Lead on Purpose

MARCH 1, 2010

The strength of your character and competence equate to the strength of your leadership. They (the PMs) also need to trust that the team members will do what they have committed to do. Without them, effective leadership becomes to be a near impossible task. Each of these cores is vital to credibility.

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Leadership is more about the state of mind than the title. Leadership is a choice. Filed under: Leadership , Product Management / Marketing Tagged: | success , titles « Book Review: The Leader Who had no Title Embrace, then apply » Like Be the first to like this post. The owner makes sure his products succeed.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 27, 2009

Tom Peters sheds an interesting perspective on focus with the following quote: Leaders focus on the soft stuff — people, values, character, commitment, a cause. That’s why leadership is an art, not a science. All of that was supposed to be too (indefinable) to count in business. Yet it’s the stuff that real leaders take care of first.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 15, 2009

They want to engage, to interact and to get you more involved.&# -Seth Godin “Leadership is more than influence. Here are a few of the thought-provoking ideas: “If you make a difference, people will gravitate to you. It is about reminding people of what it is we are trying to build—and why it matters.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 19, 2010

Filed under: Leadership Tagged: | champions , feedback , listening , process , success « Book Review: Here Comes Everybody Commitment » Like Be the first to like this post. To succeed as a product manager you need to hear what other have to say, apply the positive aspects, swallow your pride and move forward.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 30, 2009

The third item in the Five Factors of Leadership asserts that knowledge is power , when (and only when) it is applied. — The Product Management Perspective: The process of defining and creating successful products requires a commitment to understanding your markets and the role (or position) your products will play therein.

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 23, 2009

They also need to trust that the team members will do what they have committed to do. Filed under: Integrity , Leadership , Trust Tagged: | collaboration , commerce , confidence , credibility , Speed of Trust , Stephen M.R. The act of trusting others and trusting yourself is vital success.

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Cultivating relationships and presenting new responsibilities will keep the team members happy and increase their commitment to helping the company succeed. Leaders who understand this find ways broaden the skills of their teams. 3 Responses Bret Simmons , on October 27, 2009 at 5:48 am said: Glad you blogged on this WSJ article, Michael.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 14, 2010

Filed under: Leadership , Purpose , Trust Tagged: | Chris Brogan , Julien Smith , Trust Agents « Commitment Flexibility and letting go » Like Be the first to like this post. While this book focuses primarily on building relationships online, the principles fit very nicely into the world we live in as product managers.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 5, 2009

Pressured with executive leadership commitments (usually in front of sales and customers) your team begins ducking and dodging the monkeys while trying to focus on bringing the right products to market. Product management and its leadership have to be vigilant and plan for the ambush of Flying Monkeys.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 11, 2009

Hold others accountable for their commitments. Chris Warner and Don Schmincke , the authors of the book High Altitude Leadership describe what happens when people do not work together. Overcoming selfishness is critical to effective leadership. Promote their welfare, fortunes, success and capacity for achievement.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Gentile has spent a great deal of her life in the classrooms of Harvard Business School and Babson College and from reading her book it seems that she thinks if her students know what ethical decision-making is, they will take action on what they think is right. Taylor Caldwell. That is all the hope I have.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

We believe the strength of any team is in the followers and there can be no leaders without followers, but the vast majority of research to date has focused on the leadership side of this equation. It is worth keeping in mind that some jobs have clear leadership requirements; virtually all jobs have followership requirements.

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