Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

However, with planning and a little effort you can make the difference. You should plan time to focus on these elements on a daily and weekly basis. It’s easy to get bogged down in the countless tasks that are thrown your way every day. These three practices cover the most important bases for creating successful products.

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Lead on Purpose

MARCH 4, 2013

The common stages of a project include Initiation, Planning, Execution, Control and Completion. Once the project plan or proposal passes the viability and feasibility tests, the next phase would be to identify and designate all the individual tasks associated with the project. Identify Project Tasks.

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Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 28, 2012

Once a team’s goals have been set, a clear and realistic plan must be established for reaching those goals. The plan must have clear, consecutive and concrete steps for achieving milestones along the way to reaching a goal. Communication.

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Lead on Purpose

APRIL 2, 2011

That’s the mantra by which Joey Asher operates, and he wrote the book 15 Minutes Including Q&A: A Plan to Save the World from Lousy Presentations to help solve the problem. Here are the five steps for the presentation part (seven minutes) of Asher’s 15 Minutes plan: The Hook – 30 seconds: Describe the business issue.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Regardless of whether you end up right or wrong (or anywhere in between), the efforts you put into planning for the future will pay off. Don’t let the possibility that you’ll be wrong stop you from looking towards the future. You will learn things you would have missed had you not tried.

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Lead on Purpose

MARCH 31, 2012

author Tom Rath gives an action plan for helping you find the qualities at which you excel. Each copy of the book has a unique access code to a comprehensive Strengths discovery and Action-Planning Guide on their website. In the book Strengths Finder 2.0 The book is based on research by the late Dr. Donald O. This is a “2.0

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 19, 2012

Things do not always go as planned. Success is a marathon, not a sprint. Never give up.”. —. The Product Management Perspective: The importance of persistence in creating great products cannot be overstated. Great product managers learn from past mistakes and continue to press forward regardless of the obstacles they face.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 12, 2011

“What differentiates the success stories from the failures is that the successful entrepreneurs had the foresight, the ability, and the tools to discover which parts of their plans were working brilliantly and which were misguided, and adapt their strategies accordingly.”. A Good share of development is now done using some form of Agile.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 11, 2012

Things do not always go as planned. Persistence keeps you moving forward on that journey. —. The Product Management Perspective: You can’t overstate the importance of persistence in creating great products. Great product managers learn from past mistakes and continue to press forward regardless of the obstacles they face.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 1, 2013

The thing is that it is usually very easy to take responsibility whenever things are going according to the plan. Original plans are worth sticking to and they will work in the majority of cases – but, from time to time, it is also quite important to innovate and change strategies at a moment’s notice. Creativity.

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 26, 2013

When problems arise, and things don’t go as planned, they will understand why and will move forward despite setbacks. If you want to gain the full trust of your people, you need to show them, by your words and actions, that what they are working towards will be in their best interest.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 31, 2010

As product leaders we need to plan and then move forward with focus and energy. What also helps is, before you plan for the coming week, is to reflect on the week just past to evaluate if you’ve achieved the goals you’ve set for yourself. This sort of exercise I’ve been doing for years and it really works.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 18, 2012

The next time you find yourself working toward a similar goal, keep in mind what you’ve learned and modify your flight plan, improving your chances of enjoying a different outcome. But as with any other job, not every product succeeds and not every release goes as planned. Character Building.

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 8, 2011

Every city requires its own master plan that is as serious as planning for war.”. This really has to be a war on job loss, on low workplace energy, on healthcare costs, on low graduation rates, on brain drain, and on community disengagement,” he says. Those things destroy cities, destroy job growth and destroy city GDP.

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Books Review GDP Entrepreneur 228

Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

Think in terms of projects: plan what you are going to do, work at it and when it’s finished move on to the next project. Work yourself out of the job: This one may not make sense on its face, but the idea is to work effectively and close the loop on what you are doing. Work effectively and make it so that anyone could step in and take over.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

Make a plan. Do your homework and make sure it’s something you want to do, but don’t get too caught up in the things you can’t predict. Act: When you accept a new opportunity as something that can improve your life, run with it. Set aside the time and resources and go for it. What are the big opportunities staring you in the face? —.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 27, 2011

After months of planning and preparation, the Utah Product Management Association is hosting the first ever ProductCamp Utah on Saturday, September 10, 2011 in Bluffdale Utah. From Silicon Valley the PCamp wave has spread to Austin , Boston , London , Sydney and many other cities all over the world through blog posts and word of mouth.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 19, 2011

Talk in terms of ‘our’: our vision, our values, our goals, our plans, our actions, our achievements. Say ‘we,’ ask questions, listen and take advice: People accomplish great things when they collaborate with others. Make sure people see themselves as part of a larger vision. Have informal one-on-one meetings regularly.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 18, 2013

