Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This individual leads the product team, not by being the boss but by exercising emergent leadership. The vision describes the ultimate purpose for creating the product and the positive change it should bring about. Additionally, it is based on my leadership work, especially my book How to Lead in Product Management. [2]

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 3, 2022

Dorian has a deep background in product development, starting in engineering and then moving to business leadership roles.? He has held R&D leadership roles and founded Auxilium in 2002 to help companies improve their R&D and leadership practices and transform their new product development using Agile practices.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

At times, product professionals fail to realize the similarities and differences between thought leadership vs people leadership. In itself, leading is a sought-after position that requires specialized knowledge and experience. There are rewards for having the position, both in money and respect. The work is ambiguous.

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Product Talk

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This can create tension between product teams and your company leadership or stakeholders —some argue that they can’t coordinate work with the rest of the company without these dates. – Tweet This I’ve written before that date-based “ roadmaps are exercises in futility.” This doesn’t mean we can’t commit to outcomes.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 11, 2020

A good vision exercises pull—it describes a future state that people want to bring about. Solution : Describe the ultimate purpose of your product, the positive change the product should bring about like “healthy eating”. 59; Boost Your Product Leadership Power and How to Lead in Product Management , pp. No Clear Business Goals.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 16, 2019

We had many experienced engineers who had been part of on call rotations at other companies, we ran basic postmortem exercises and overall our frequency and duration of outages was pretty good for a company of our size. Communication : When needed, communication with customers, support, sales and leadership can occur.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Behaviors are assessed based on your ability to successfully work with others and on your demonstration of leadership in your role. Leadership can be demonstrated through: Project leadership: For instance, conceptualizing and realizing new and innovative product ideas. Drives positive change. Is well crafted and polished.

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bpma ProductHub

JULY 5, 2016

It is an intrinsic characteristic, meaning it doesn’t depend on any title, position, or resources. By exercising boldness in the face of uncertainty you add to your overall charisma regardless if you are right or wrong in your position, it is the action that matters. and focus on the positions, not the person.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 29, 2018

I experiment a lot with retrospectives, usually mixing different exercises that share the same goal but differ in structure. Asking what your team should keep doing highlights the positive things that are deep in the culture of your organization that are necessary for future success. Experimenting with your retrospectives.

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Nulab

JULY 21, 2021

You can read dozens of management books and watch hundreds of TED talks on leadership , but if you don’t get some hands-on experience, then you’ll be missing out (and probably sink pretty fast when faced with a real-life challenge). Leadership activities to try. It also helps with self-awareness, positive thinking, and encouragement.

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Product Talk

MAY 10, 2017

The value of this approach is that rather than having all of the decision-making power come from the leadership team, it gets diffused to the teams closest to your customers. It’s important that outcomes be set by a two-way negotiation between leadership and the product team. This leads to better decisions. – Tweet This.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Go for a walk, do some exercise, chat with colleagues (but try not to talk about work). Tip #5: Be Positive. But I recommend that no matter how challenging things are, you should look for the positives, the healthy traits in people (without ignoring unhealthy habits and wrong behaviour). Creativity needs space. Learn More.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 11, 2019

I’ve had multiple occasions recently to reflect on my own leadership philosophy. Not only have I been asked about it explicitly, but in several conversations with friends and others, the topic of leadership has come up with both positive and negative examples. So What is a Leadership Philosophy?

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People-First Product Leadership

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

To put CTCE into action : Map your current skills by following this script Capture you true niche - identify a community experiencing common changes, pain points, and objectives Identify gaps that align with emerging tech trends and position yourself to fill them. AI-Enhanced Preparation : Contribute to SelfActualize.ai

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People-First Product Leadership

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

You'll learn how to: Influence decisions without formal authority Transform rigid hierarchies into adaptive collaborations Introduce positive organizational change, even in resistant environments Are you ready to become the person who inspires without needing a title? Ask yourself, how can I lead from my current position?

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ProductPlan

MAY 19, 2020

Resilient Leadership During Challenging Times. Teams that feel safe also tend to trust each other and are, in turn, well-positioned to step up in times of crisis. ” This exercise spun up some short-term wins we were able to deliver quickly. The post Resilient Leadership During Challenging Times appeared first on.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 29, 2018

I experiment a lot with retrospectives, usually mixing different exercises that share the same goal but differ in structure. Asking what your team should keep doing highlights the positive things that are deep in the culture of your organization that are necessary for future success. Experimenting with your retrospectives.

Framework 181

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ProductPlan

JULY 30, 2021

Before hiring a product leader, you need to ensure that you understand the most essential product leadership interview questions that can help better inform your hiring decision. . Ultimately, this uneasiness is what leads to growth and positive change. 6 Product Leadership Interview Questions to Ask.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 26, 2021

Often described as the ‘North Star’ or ‘flag in the sand’ from which strategy and tactics flow from and build towards, Product Vision keeps leadership in sync with the front-line who in turn look to the vision for motivation and decision-making. Dan Pink’s Motivation 3.0 Tangible?—? What mark will we leave? Mapping the current experience ??

