The Product Coalition

JULY 16, 2023

My personal passion is to bring back this very important dimension into product management and leadership. Product Leadership Is a Business Role I make a distinction between product management and product leadership. Job titles generally reflect that distinction but not always.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

But on the other hand, they need you there, and if you give too much weight to their leadership you can’t become their partner. That’s not the leadership team that they need. A CEO once shared with me that in his relationship with product leadership, he feels that he is giving much more than he is getting. That’s a fact.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 10, 2023

However, provoking productive disagreements is a key leadership skill you want to master. Here is how fostering healthy debates is essential for effective leadership and better outcomes. If you see the connection between that skill and product leadership you are 100% right. We have so many of them regardless.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 25, 2022

Have you recently been invited to a product marketing manager interview? One of the best and first things you should do is review the most common product marketing interview questions and answers. Product marketing managers play a critical role in bringing new products to market.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2020

To survive and succeed, your product leadership must be sharper than ever. My free e-book “Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit”? —?an an executive’s guide to strategic product management is waiting for you at www.ganotnoa.com/ebook Originally published at [link] on March 25, 2020.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 21, 2024

Product leadership is such a hard role, one of the hardest. thepaintedsquare from Unsplash As a board member at ProductX  — the largest product conference in Israel — I met last week with a guest speaker to prepare his talk at the upcoming conference. Summaries are a very powerful leadership tool. Photo by Jessica Lewis

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

When people (and VCs) aren’t spending money easily, you must be super sharp with your value proposition, positioning, product, marketing, and sales. While I understand this distinction, I believe that a company cannot reach real product-market fit without nailing down its GTM, and vice versa. Here is how it works.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 4, 2023

If you’re just dealing with tough market conditions, the situation is different but the conclusion is quite similar: When people (and VCs) aren’t spending money easily, you must be super sharp with your value proposition, positioning, product, marketing, and sales. Here is how it works. What had changed?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Photo by Pixabay I recently led a product-market fit workshop at a known company in the Israeli tech industry. It is a well-established company, a leader in its domain, but it still needs to deliver new products to the market so product-market fit is a very relevant topic.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The team resents me and senior leadership supports me. I’m having to manage upwards to get the support to take the team on the journey towards accelerated product strategizing but I am creating enemies. I got this message as part of a Facebook discussion on the role of the product leader. I am burning out.”

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 3, 2024

Principles are a very powerful tool in product leadership. A lot of it is due to leadership changes, or a major shift that companies realized they needed to make as part of their 2024 planning. That’s when I recommend having a discussion with leadership on the principles you want to follow.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In part two of this summary, I am moving to talk about strategy and leadership insights. Today I will focus more on leadership and strategy. Another strategic note about startups that almost goes without saying if you follow my writing, is that before you have product-market fit, finding it should be your only focus.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 30, 2022

It’s much more important to say that we are trying to establish initial signals of product-market fit than to say that we need a certain ARR value. It’s All About Leadership Last but not least, prioritizing at the right level not only helps you think, but also helps you explain how you think to others?—?your

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 1, 2023

As a product leader, is this a skill you already master? was the first product manager I ever hired. A brilliant guy, with many years of tech leadership experience, but none in product management. Still, he was one of the best hires I made in this area and he turned out to be a product star.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 18, 2023

It took me time to understand that I need to present myself as a product leadership coach and product strategy expert rather than a consultant. When you are product-led, the company had decided that it is going to grow by selling the same product to each customer. That’s the whole reason VCs invest in startups.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

That’s where the true value of product leadership lies-not just in listening but in leading. Our free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit” — an executive’s guide to strategic product management is waiting for you at www.infinify.com/ebook Originally published at [link] on November 5, 2024.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 18, 2021

They want to consult with me on whether or not product management is the right profession for them since they feel that they don’t know how to come up with these big ideas, and feel that it is needed in order to be able to lead. For example, one of the most innovative ideas I had throughout my career was Twiggle’s product.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 2, 2022

primarily focused on product teams, helping them be great at the discovery work that is at the heart of what they do Leadership coaching?—?focused focused on helping product leaders thrive and lead the product organization effectively as well as the product strategy in the right direction Transformational coaching?

