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PM Branding: Building Your Personal Brand as a Product Manager

The Product Guy

Build trust with teams and leadership, positioning you as a thought leader and a go-to person for strategic decision-making. This clarity helps shape how you position yourself both internally and externally. Share your learnings through social media, presentations, or internal discussions.

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519: Product verification, most important of the 19 activities of product management – with Nishant Parikh

Product Innovation Educators

He emphasized the importance of role clarity and how the lack of it often leads to frustrated product managers leaving their positions. Its success relies heavily on the thoroughness of the preceding market research phase while setting the stage for subsequent product positioning and vision development.

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515: Case studies of organizational growth through successful product launches – with James Whitman

Product Innovation Educators

This example revealed a deeper structural issue: The company needed to move up-market from a commoditized position to remain competitive. He describes what he calls the “Your PowerPoint is better than mine, but you’re wrong” syndrome – where strong presentation skills can override better strategic choices.

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5 Product Vision Mistakes You Should Avoid

Roman Pichler

For example, the vision for a presentation tool like Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides might be “inform and inspire people.” Take a vision like “be the number one slideware product in the UK” for a presentation software like PowerPoint. Second, look for a vision that speaks to people, that generates a positive emotional response.

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Roadmap Personas: The Best Way to Set Expectations for Teams, Clients, and Leadership

Speaker: Johanna Rothman - Management Consultant, Rothman Consulting Group

Learning objectives: How to create a roadmap that helps the team focus on what they need now, while offering a look-ahead to the future How to leverage your product's position on the technology adoption curve to choose the right customer-focused roadmap How to present options in a rolling wave roadmap, especially if your product is novel and not yet (..)

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How to Leverage Conflict in Product Management

Roman Pichler

What’s more, suppressing the negative emotions , which are usually present in a conflict, increases your stress levels and can harm your mental health. Then, you explore the feelings that are present and connect them to underlying, unmet needs. Additionally, use positive language and communicate the outcome you’d like to achieve.

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Tackling the Challenges of Personal Branding for Product Managers

The Product Guy

Balancing internal and external perceptions, managing expectations, and aligning your brand with your teams identity can present unique hurdles. Internally, you may be known for your ability to manage cross-functional teams, while externally, you may position yourself as a visionary product leader.

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The Key to Agile Team Motivation

Speaker: Robert Webber, Author and Innovation Leader

Management was never taught how to establish the positive and supportive environment necessary to motivate self-directed teams, resulting in disappointing Agile transitions. It’s presented by an experienced engineering leader for product development leaders.