Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

For example, a product strategy workshop might have the objective to identify the key changes required to achieve product-market fit. As a rule of thumb, avoid meetings with more than ten attendees when you have to make high-impact decisions and/or rework the product strategy , product roadmap , or product backlog.

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Product Management University

JUNE 21, 2021

Don’t confuse leadership and influence with a dictatorship. Strong leadership and influence from product management starts with superior market knowledge. Get people energized with a practical vision that can be executed across the portfolio. Proving you can execute the strategy seals the deal. Give it a whirl.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

Instead of creating, for example, product strategies and roadmaps and tracking KPIs , you should help the people on your team acquire the right knowledge and develop the right skills so that they can carry out the relevant work on their own. Grow Your Leadership Skills.

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Dear Strategy

MARCH 15, 2023

You see, the reason I started the Dear Strategy podcast was mostly to educate. Now, I’m sure I didn’t go about the process in exactly the most effective way, but, even so, that particular strategy has resulted in absolutely zero leads! But – remember – I’m a strategy guy! I love teaching and sharing knowledge with others.

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Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 4, 2021

There was even an emerging set of courses focused on product leadership. We'll revisit the product work you are already doing in your role and share unique tools that help you prioritize needle-moving work, develop your product intuition, empower your team, garner leadership buy-in, and focus your efforts on what truly matters.

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Bain Public

MARCH 14, 2022

But unfortunately, in many companies, the product leadership team can perpetuate a negative culture — setting up product managers to fail. In essence, the product leadership team are those with influence on the product roadmap. Product-led cultures elevate products to the highest levels of the company’s mission.

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Innovatemap

AUGUST 31, 2020

Some choices are long-standing and are reflected in the product vision, some play into the foundation of a product strategy, and many more reside in the plan to pull it off – the roadmap. Product vision depicts the future the product aims to create and is used to inspire teams and customers.

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Sequent Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Beyond technical prowess, they possess strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills, making tough decisions to ensure the product’s success. Key Responsibilities of a Product Manager Visionary Leadership : They define the product vision , aligning it with company objectives and strategizing the product roadmap.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 20, 2016

Describe and validate the product strategy —the path to realise your vision—before you create your roadmap and decide how the strategy is best implemented, as the following picture illustrates. I like to use my Product Vision Board to develop a valid product strategy. 2 Do the Necessary Prep Work. Learn More.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

The Product Leadership Conundrum. The development team and stakeholders then use these goals to determine the work they have to do—be it creating a marketing strategy, investigating a new technology, or preparing the distribution channels. As this example shows, the vision is an inspirational, visionary goal that cannot be measured.

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Sequent Learning

JULY 25, 2019

Start With A Vision. Successful products begin life with a spark of inspiration and a vision. Vision is, considered a non-negotiable for a CEO, and is often non-negotiable for a product manager. One reason is that not all product managers have the innate sense of a vision for the product.

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Amplitude

MARCH 11, 2020

Roadmapping is at the core of product strategy and product management. I want to make the case, informed by the writing of Marty Cagan , particularly his book Inspired and by learning from Teresa Torres , through her workshops and team coaching , that output or feature-based roadmapping is a thing of the past in product management.

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Sequent Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2023

A Guide on How to Become a Product Manager Introduction Are you passionate about leading product development, shaping strategies, and driving innovation? Develop Essential Skills: Product managers need a diverse skill set, including communication, leadership, analytical thinking, and problem-solving abilities.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

Instead of creating, for example, product strategies and roadmaps and tracking KPIs , you should help the people on your team acquire the right knowledge and develop the right skills so that they can carry out the relevant work on their own. Grow Your Leadership Skills.

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Dear Strategy

MARCH 15, 2023

You see, the reason I started the Dear Strategy podcast was mostly to educate. Now, I’m sure I didn’t go about the process in exactly the most effective way, but, even so, that particular strategy has resulted in absolutely zero leads! But – remember – I’m a strategy guy! I love teaching and sharing knowledge with others.

Framework 52

Framework Workshop Blog Education 52

Product Management University

APRIL 12, 2021

Plus, it’s your ticket to a portfolio strategy for the next 12-24 months that’s guaranteed to deliver high value to the market. Create a simple portfolio strategy that consists of customer initiatives you’ll tackle in priority order. Create a Portfolio Mission Statement. Structure Your Product Organization for Value.

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UX Studio

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Creating and maintaining a brand strategy can turn into a never-ending struggle, but it can also provide a great deal of fun. In this post we created a guide on the steps to take in developing your brand strategy. But first, let’s define brand strategy! But first, let’s define brand strategy! Brand strategy defined.

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Bain Public

JUNE 4, 2020

As business advisors and executive coaches, we've worked with dozens of CEOs to help them build and grow their product leadership team as they scale their company. Getting external support, such as product management consulting, can help establish the product leadership team responsible for nurturing and guiding the product team.

