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How to Design a Winning Workshop: Step 1 of 5

The Product Coalition

If you’re a workshop leader or meeting facilitator, at some point you’ve probably observed the not-so-fun energies of resistance and aversion among your participants. The truth is, the workshop experience is going to be a waste of time if it isn’t grounded in a well-thought-out design. So, where does a winning workshop design begin?

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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. You might even be in a position to influence and shape “the finance department of the future.”.

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Plan and Pace Activities Like a Pro With the 5 Chapters of Workshop Design

The Product Coalition

In a recent poll, many of my fellow facilitators shared that the most challenging part of designing a workshop lies in picking the right methods and activities to apply, then pacing against them. In my experience, most workshops follow a common arc from beginning to end, with five very distinct chapters along the way. Hey, I get it!

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Six Qualities of a Great Product Vision

Roman Pichler

It helps people understand how their work relates to a bigger whole and how their efforts create a positive change. Additionally, an inspiring vision helps you apply a visionary leadership style and become a visionary leader—someone who guides others through a big, motivating goal. Visioning Workshop Attendees.

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Management coach Lara Hogan on perfecting the leadership craft

Intercom, Inc.

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. In their workshops and trainings, she found herself giving the same advice over and over again, and so she decided to write it all down.

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3 Empowerment Levels in Product Management

Roman Pichler

It’s the first step to bring about positive change. You are not in a position to decline feature requests. As you are not empowered to determine the product features, you are not in a position to manage the product and significantly impact the value it creates. I certainly don’t intend to make anyone feel bad.

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How Product Management & Product Marketing Lead From a Position of Strength

Product Management University

And that market knowledge is the key to leading from a position of strength. That influence is the key to strong leadership. The words vision, leadership, market knowledge and influence are tattooed all over them. I still hear it routinely from my clients today. The diagnosis is simple. Imagine This. What would change?