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The Leadership Side of Product Management – What Does It Really Mean?

Product Management University

The leadership side of product management reaches its pinnacle when you have the complete trust of executives, marketing, sales, engineering, finance, customer success, and customers. Product management leadership comes in two flavors. This is where persuasion skills are paramount to leadership. It doesn’t stop there.

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“My CEO is a Finance Guy Stuck on ROI…”

Mironov Consulting

Head of Product: My CEO is a finance guy*, and is pushing the product team hard to prioritize all engineering work solely on ROI. Most first-time CEOs come from some functional role: sales, finance, marketing, engineering, occasionally product management. (Or (combining a series of similar conversations).

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Should Stakeholders Be on the Product Team?

Roman Pichler

These require the relevant marketing, sales, support, legal, finance, and operations know-how—depending on the type of product and the company structure. Steve Haines, for example, writes in The Product Manager’s Desk Reference that product team members might come from marketing, finance, sales, operations, legal, and manufacturing (p.

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Insights from the #mtpcon London Product Leadership Forum

Mind the Product

The Product Leadership Forum is a chance for senior product professionals to discuss the challenges they face in a safe environment. By gaining insight from your experiences, you can develop principles on which to base your leadership style. Then give them space and time to build their own model of leadership.

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How to Navigate Revenue and Expense Management: Competitive Insights for Financial Success

Speaker: Hilary Akhaabi, PhD - Founder, Chief Financial & Operations Officer at Go Africa Global

In the fast-paced world of corporate finance, staying ahead of the curve is crucial for sustainable growth and profitability. Don't miss this opportunity to transform your approach to revenue optimization and take your financial leadership to the next level. Register now to secure your spot!

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Stakeholder Management Tips for Product People

Roman Pichler

For example, these stakeholders are likely to include representatives from marketing, sales, support, and finance for a commercial product. Remember that dealing with people issues is part and parcel of managing a product and that learning to constructively address disagreements and conflict is an important leadership skill.

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The end of navel gazing

Intercom, Inc.

“We’re having yet another existential crisis about who we are and what we do” Meanwhile, in company leadership meetings everywhere, this is what’s going on. Analytics, biz ops, marketing, sales, customer support, recruiting, finance, HR, I can keep going. We spent all our energy talking to ourselves.