2022

Do you follow any product manager blogs? Would you like to discover new ones that will give you valuable insights into product management ? In our article, we introduce 20 of our favorite product manager blogs that every product pro should follow, regardless of their experience.

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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 Cafe

APRIL 14, 2024

Hello, all you product-loving folks! 💜 Welcome to this week's edition of Product Café, your weekly cup of coffee for everything product management, startups, and more. You are managing products well and pushing out successful products, and your customers are happy, too.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 9, 2021

All Product Roles Are Not Alike Photo by Lennart Nacke on Unsplash My first gig as a Product Manager was in a Startup. The Product I worked on did not exist. To top it off, I had no real Product Manager experience. But there is typically no one superhuman who goes around managing everything.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 1, 2017

Guest Post by: Lamia Benhaddou (Mentee, Session 4, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Amanda Ralph]. Amanda had 18 years of product management experience and was able to clearly foresee the obstacles I might encounter in my new role. Indeed the role of a product leader is different to that of a product manager.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

 —  @ant_murphy Product Management is complex. Complex because it’s situational which makes being a good Product Manager about being adaptive. sweeping statements about product management like “Product Managers are the CEO of the product” are generally only half-true.

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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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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 10, 2024

Real product managers are creators and are responsible for both value (ensuring the product meets customers’ needs) and viability (ensuring the product aligns with the business objectives). Seek individuals with deep expertise, coaching abilities, and a contribution to comprehensive product strategy.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 7, 2020

When I started my career as an engineer, I didn’t set my sights on becoming a product manager. Flash forward fifteen years later, and I’m the Director of Product Management at HG Insights. So, what qualities does it take to become a product manager ? What makes startups fail or succeed in their mission?”,

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The first product manager in a startup is a critical role with immense impact on the startup’s success?—?both Photo by Tolga Ulkan on Unsplash When I joined Twiggle as their first VP Product I was the thirteenth employee. Shortly after I started, the CEO surprised me by saying I should hire a product manager.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 20, 2019

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. What is Product Leadership?—?really?

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280 Group

MARCH 10, 2020

The degree of maturity of your Product Management organization can directly drive your ability to satisfy customers and become more profitable. Some Product Management teams are really young and still learning the ropes. There’s no repeatable process for anything, Product Managers (and the rest of the organization!)

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

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. Here are five quick takeaways: Management and leadership aren’t one and the same. Managers and leaders are different.

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280 Group

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Improving Product Management Skills & Teams (Product Operations, Product Experimentation, Actionable customer insights, Change Management). Digital Transformation was also thrown into high gear with more companies than ever moving quickly to add digital value to their products. Product-Led Growth.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Last week I joined the Mind the Product Leadership Forum in London. Whether we work at a big company or a small startup, we need to monitor how our teams are growing. A product manager is like a leader of a band. Another hot topic at the MTP Leadership Forum was related to autonomy. Hope you enjoy it.

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Bain Public

JUNE 14, 2021

(Montréal, Canada) – Paul Ortchanian, Founder, CEO, Head of Product of Bain Public joins Cédric Tawil, Director at Startup Grind Montreal , in a fireside chat discussing what the future of product management holds and how businesses can prepare for it. How is the role of product management changing going into the future?

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Measuring the performance of product managers is a real challenge for a number of reasons. When planning the product managers’ goals, this challenge can translate into taking the wrong direction altogether. Here is a new way to look at product management goals, and make them a useful tool for both you and your team.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 9, 2022

Lessons learned in regard to building a product management function from scratch. At an early stage startup, how product work is conducted will be dictated by the founders. If the founders have a background in product management, then the company culture will be infused with product principles.

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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. Product Manager’s responsibilities. Mahi’s Leadership Traits.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Observations of a B2C startup product manager working in enterprise. A startup, finding its feet and learning how to stand, should by certain logic be less wise, less capable and less developed than its older, wiser counterparts. Here are two of my most notable product take-aways and one piece of advice for survival.

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