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Product vision and strategic investment priorities (crafted and presented by product management) would get everyone pumped, including senior executives. That influence is the key to strong leadership. The words vision, leadership, market knowledge and influence are tattooed all over them. What would change?

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 12, 2018

One way to answer this question is to avoid unhelpful but common leadership styles. As its name suggests, this leadership style mediates between different parties and tries to broker a deal. As its name suggests, this leadership style mediates between different parties and tries to broker a deal. Recognise Your Leadership Bias.

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Mind the Product

MAY 31, 2019

Day 1: Leadership Forum. We started with the first-ever MTP Leadership Forum in Hamburg , a decidedly intimate event for 40 product leaders. In between we held sessions on Product Strategy and Product Principles, on Managing Product Portfolios, and on Developing Product Managers. Day 2: Workshops. Day 3: Conference.

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Bain Public

OCTOBER 15, 2020

What happens here is that these expectations and this type of behaviour become the primary contributor to product strategy gridlock. When there’s no solid product leadership team in place, it can lead to several challenges in the product delivery, from internal politics and lack of prioritization to miscommunication and inadequate discipline.

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

We’re humble that as an influential organization, we can share product leadership best practices and transform organizations through product-driven culture adoption when they’re in their infancy (pre-seed), helping them drive a path toward a clearer view of the bigger picture. Get 40% Off Our ‘SOAP™ Workshop Series’.

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Bain Public

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Not only that: giving back requires active involvement and implementing solutions in response to product leadership challenges and Canadian startup ecosystem expectations. As a business, we want to achieve success in ways that honour our ethical values as well as respect startups and accelerator communities.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 11, 2016

1 Establish a Clear Vision. Establish a clear vision for introducing a product management group and explore why your company would benefit from it. For instance, the sales group is better able to focus on their actual job, and they can shape the product by attending product strategy and roadmap workshops and sprint review meetings.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 16, 2020

But a bad strategy creates a state of false hope, and can leave you and your team punched in the face after months of work. As a product executive, I deal with the strategy all the time. Every engagement was different, and I had to learn how to apply different strategies to solve those ambiguous problems. Good news!

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Amplitude

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

At Amplitude we’re big believers in product teams aligning their vision and strategy to a north star metric. In fact, we believe so strongly that this framework helps transform product organizations that we host workshops about it across the globe. This isn’t just a “set it and forget it” thing we do at the leadership level.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 23, 2017

Mind the Product London 2017 on September 8 will be better than ever, with more workshops, more networking, and more fun than ever. Lea was responsible for the product vision and strategy of the Creative Cloud, transforming Adobe from boxed software to one of the most successful SaaS services in the industry.

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Over the last few years, products have become more and more complex, but what’s shocking is that fewer than 15% of organizations have tackled this level of complexity through product-led strategy and roadmap planning. Do you have a solid strategy, focus and vision in place? We assess its unique strategies and tactics.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Just two years ago, only 29% of marketers reported ABM to be an effective strategy. Account-based marketing (ABM) is a targeting strategy where businesses market and sell to accounts – different people at one company – rather than to individual prospects at many different companies. Source: ITSMA and ABM Leadership Alliance ).

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 23, 2022

The tactics, the head & body movement, anticipating your opponent's movements, the ring leadership, will and perseverance needed to win, and luck with judges when it goes to the scorecards, there is just so much more to it than simply punching hard. Me, I can see why people find the sport barbaric, but damned do I love me some boxing.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 26, 2021

a clear and compelling vision. from ‘ Drive’ All top product leaders know the importance that vision plays in the success of a product. As Marty Cagan states in Inspired : “When done well , the product vision is one of our most effective recruiting tools, and it serves to motivate the people on your teams to come to work every day.”

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Roman Pichler

JULY 11, 2016

You should therefore help the team acquire the relevant market and domain knowledge—for instance, by involving the team in research and validation work, inviting them to join you when you visit customers— and ensure that they are aware of the product strategy and product roadmap as well as the business goals and KPIs. Learn More.

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Pragmatic Marketing

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

At the same time, PMMs should share their vision for how their role can add value to the overall team. Rather than just handing off a report, I like to unpack insights in the context of a design sprint or through interactive workshops where a cross-functional group can seek to understand and design around key user needs,” she said.

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Pragmatic Marketing

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

At the same time, PMMs should share their vision for how their role can add value to the overall team. Rather than just handing off a report, I like to unpack insights in the context of a design sprint or through interactive workshops where a cross-functional group can seek to understand and design around key user needs,” she said.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Leaders should understand the company’s vision and strategy, be able to communicate it in a meaningful way, and clarify the role their “unit” (*) plays in that strategy. Part of empowering the team is letting them explore the opportunity space and even challenge the strategy.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

I distilled the advice a few months ago in my book The Essentialist Product Manager and have recently been giving talks and workshops on the topic. Start with the product vision. To begin, an essentialist has a clear vision for the direction of the product. From an essentialist perspective, a clear vision creates alignment.

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