Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

As product managers you have a significant responsibility for the success of your company. Start by focusing on three simple, yet powerful, keys to success: Know your market: Get a clear understanding of the market where your products compete, and work diligently to stay out in front of new trends and technologies. Know what works.

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Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 16, 2017

One of the more difficult tasks for a company is launching new products and initiatives. It’s easier to focus on designing and building products than getting them successfully into the market. Launching your new products and services is critical to … Continue reading →

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 17, 2013

Most technology companies are comprised of people and teams that discover, define, design, develop and deliver products to the market. Their success depends largely on how well these teams work together to produce great products and services. This situation requires product managers to be leaders.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Guest post by Mauricio Prinzlau A product manager is generally considered to be leading the product, as if the product were a business by itself. The product manager holds responsibility for various aspects related to product management, including developing roadmaps … Continue reading →

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 15, 2011

Effective communication is the key to creating great products (and services). One of the best books on creating great products is Inspired: How to Create Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan. He covers pretty much every aspect of product management with compelling stories and examples. Simple: Keep to the main points.

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Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 10, 2011

Yes, that’s right, as I see it everyone is a product manager. I know some of you who hold the title of “Product Manager&# might cringe at the thought of me calling everyone a product manager. So why do I assert that everyone is a product manager? So why do I assert that everyone is a product manager?

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Guest post by Dave Crenshaw Think back to when you were a kid in about third grade. You’ve been in the classroom the better part of the day and a draining feeling would start to occur. Before long, that tell-tale … Continue reading →

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

In a recent MIT Sloan Executive Education innovation@work post the author Eric von Hippel asserts that company leaders focus too much on what’s next based on their internal product innovators, and they do not listen enough to the people using the products.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Product managers hold a unique position in the company: they depend on people from other groups, but they do not have managerial authority over those people (in most cases). Therefore, a product manager must earn the trust of people in the organization and influence them to do their jobs effectively and efficiently.

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Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 23, 2017

In many ways, creating new technology based products and services has become much easier in recent years. With mobile apps, software as a service (SaaS) and other new tools, the cost of turning ideas into real products has significantly decreased. … Continue reading →

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 1, 2015

One of the most challenging aspects of any product organization is knowing what products to build or services to provide. There are so many ‘voices’ and distractions vying for your attention that make it difficult to know where you should … Continue reading →

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The original idea for starting Lead on Purpose was a recognition that product managers have the need to lead (inspire, motivate, guide) people who do not report them. The leadership role of the product team (PM, PO, PMM, UX) is critical to the success of any organization. Work with them to set goals and measure their progress.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

A company’s success is ultimately a roll-up of all products and services selling for a profit. In most companies product managers have a lot of products and significant responsibilities. Work with the sales team; understand how they sell your products. Make customer calls and customer visits often. Know what works.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 18, 2013

Clear and productive communication between management and staff is a great stage-setter for a successful and rewarding workplace environment. The Product Management Perspective: One of the best ways to show customers you care about them is to truly listen to them. Most product managers understand that customers are not always right.

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

If you sell a boring product – toilet paper, pens, razors, water bottles, fishing supplies – you need to figure out a way to excite your employees. Tell A Story About Your Product. One of the best ways to breathe life into a boring product is to give it a story.

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Lead on Purpose

APRIL 11, 2016

Guest post by Sophorn Chhay Mobile marketing isn’t only for the customer, it’s a viable avenue for product managers, advertisers and even sales floor assistants. If your brand needs to jump-start its product resourcing department, it’d better invest in mobile. … Continue reading →

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 18, 2011

A few days back Jim Holland and I had an engaging conversation about on-boarding product managers. We concluded that product leaders too often leave this important task to the HR team and miss important opportunities to strengthen relationships and build their teams. Check out the full article at the On Product Management blog.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 11, 2016

Guest post by Barry Libert Mindfulness is all the rage in the leading management circles of the world. Leaders from major corporations like Google, Microsoft and Aetna are all beginning the practice. In fact, according to HBR, “Time Magazine recently put … Continue reading →