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

When I was a student, I took part in a negotiation exercise. The whole exercise quickly descended down into what the lecturer politely described as a study in realpolitik. Focus on Interests, not Positions. It’s a good position to be in, as people want to tell you how you can make your product work better for them.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 6, 2023

It is therefore important that you exercise leadership and address the people issues you are encountering even if this can be challenging and require courage at times. On the positive side, when done correctly, it will not only remove the problems. Ask them how they are and what’s going on for them. How are you doing?

Construction 187

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 5, 2022

But no matter how isolating a management position can feel, you’re not going through it alone. Lara Hogan is an author, public speaker, and coach on management and leadership. Someone who has just taken on a big leadership project, on the other hand, is not going to need lots of 101 information. Leadership hats.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 19, 2018

As up and coming engineers in Silicon Valley, Jean Hsu and Edmond Lau long sought more influence and impact in their respective positions – but they couldn’t shake the feeling of being stuck. But as Jean and Edmond will now tell you, following years of engineering leadership at Quip, Quora, Medium and more, that simply isn’t the case.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 26, 2020

Our leadership team is fully engaged in the active management of our response during this challenging period. All operational access to production resources can be exercised at any location on the Internet. Intercom has no direct reliance on specific office locations to sustain operations.

Customer Experience 192

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Mind the Product

MAY 27, 2019

Neville started with a “nine dots” exercise (you must link all nine dots using four straight lines or fewer, without lifting the pen). He explained the rules and challenged us to complete the exercise. His strategy was planning and positioning, and his tactics were his sequence of moves. Opening Game.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

According to a University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management study , the people who make the greatest contribution to change are those who can read and maneuver informal networks – a skill that isn’t necessarily correlated with position in a company’s hierarchy. Leadership that Gets Results. The Radar Effect.

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Sachin Rekhi

JUNE 16, 2019

I've long found myself unsatisfied with the conventional discourse of what leadership is supposed to look like in Silicon Valley technology companies. These best practices are typically oversimplified into two high-level philosophies on leadership. These two leadership approaches couldn't be more different from each other.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In this article, we’ll take a look at what product leadership is really about, why coaching is the highest-impact tool that a product leader can have in their toolbox and how to get started using coaching yourself. <insert long list of common business terms preceded by positive verbs> All of that is true.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 14, 2023

Transcendent leaders rise above self-interest and ego and focus on uplifting others and positively impacting the world. Let’s begin with a definition — Transcendent leadership extends beyond conventional notions of success and influence. The most helpful exercise, in my opinion that cultivates self-awareness is meditation.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

We’ve been really happy with the positive feedback we received for this year’s premiere – it’s great to know so many people took so much away from the event. All workshops are also a great opportunity for you to connect with other product managers during hands-on exercises. Workshop tickets are on sale now with limited availability.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Consequently the majority of technology companies are not in the habit of offering graduate-level positions, or recognising the student community as a potential source of new Product Managers. They have a healthy disrespect for the impossible, and are looking to make a positive impact on the world. Choosing the Right Graduates.

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Alchemer Mobile

APRIL 14, 2020

So PM is a unique position in many ways, and I think at the core, sorta what Christy was saying is PM sits at this intersection of design, business, and technology or engineering. So you can actually have sort of the benefit of, like, mutually exclusive positions. So and it’s something that we needed leadership buy-in to do.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

I find that a product walkthrough is often needed when you are trying to make the case to leadership to green-light a new venture based on the strength of your vision for it. OKRs are also important as the way you communicate your team's priorities, progress, and milestones to senior leadership and the executive team.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 31, 2019

It will take some time to discern just how fundamentally our political and social discourse will be changed by the likes of Facebook and Twitter, but just as with every revolution, it will lead to both positive and negative outcomes, to both delight and disillusionment. Rise of the cloud and SaaS businesses.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Activities to try: If you need to focus or align the team, I recommend starting with this Playing Field exercise. If you’re in this position, you likely just need time to review and confirm. Lead a mapping exercise to outline the customer’s current experience journey. I’m partial to the Design Sprint approach to creating a map.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 25, 2019

Or is it like, “Hey, if this is a consistent pattern then we need to make sure no one ever repeats, we’ll have a principle about the positive behavior that we want.” It’s the predictability of the leadership team, it’s the predictability of you, of me. There’s a value around being optimistic and positive.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 17, 2023

By the time we finish, you should have a good understanding of the structure and methods that will support a positive experience for all and help your groups reach their desired outcomes. Last, let participants know what supplies they’ll need in order to prevent a scramble when you’re ready to start an exercise.

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