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ProductPlan

JUNE 5, 2020

Key takeaways include product strategy , user research, and the UX/UI design process. The Product Executive Certificate is geared toward senior-level professionals with experience in a product leadership role. It explores product leadership fundamentals and managing growth, among other takeaways.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 1, 2022

especially startups on their way to product-market fit, the ARR itself might not be important. But that’s where your leadership comes to a test. My free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ”?—?an For example, if you have an ARR goal, ask yourself what would happen if you only get to 50% of it.

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Gainsight

JULY 12, 2023

Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Product, Marketing, and other teams to align customer success objectives with overall company goals. Apply this knowledge to shape the future of our customer success function, driving innovation and thought leadership. Learn More Want to know more about what makes a great CS leader?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

If you are the new product leader of your company, your company might be in product leadership debt. One of the common situations where this conflict arises is when you take a new product leadership role. Here is how to give the CEO what they need while staying true to your professional standards.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

By the way, while the tips here address specific challenges that product leaders face, many of them would apply to any kind of leadership position, and even to non-leadership positions, so feel free to forward it to friends who are currently on the move. and in product leadership positions there is so much of it!

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

It could mean being involved and contributing to product marketing discussions even if you are not called upon. Our free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit” — an executive’s guide to strategic product management is waiting for you at www.infinify.com/ebook Originally published at [link] on March 21, 2024.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 10, 2022

Having the courage to speak up is one of the things that we are talking about in the leadership workshop that opens the CPO Bootcamp , for example. Throughout our career as product people, working well with others was probably one of the most effective skills we all had to master.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 12, 2023

Hiring a product leader is never easy. You are looking for a partner to join your team and take a significant leadership role. Here are a few things to consider when you seek your next product leader. The Broader the Better The product leader’s role includes much more than managing the product team and the product work.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 22, 2023

Product leadership seems to require nonstop negotiation with everyone you work with. Our free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ” — an executive’s guide to strategic product management is waiting for you at www.infinify.com/ebook Originally published at [link] on April 18, 2023. Here’s how.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Photo by Pedro Figueras from Pexels As the importance of product management for business success becomes clearer, many startups give one of the founders the product leadership role. It can be a full-blown CPO responsibility or a CTO who runs both product and technology. Here’s why and how.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Taking risks is an inherent part of product leadership. Photo by Skitterphoto from Pexels When I was VP of Product at Twiggle, we had a management off-site with some outdoor activities. But what happens when your team members have a hard time doing so, at least to the extent that you need them to?

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The Product Coalition

JULY 17, 2022

Product leadership starts with the ability to really, deeply understand people?—?customers My free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ”?—?an an executive’s guide to strategic product management is waiting for you at www.ganotnoa.com/ebook Originally published at [link] on July 17, 2022.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Instead, my recommendation is to start by adding a strategic layer when you plan the product and roadmap so that you will be closing the strategic gap while doing what you were asked to do. Your leadership role doesn’t end when the CEO gives you a general direction and expects you to follow. In some ways, it only starts there.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The softer side of product management by the way is very different from the softer side of product leadership. As a product leader, when you set goals for yourself, make sure to work on the soft skills that matter at your level, not on the ones that were important when you were a product manager.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 22, 2021

This is one of the insights that the CPO Bootcamp participants get as part of the data-driven product leadership module. My free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ”?—?an One way to know if you fully understand the numbers is to explain them to someone else.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Photo by Tamil Vanan on Pexels You might have heard that I’m writing a book on product leadership. For example, if your journey is along the lines of the general journey toward product-market fit , you might explain that you have identified your Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) and now are in the process of succeeding with a few of them.

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Mixpanel

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Start by talking to business stakeholders, like your leadership, customer success, marketing and more. This is particularly important when you’re product-led. (For Across the board, user journeys are increasingly digital—and that’s a good thing for product marketers.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 19, 2023

But the first thing Twiggle’s founders asked me to do was to decide which product we are going to create with the amazing technology that they have built so far. This required a whole new level of thinking and a deep understanding of product-market fit. And they go far beyond the product itself.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 26, 2020

If it took Marty almost 10 years to address this important aspect of product leadership, no wonder many product leaders don’t understand that this is part of their role. It is to lead the company through its products , and that’s a huge difference. My free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ”?—?an

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