We think we know what our conversation partner will say next, so we plan our responses, which means we are not honestly listening. Although we might keep our mouths shut, we’re mostly likely just biding our time until the other person is finished and we can have our say. Pay attention and be an active listener.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Launch successfully: A successful product launch depends on a coordinated launch plan involving many different groups. You should plan time to focus on these elements on a daily and weekly basis. Earn their trust. Inspire them to do great things, especially when developing your products.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 20, 2013

Plan group events with your team. A close-knit team works wonders for productivity at work. Building relationships and morale should be at the top of your list as a manager, but this doesn’t always need to stay at the office.

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Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 10, 2011

Define your goals and write a plan to achieve them. Make a commitment to improving in each area. Define your roadmap: With a solid understanding of your strengths and unique abilities, write your ‘roadmap’ to success. Everyone willing to try new things will have setbacks and will even fail at times.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 10, 2013

Succeeding with a plan. Using information about how employees feel about their own performance and that of their peers may help identify problem areas, departmental strengths and weaknesses, and other data that doesn’t track easily on a quantitative scale.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 7, 2009

July’s Leadership Carnivals brings together links to more than 25 fresh posts on topics such as accountability, talent management and succession planning. Jim Holland’s guest post Leadership Lessons from a Kindergarten Class is the focus. You’ll find posts from great bloggers such as Wally Bock and Chris Young.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 5, 2012

Managers either cajole or threaten — whatever method seems more productive this month — to enlist staff support for the upcoming week’s planned projects. At most Monday morning staff meetings, voices rarely stray from a monotone unless a colleague mentions a leisure event he attended over the weekend. What passion?

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 26, 2009

We had the flights, the hotels (yes, plural…I’ll come back to that) and six days of fun planned at Universal Studios and several other theme parks. Finally, when my wife called Universal Studios to tell them about our change in plans, they were very accommodating.

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Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 26, 2010

He discusses succession planning in detail and provides structure and practice for reducing the risks of leadership failures and ensuring that new executives have the abilities, personalities and energy to match the business needs of the organization.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 9, 2012

If you are planning to create and lead your own small business or expecting a promotion soon, here are some tips and tricks you should keep in mind. To become an effective leader and direct a successful enterprise, heart, soul and intuition are key traits you should have.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 14, 2013

Find out if your decisions, plans, and strategies work first before deploying them. The other group goes without any of these aids. Measure performance of both the groups. If the former group performs better, you’ll know that your hypothesis is right. It’s experimental. It’s a work in progress. That’s why most managers don’t risk doing it.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 30, 2011

Failures that result from a lack of proper planning are unacceptable. Punish Bad Failures: While managers should reward employees when they fail in pursuing a new idea in a smart, calculated manner, all failures do not deserve praise. To be sure, all failures are not created equally.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 4, 2009

This situation lends itself to planning and preparation. Filed under: Leadership Tagged: | greatness , hard work , Juma Ikanga , planning , preparation , success , Vince Lombardi , winning « Leadership and gratitude Guest Post: Watch Out for Flying Monkeys!

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Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 4, 2011

You plan what you are going to do, work at it and when it’s finished you move on to the next project. If you work yourself out of the current job, what will you do? The idea is to work effectively and close the loop on what you are doing. Think in terms of projects: each one has a beginning and an end. Jobs are the same way.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 15, 2011

He further states that a product spec (specification) can serve as a false indicator to management and the product team that everything is proceeding to plan.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 5, 2009

Imagine you’re sitting in a product planning meeting with your favorite product team. Product management and its leadership have to be vigilant and plan for the ambush of Flying Monkeys. As product management leaders; “How do you watch out for Flying Monkeys?” Courage – the most challenging of the 4 Cs.

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Marketing Productivity Products Ethics 113

Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 29, 2012

You need a plan in place that allows for employee feedback on how and why their productivity is constrained. Motivating your employees isn’t a one-shot mindset in just assuming they’re going to be motivated for the sake of it. There are numerous studies out there, speaking just to attention spans alone , that indicate otherwise.

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Leadership Construction Motivation Project 203

Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Organizations that are high performing have a successful leadership structure in place that is committed to the business process , change management, and the traditional functions – budgeting, organization, planning, problem solving and staffing. Effective leadership establishes the organization’s vision and sends it in a clear direction.

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Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 25, 2012

If you know he is often late, plan to start a meeting with less important business or with socializing briefly with clients. You’ll only become more frustrated and unhappy in the process. Instead of trying to change your manager’s behavior, work on finding ways around your boss to do the job you need to do.

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