How can you stand out in a larger pool of candidates, now that geography is no longer a factor? How can you make a strong impression when interviewing from your living room? When you do land a job, what is it like to be onboarded entirely via Zoom? And how can you be a productive PM on your new, fully distributed team?
Read MoreFor me, it always felt like there was never enough time in the day to focus beyond work, family, friends, etc. before the pandemic. Any window of potential free time was filled with commuting, face to face lunches, IRL standups and sprint planning. But now, many product managers are finding a silver lining in the days of Covid- there’s actually MORE opportunity to pursue professional development.
Read MoreAre you part of a company that has grown through mergers or acquisitions? Does your company have a portfolio of products they’ve built? If there is a horizontal strategy at play, then the executive leadership probably has intentions of integrating the different products to create a competitive advantage with a “best in suite” angle.
Read MoreHow can a new CPO approach building solid relationships within the leadership team? How can you gain your board’s trust? What does a strong CEO/CPO partnership look like?
Read MoreWe’re tapping into our CPO Expert Network from our new CPO Accelerator Program and learning from the best product leaders out there. Abbie Moore, CPO of non-profit organization Adopt-A-Pet, tells us what her company values most, how she measures impact, and why testing ideas and building products is just as important in the non-profit world.
Read MoreSo what does it take to become a CPO?
Let’s start by exploring what a CPO does. Though this varies in each organization, the role centers on setting and leading the company’s product strategy. As a C-level position, the person who holds it should have authority to make decisions. They should be viewed as a partner for the CEO to execute on their grander vision for the company.
Read MoreDigital Transformations are plentiful across the enterprise world, but it’s not often that we hear of their success stories. That’s why I was excited to sit down with Siamak Khorrami, Product Operations and Governance Lead at ATB Financial, as he reflected on their digital transformation.
Read MoreIn this new talk at Mind the Product, our CEO Melissa Perri describes how you should start investing energy in “the product of you” and plan your career ascent to product leader. This includes not only developing the skills you need as a product leader, but also deciding what type of product leader you want to be.
Read MoreA friend told me about her company’s staff meeting today. As the ~75 people joined the Zoom call, there was some casual talk among a few staff about working remotely; a few comments through chat about the lead engineer’s impressive pandemic beard. Staff members…
Read MoreAs a product leader, you have the responsibility to plan strategically for your company to grow its customer base and revenue. Thanks to years of other people growing companies, there are standard playbooks for how to accelerate your company’s trajectory. Simply because they are standard doesn’t mean that you can’t execute them in your own special snowflake way, but it’s relatively hard to reinvent the wheel.
Read MoreAs CPO in Residence at Insight Partners, I have access to career operators who have managed many companies through crises. The managing directors and operating partners at Insight each have decades of experience helping tech companies thrive…
Read MoreI started consulting in 2014. It was supposed to be temporary, a way to pay the bills as I figured out which company I wanted to join next as a VP of Product. As I got more and more calls from ex-colleagues and those who saw my talks, I started to consider consulting…
Read MoreMany product teams struggle with a deluge of requests from customer support and product teams. Figuring out which of the items to have your engineering team build is the reason you have a job as is disappointing your coworkers when their requests don’t make the cut.
Read MoreThe promise of SaaS is that by paying for a subscription, customers are investing in future innovation of the product which they will get to use with no additional cost.
Read MoreLast week we covered two options for building your roadmap. Now that it’s compiled, it’s time to share it out. A roadmap is a marketing tool for your plans for the coming quarter and year, so investing time in ensuring your intents are crystal clear…
Read MoreLast week we learned how to choose the highest value strategic initiatives as you plan for 2020. Now you’re ready to create your roadmap. This is when the product leader really sets the bar for what’s communicated and how. At the very least, a leader should provide guidelines and templates for their PMs’ roadmaps.
Read MoreNow that you’ve set your vision of where you want your company / portfolio / product to be, gathered data to better understand where you are (or how far away you are from your goal), and generated ideas on how to get there, it’s time to make some tough choices.
Read MoreKeeping remote teams connected is a challenge for any distributed company, but what if EVERYONE was remote?
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