Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

As product managers you have a significant responsibility for the success of your company. With all the meetings, floods of email, and requirements to manage, the thought of spending time on areas of strategic focus can seem overwhelming. Understand why people pay (or don’t pay) for your products.

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Lead on Purpose

APRIL 20, 2013

Leadership is a personal trait that often proves elusive to many people, however is intimately related to personal success. Leaders also foster social change, and most of our cultural, social and economic progress is the result of leadership. So, too, does the way to impart leadership to an eager young mind.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

In most companies product managers have a lot of products and significant responsibilities. With all the meetings, floods of email, and requirements to manage, the thought of focusing on a product’s profitability can be illusive. It’s not impossible, however.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 25, 2013

Though I love every part of this book, I’m most impressed with the chapter on Level 5 Leadership. Under the right circumstances—with self-reflection, a mentor, loving parents, a significant life experience, or other factors—the seed can begin to develop. In recent days I’m re-listening to Good to Great by Jim Collins.

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Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 4, 2010

This first Leadership Development Carnival in 2010 provides links to 50 posts — what Dan calls “the Best of 2009.&# The links include posts on topics such as building better leaders, measuring employee engagement and building corporate trust.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The latest Leadership Carnival brings together links to more than 30 fresh posts on topics such as mentors and role models, leading teams and maximizing your performance. The Leadership Development Carnival is a great way to expand your leadership knowledge and get to know the bloggers who are making it happen.

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 27, 2012

Sports metaphors are everywhere in the workplace, but there’s no denying that the leadership and teamwork skills found in the sports setting teach important lessons. Nothing discourages initiative and strategic thinking like a hovering, critical manager. You won’t know until you ask. Avoid micromanaging.

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

September’s Leadership Carnival brings together links to more than 25 fresh posts on topics such as employee development, identifying true leaders and beating stress. The Leadership Development Carnival is a great way to expand your leadership knowledge and get to know the bloggers who are making it happen.

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The original idea for starting Lead on Purpose was a recognition that product managers have the need to lead (inspire, motivate, guide) people who do not report them. The PMs who take a leadership approach to their job have the most success. Much has been written about where product management should report.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 7, 2009

Jim Holland’s guest post Leadership Lessons from a Kindergarten Class is the focus. July’s Leadership Carnivals brings together links to more than 25 fresh posts on topics such as accountability, talent management and succession planning. The Leadership Development Carnival is well a half hour of your time.

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Lead on Purpose

APRIL 5, 2010

Persistence in leadership is analogous to running a marathon. To succeed in leadership you have to work hard and continually hone your interpersonal skills. They persevere through trials and develop the ability to weather tough storms. Success in leadership comes from developing and perfecting persistence and determination.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 15, 2013

Leadership plays a vital role in every company. To have a successful business, it is important that every team member is prepared to step up and lead when necessary. Forbes.com defines leadership as “a process of social influence, which maximizes the efforts of others, towards the achievement of a goal.”

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 20, 2010

A few common methods include: The number of people reporting up through the organization The quantity or amount of product or services produced The “bottom line&# or income produced by the company The number of links, references or accolades to the leader or the organization Other methods that focus on things and not people.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 28, 2009

John Maxwell — author of the book The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership — does a masterful job of explaining the leadership principle of influence through the five myths about leadership: The Management Myth: Management focuses on maintaining systems and processes.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 27, 2013

Here are five posts from Lead on Purpose that will help you build a great organization: 1. Taking leadership to the next level. Developing a climate of trust. Leadership and collaboration. Your influence can go a long way to building a great company. The pursuit of something better. Becoming a decisive leader. —.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

JULY 28, 2020

The Core Responsibilities of the AI Product Manager. Product Managers are responsible for the successful development, testing, release, and adoption of a product, and for leading the team that implements those milestones. Identifying the problem. Agreeing on metrics.

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

It is a tremendous honor to be named to this list with other great blogs such as Seth’s Blog , Management Excellence , The Best Horse Sense (a personal favorite since I grew up on a ranch), Great Leadership , the Tom Peters Weblog and many other great leadership blogs.

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LaunchDarkly

APRIL 12, 2019

Releasing more, faster is risky, and can transfer undue burden from development to operations and even business teams within an organization. In response to these pressures, many software development teams have adopted new methodologies and tools to help them accomplish this gracefully.

