ONE THING on Leading without Authority

How do you lead without direct authority? The product team at most organizations is small compared with engineering, sales, etc. And yet product has to get buy-in from these other departments for strategy and roadmap to be successful.


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There are lots of tricks to get departments to align. One tip: meet one-on-one with a draft of your strategy and roadmap for advice and honesty. Once you have individual support, you can get all stakeholders in a room for the final buy-in. You can see other stakeholder tips in Chapter 8 of my book, Product Roadmaps Relaunched. What other tips do you have up your sleeves? Tell me a story.