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 10, 2019

Guest post by Shyamal Parikh According to a research by Cisco, cloud data centers will process 94% of workloads by 2021. Businesses are changing the way they work. With the advent of superior technology like cloud computing, this change becomes … Continue reading →

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

For those of you not familiar with the Cranky PM, she is “a fictional product management professional at a fictional enterprise software vendor named DysfunctoSoft.&# She blogs about what she calls “fictional stories&# of product management and product marketing professionals. .&#

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 6, 2009

Quite often much emphasis is placed on designing and developing products, and the actual launch goes unplanned (or under-planned) until it’s too late. Quite often much emphasis is placed on designing and developing products, and the actual launch goes unplanned (or under-planned) until it’s too late.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 6, 2009

Are you taking advantage of the many Product Camps or “Un-Conferences” offered this year? Product camps are a great place for product management professionals and leaders to step away from the day-to-day and engage in a day of learning and networking. Mike; “What are Product Camps and why should I attend?”

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 11, 2016

Guest post by Barry Libert Mindfulness is all the rage in the leading management circles of the world. Leaders from major corporations like Google, Microsoft and Aetna are all beginning the practice. In fact, according to HBR, “Time Magazine recently put … Continue reading →

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Lead on Purpose

MARCH 13, 2017

Guest post by Annabelle Smyth Many companies still hold tight to the old way of doing things. They put you in high-pressure situations and hope that you get all your work done out of fear. Fear that you will miss … Continue reading →

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Lead on Purpose

MARCH 28, 2019

Think about a product you use regularly. When creating a product or service, you want your users and buyers to answer these questions with positive … Continue reading → Why do you use it? Why do you love it? What keeps you coming back?

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

Aside from the exciting product idea to heat and cool … Continue reading → Innovation Product Management Techology discover Great work observe products'

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Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 7, 2019

Another key element of a successful product management organization is creating trust with your teams, the teams you work with to build your products. Creating relationships of trust sets a foundation for the work you and your teams will need … Continue reading →

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Lead on Purpose

MARCH 21, 2019

We live in a great time where, in most of the world, you can invent a new product or service and—with the appropriate up-front work—earn money from the value it creates for customers. Creating new products and … Continue reading → This is remarkable!

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 22, 2019

For most product managers, the people they lead work on different teams and the individuals they need to influence don’t report to them. Leadership differs depending on the size of the group you’re leading. Regardless of whether the people you … Continue reading →

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Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 14, 2019

The success of your product depends on the work they (engineering, UX/design, marketing, sales, etc.) You’ve nailed the vision, and built the foundation of trust, now you need to motivate your teams. In nearly all cases, the individuals on … Continue reading →

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Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

You have created the vision for your products; you’ve built trust among your teams; you’re working hard to motivate team members to do great things; and you’re working to develop your teams with insight and direction. The final step in … Continue reading →

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 27, 2013

The Product Management Perspective: One of the key aspects of product management is creating a long-term vision for a product/portfolio. Be the leader—the CEO—of your product and create a long-term vision of how it will create value for your customers. You will learn things you would have missed had you not tried.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 7, 2013

The Product Management Perspective: Product management takes complete focus. Recently a friend told me his company’s CEO decided that their engineering managers would also be responsible for product requirements and roadmaps. Their (few) ‘product managers’ will only focus on marketing their products.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 21, 2014

Leadership and management are complementary, but it is … Continue reading → Leadership Innovation management productivity structure systems' Leadership and management must go hand in hand, but they are not the same thing.

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 4, 2014

Fast.” … Continue reading → Leadership Learning Product Management Purpose positivity success' When businesses take care of their people the businesses and their people thrive. When they don’t take careof this incredibly valuable resource, they lose it.

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 12, 2013

Years ago I had received a promotion to a new position—product manager—that I had been working on for more than a year. The Product Management Perspective: Product managers deal with change in many ways. Set aside time to do market research to make sure you know what’s going on in the market your product serves.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

In my “day job” as a product manager I create software products that help companies fight against internal fraud. The Product Management Perspective: One of the best ways product managers can avoid getting caught with their blinders on is to proactively listen to your customers.

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