Next Level Blog

JUNE 22, 2010

» June 22, 2010 Video Book Club: The Discipline of Market Leaders One of the things that makes a strategy book really useful is when it introduces a model that you can use to organize your thinking for years to come. It’s The Discipline of Market Leaders. This week’s VBC feature did that for me. Keep up the great work.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

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JULY 6, 2010

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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 31, 2010

Filed under: Leadership , Knowledge , Learning , Product Management / Marketing Tagged: | learn , opportunity , value , Mark Sanborn , design « Five championship strategies Book Review: Here Comes Everybody » Like Be the first to like this post. Thank you for commenting.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 13, 2010

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 11, 2010

Listening to Tribes by Seth Godin. I started this blog (in 2007) to promote leadership principles in product management. I will continue to learn and share and identify blogs, books and people who are doing great things in leadership and product management. I will write more about the book here soon.

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Sales Wolf Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

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Lead on Purpose

MARCH 30, 2010

Trust is key to understanding your customers and your market. This focus has come primarily from reading The Speed of Trust by Stephen M.R. He discusses the concept of building a trust account, which is similar to a bank account. . To effectively work with development, sales and other teams in your organization you must gain their trust.

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Lead on Purpose

APRIL 10, 2010

They expect marketers to stop pitching things and start helping them understand how they can get what they need. Please see Product Marketing for Start-ups on the Product Management Pulse. They expect product managers to show them how their products can solve problems and help them succeed.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

They focus on this marketing campaign or that new technology, and lose track of what’s most important. A company’s success is ultimately a roll-up of all products and services selling for a profit. A company’s success is ultimately a roll-up of all products and services selling for a profit.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 12, 2009

Too often we deal with the symptoms of a problem instead of dealing with the problem head-on; Seth Godin calls this “bear shaving.&# Filed under: Innovation Tagged: | bear shaving , focus , Seth Godin « Win with Win/Loss analysis Provide opportunities for success » Like Be the first to like this post.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Many bloggers have featured the Lead on Purpose blog on their sites over the past three years; for this I am truly grateful. They featured Lead on Purpose among 20 blogs business management students will love. Online Marketing Degrees : Provides information to people who are seeking a college degree in Marketing.

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Michael Ray Hopkin Titles are an interesting concept. Seth Godin covers this concept nicely in his book Tribes. I won’t go into the details of the jobs by title; there are books and blogs that cover those nicely. The owner makes sure his product meets market needs.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 8, 2010

Markets change quickly. You read blogs and follow thought-leaders on Twitter; you watch what they are talking about learn as much as you can. Great leaders are learners. They read voraciously. They write and teach what they learn. Learning is as much a part of their life as eating. . You have to be a learner.

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Sales Wolf Blog

APRIL 18, 2010

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 20, 2010

2 Responses davidburkus , on October 20, 2010 at 12:50 pm said: I’ve always thought we ought measure leaders by this: did they get to the goal or not? Reply Michael Ray Hopkin , on November 8, 2010 at 9:29 pm said: David, thanks for your comment. A bit binary I know, but I like its simplicity.

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Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 4, 2010

This first Leadership Development Carnival in 2010 provides links to 50 posts — what Dan calls “the Best of 2009.&# The links include posts on topics such as building better leaders, measuring employee engagement and building corporate trust.

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Lead on Purpose

APRIL 20, 2010

One the most effective ways to create value for your company is to become an expert at market sensing. To the extent you guide your company to create and sell the right products and services for your market, you will become the hero of your organization. What significance do you bring to the table?

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Product managers need to provide direction for how a product should be built, and through your understanding of the market, give them assurance they are building the right product. Marketing: When most people hear the word ‘marketing,’ the duties of PR and marcom are how they usually interpret it.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Filed under: Leadership Tagged: | influence , position , principles , success , vision « What matters in 2010? 3 Responses Chris Fillebrown , on January 1, 2010 at 8:07 pm said: In October of 2009 I started the Frame of Reference blog to focus on the innovation space. Thank you for your insight.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 19, 2010

Filed under: Trust , Product Management / Marketing Tagged: | requirements , change , flexibility « Book Review: Trust Agents Lucky breaks » Like Be the first to like this post. One Response | The Productologist: Exploring the Depths of Product Management , on August 24, 2010 at 9:15 am said: [.]

