Insights and advice from the deeper layers of product leadership
Managing companies, like households, come with an often overlooked mental load. But ignoring it doesn’t take away its impact, which could eventually lead to not being able to meet any of your goals. Here is what the mental load means for a company and how to deal with it.
Taking risks is an inherent part of product leadership. But what happens when your team members have a hard time doing so, at least to the extent that you need them to? Here are a few things you can do to help them master this important skill.
Your customers seem to want new features all the time. If they use your product, that’s a great signal – it means they care and they want to do more with it. But you end up with an endless list of features in your backlog. Here is a quick guide to managing them.
Did you ever find yourself struggling to explain to your manager why you need more people? You know you can’t continue this way, but while they sympathize with your struggle, they are not willing to give you what you ask for. The good news is that there is another, much more effective way to ask for additional resources, and here it is.
Product leadership seems to require nonstop negotiation with everyone you work with. You have limited resources on one hand and major decisions to make on the other. But are you negotiating the right things? It’s easy to debate solutions, but it’s hardly effective. To generate agreement when people disagree you must dive deeper. Here’s how.
Product-led growth (PLG) is a hot buzz. Looking at companies that succeeded with it, it seems to be an easy solution for many problems. But is it? Don’t rush into it without understanding what you get into.
A good manager balances being involved in the details and giving their people more freedom. This is often easier said than done though. As a product leader, is this a skill you already master?
Technology is awesome. It can do so many things, and it is always tempting to see what it can do next. But as a product leader, you are here for other reasons. You need to lead the product to business success. While that needs to rely on technology, technology is still just a means to an end. Here are a few things to consider before you implement your technology’s fullest potential.
Product management is a creative job in the deepest sense: We create products. But the level at which we need to do so changes dramatically over the course of a product person’s career, and the transition is not always easy. Here are three levels – each relevant to a different stage in your career and your product. Where are you now?
AI is everywhere, and it’s great. But AI isn’t always right. Aside from fixing the algorithms and bugs themselves, do you own the impact? Well, you should. Here’s how to do it.
Hiring a product leader is never easy. You are looking for a partner to join your team and take a significant leadership role. In most cases, you have never been in this position yourself before, so interviewing could be a challenge. Here are a few things to consider when you seek your next product leader.
Finding your next job as a product leader is not necessarily easy. This is especially true if you are interviewing as a product leader for the first time, even if you had done the job before. Here are a few things that if you pay attention to would make it much easier for you to get your dream job.
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