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Five championship strategies

Lead on Purpose

What struck me the first time I listened to this podcast is how beautifully these principles apply to product management, to leadership and to life in general. This is the career record of Larry Gelwix, coach of the Highland High rugby team (Salt Lake City) for more than three decades.

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Book Review: Halftime

Lead on Purpose

He compares it to halftime in sports (games like basketball and American football) that have a break during games. In his book HALFTIME: Moving from Success to Significance , author Bob Buford explores three stages of life: The first half: On average, the first 40 years of your life.

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Three steps to the next big opportunity

Lead on Purpose

Even in so-called “individual sports&# such as running, race car driving or gymnastics, the athletes depend on many other people for their success. — The Product Management Perspective: The ideas for this post came from a question posed to me about how an engineer can become a product manager.

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Feedback

Lead on Purpose

Champions: Usually associated with sports, the word champions identifies the ultimate winners. — The Product Management Perspective: Recently I’ve received some great feedback from co-workers and customers. There is a lot of truth to that statement. It’s the fuel that gets you going in the morning.

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6 Things I’m Learning from Millennials

Strategy Driven

A colleague in our Atlanta business center recently took the initiative to enable a product feature that will drive more sales. Pulling this off required matrix management across IS, marketing, customer service, product management, and product development. Humility and Raw Ambition Go Hand in Hand.

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AoAD2 Chapter 5: Invest in Agility

James Shore

This excerpt is copyright 2007, 2020 by James Shore and Shane Warden. Although it’s best if the team includes people with the skill and authority to do this themselves, they can also work with a product manager (also called “product owner”) from outside the team. Your feedback is appreciated! We have to rank everyone.

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AoAD2 Chapter 4: Investing in Agility

James Shore

This excerpt is copyright 2007, 2020 by James Shore and Shane Warden. Optimizing teams take responsibility for the broad business success of their product. They also take responsibility for coordinating with stakeholders and deciding product priorities. They need team members who have business, market, and product expertise.

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