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Lead on Purpose

MARCH 1, 2010

3 Responses The 7 Lesson Series of Attraction Marketing That You Should Not Ignore | Network Marketer Professional , on March 5, 2010 at 11:40 am said: [.] Reply Geoff Snyder , on March 27, 2010 at 12:53 am said: Hi Michael! Thank you for blogging about this. Trust and credibility « Lead on Purpose [.]

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 15, 2010

Filed under: Techology , Market-driven , Product Management / Marketing Tagged: | social media , Chris Brogan , Julien Smith , Mitch Joel , community , tribe « Leadership and learning Five championship strategies » Like Be the first to like this post.

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Lead on Purpose

APRIL 5, 2010

4 Responses Travis Jensen , on April 9, 2010 at 3:00 pm said: It is easy to let the many issues that come up as a regular part of product management overwhelm you. Reply Michael Ray Hopkin , on April 13, 2010 at 3:31 pm said: Travis, great point. Michael Reply Kermit , on May 4, 2010 at 9:49 am said: Nice post.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

WHAT WHO WHEN Marketing Plan Dave 1/1 Rights Agreement Daisy 1/15 Ship Books Sandy 1/30 After you share your W3 task list, ask each Critical Connection to tell you “what’s right, what’s wrong and what’s missing” on your W3 task list. It looks like this. why is everyone smiling?

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Without trust, you get nowhere.&# – Jack Trout “Everything in marketing points to the reality that the profitable companies are those that have earned the confidence of their public. The younger Covey has written a book that matters.&# – Seth Godin Trust provides the foundation on which you build solid relationships.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The latest Leadership Carnival brings together links to more than 30 fresh posts on topics such as mentors and role models, leading teams and maximizing your performance.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 29, 2010

They don’t seem to work any harder than you, they don’t appear to be more intelligent, and they certainly are not more handsome.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 18, 2010

This is the career record of Larry Gelwix, coach of the Highland High rugby team (Salt Lake City) for more than three decades.

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Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The rules that apply to personal success also apply to product success (with some adaptations): discover the value of ideas for new products by doing market research; understand the personas, the potential users and buyers of the products; then “plant the seeds&# of the product by writing clear requirements and designs.

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

The marketing team has a message they want to send about the new product. Filed under: Leadership , Team Building , Product Management / Marketing Tagged: | language « Lucky breaks Book Review: The Leader Who had no Title » Like Be the first to like this post.

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Lead on Purpose

MARCH 8, 2010

Instead we should embrace it and make sure that through our hard work and strategic insight we create great products that help development, marketing and sales receive high praise and recognition for their work. 2 Responses Khoo Chen Hui Andrew , on March 16, 2010 at 6:33 am said: I study IT cousrse, now.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Working with people on other teams, spending time with customers and understanding your markets take a lot of time. Filed under: Leadership , Purpose , Trust Tagged: | investments , relationships , responsibility , success « Capturing ideas What matters in 2010? » Like Be the first to like this post. Good stuff, as [.]

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 23, 2009

In his book HALFTIME: Moving from Success to Significance , author Bob Buford explores three stages of life: The first half: On average, the first 40 years of your life. In his book HALFTIME: Moving from Success to Significance , author Bob Buford explores three stages of life: The first half: On average, the first 40 years of your life.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Filed under: Leadership , Trust , Purpose , Product Management / Marketing Tagged: | success , relationships , loyalty , Tommy Spaulding , ROR , empathy « Leadership — what you leave Three practices of successful product managers » Like Be the first to like this post.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 29, 2009

Leaders who understand the markets they sell to and take advantage of new opportunities will receive the same rewards Dr. Dyer expresses for individuals. Using them up in any self-defeating ways means you’ve lost them forever. This same philosophy also applies to companies and organizations.

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