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Five questions to ask each week

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“Do business by design rather than by default.&# — The Product Management Perspective: We will improve our effectiveness and our ability to work with others by giving careful thought to these questions. As product leaders we need to plan and then move forward with focus and energy.

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Commitment

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My excuse (and I’ve heard this from many product managers) is that I’ve been heads down on an intense product release and it’s sucking all my time and energy. I started this blog (in 2007) to promote leadership principles in product management. My appeal to you: Keep me honest.

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Lucky breaks

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Focus your mental energy on achieving success and you will see ‘lucky breaks’ come your way consistently. Success doesn’t just happen because someone’s stars line up. Success, both in business and personally, is something that’s consciously created. Success is created through conscious choice.

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The price of leadership

Lead on Purpose

Get a feel for the time, energy and capabilities required to do those jobs. Periodically you must create timeouts to review where you are investing your time and energy, to ensure that you remain capable of generating new behaviors to deal with new challenges. What do you enjoy now but would have to give up?

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Book Review: The Right Leader

Lead on Purpose

He discusses succession planning in detail and provides structure and practice for reducing the risks of leadership failures and ensuring that new executives have the abilities, personalities and energy to match the business needs of the organization.

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What matters in 2010?

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His purpose: “Now, more than ever, we need a different way of thinking, a useful way to focus and the energy to turn the game around.&# Seth Godin , marketing guru and thought leader, did a cool project where he brought together more than seventy “big thinkers&# to write the ebook What Matters Now.

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Feedback

Lead on Purpose

It’s the energy that drives you throughout the day. — The Product Management Perspective: Recently I’ve received some great feedback from co-workers and customers. 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.