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Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 22, 2014

The analysis revealed six crucial components on which companies should focus: Implement an effective performance management process. Increase leadership capabilities at all levels of the company. Develop a customer-centric strategy. Enhance training and development. Create empowerment and authority.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 14, 2009

Today’s post is a link to Stewart Rogers ‘ blog the Strategic Product Manager , which contains several great leadership quotes from McKinsey. Take a few minutes and learn about Leadership Lessons from McKinsey. Take a few minutes and learn about Leadership Lessons from McKinsey.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Lewis is experienced in the inner workings of both the traditional and flexible workspace industries and has developed close links with various figures in real estate circles, as well other circles. —. The five actions discussed in this post will help you become a better product manager, and hence a better leader in your company.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 9, 2012

While the pay grade doesn’t significantly increase along your leadership promotion, there are a lot of benefits entailed from being a leader, which exceeds that of mere financial merits. One tip to perform your leadership roles correctly is to be a positive leader. Third tip is to develop a positive and lucrative working medium.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 7, 2019

It’s difficult (if not impossible) to quantify what it takes to develop a productive and successful product team. Every product is unique, and every company does things differently. From a distance it may seem that there’s no process or methodology … Continue reading →

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 1, 2009

A great example of enduring leadership was Samuel Adams , one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. — The Product Management Perspective: Product development cycles can seem long and arduous at times. The only way to truly prepare for a marathon is to train, to practice, to run.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 20, 2013

They will start to respond to your outlook, which develops a much healthier work environment. She and her team practice yoga and meditation every morning and, on Fridays, they all get together to have lunch to brainstorm and relax. You can find out more about her business and team by visiting Gryffin Media’s website. —.

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Lead on Purpose

MARCH 30, 2010

– The Product Management Perspective: Trust is the most important characteristic a product manager can possess. To effectively work with development, sales and other teams in your organization you must gain their trust. Study Covey’s book and practice the principles he so eloquently teaches.

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

John C Maxwell defined leadership when he said, “The true measure of leadership is influence, nothing more and nothing less.” If you want to further understand John Maxwell’s viewpoint on this, you’ll probably need to look at what types of behavior are most commonly associated with effective leadership. By Peter Davey.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 25, 2009

Jim’s passion is enabling product marketing teams. With over 20 years of technology experience, he has a fresh and unique perspective in guiding and managing product teams and has a knack for synthesizing conceptual ideas and turning them into reality. My wife is a gifted Kindergarten teacher.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 31, 2010

Growth and development rarely happen accidentally. “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. They will improve your personal and professional situation.

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Too many times leaders or managers think if they say their word the people will understand what they mean and become motivated to do what they say. – The Product Management Perspective: The need to speak the language hit home with me in recent months while working on a major product release.

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Lead on Purpose

MARCH 1, 2010

They work together to build trust. The strength of your character and competence equate to the strength of your leadership. — The Product Management Perspective: Trust is vital to successful product management. Product managers create value for their co-workers on other teams (e.g.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

He cites as proof a 2007 Gallop Management Journal survey that estimates that “actively disengaged workers&# cost the U.S. Developing relationships drives engagement (in school, in work, in personal lives) that pays dividends. Spaulding describes relationships in terms of a five-floor building.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 19, 2010

We’re essentially changing the focus of the product from enterprise to consumer. My product management focus has shifted significantly to the experience of the end users. The change has resulted in an entirely different product that (two weeks into the beta) is showing positive signs.

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Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 26, 2010

He develops what he calls the “universal character traits of leaders&# : Traits of personal humility: Courage, caring, compassion, respect, acceptance, kindness, optimism, gentleness, teachability and patience. He groups these as ‘private traits’ of leadership. He dubs these ‘public traits’ of leadership.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Authentic Leadership. Because their influence is felt, their leadership is more highly regarded. When we do this, we create solutions that accelerate growth and development. Remember, the real point of leadership is not to change others, but to enroll them in a collaborative effort to achieve a common goal.

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Leadership is more about the state of mind than the title. Leadership is a choice. – The Product Management Perspective: Much has been written about product owner vs. product manager. To me, “product owner&# was just an agile title for the guy who fed requirements into the dev team.

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Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The venerable “Dean of Personal Development,&# Earl Nightingale , put it in these terms: “Success can be defined as the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.&# — The Product Management Perspective: Product success usually starts the same way as personal success: someone has an idea.

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