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Why Market Leadership Starts With Product Management

Product Management University

But products are the nucleus, and that means market leadership starts with product management. There are the obvious things product management does. Before we dive into those, let’s look at a few opportunities where product management teams can take a much stronger leadership role in the organization.

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3 Empowerment Levels in Product Management

Roman Pichler

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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Disrupting the Product – Strategy Questions Answered

BrainMates

Disrupting the Product - Strategy Questions Answered By DIANE SEXTON Even though periods of decline are a normal part of the economic cycle, there is no denying the enormous pressure these periods place on our organisations. What can the average PO/PM do to change that narrative within Product Leadership groups?

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Six Qualities of a Great Product Vision

Roman Pichler

Additionally, an inspiring vision helps you apply a visionary leadership style and become a visionary leader—someone who guides others through a big, motivating goal. Instead of referring to the product, state the positive change you want to bring about, such as “healthy eating.”. The vision pulls you.”.

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What Should a Head of Product Do?

Roman Pichler

A head of product is someone who manages a group of product people—individuals who look after one or more products and who may be called product manager or product owner. Be aware that there is no one right way to apply the head of product role or a golden standard for doing the job. Self-Leadership.

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Power Up: Three Ways to Increase Your Product Leadership Power

Roman Pichler

Increase Your Referent Power. To boost your referent power, I recommend focussing on one virtue at a time and practicing it repeatedly—without expecting too much too quickly. Challenging situations are great opportunities to grow as a human being and by doing so, you increase your leadership power. Trust me.”.

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Stop wasting money using the roadmap to execute your product strategy

Product Warrior

How do you create confidence in your product strategy with those that approve investment i.e. c-suite or board members? Unfortunately, without anything better, many product leaders rely on the product roadmap to demonstrate their strategy. This is often referred to as empowered product development teams.