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Deep dive: Navigating uncertainties as a product manager by Lara Kulesh
In an ever-evolving tech landscape, product managers must skillfully navigate uncertainties to achieve success. Product Leader Lara Kulesh discusses how we can respond to unforeseen circumstances in product management. Read more »
Leadership meetup: Leading product teams in times of change
This month’s Mind the Product leadership meetup in San Francisco brought together attendees across the Bay Area, from companies big and small. Three speakers joined us to discuss all things leadership during difficult times. Here’s what we learned. Read more »
Deep dive: Why is outcome-led so tricky? by Dave Martin
Why is it so difficult for organisations to become outcome led and what is the role of product leaders in making an outcome-led approach work? Read more »
Understanding your product's true value
In product, there is little arguing about what good looks like, although many organisations can’t express how their product development efforts create value. In this article, Dave Martin shares his understanding of where the true value in product lies. Read more »
How to develop a positive mental health culture as a product leader
How can product leaders develop a positive mental health culture to ensure that their teams are supported and performing at their best? Read more »
How to navigate tricky work relationships
In this MTP Leader panel, our line-up of experts joined Emily Tate, Mind the Product’s Managing Director, to discuss how to navigate tricky work relationships. Read more »
Product manager zero: When to hire the first product manager
We addressed what it’s like to be that very first product manager in a business in this article, Product manager zero: How to be number one, but how do product leaders and the management go about finding the first one? When do they hire, what do they look for, and what should they do to Read more »
Managing “must-do” initiatives in empowered teams
Empowered teams are made up of self-sufficient groups of people working together towards specific goals. They have the authority, experience, responsibility and skills to act on their own decisions for their organisation. From time to time, however, there will be things that you, as product leader, need to tell them to do. What do you Read more »
How to encourage change by building trust
Relationships based on trust are vital in business. When you have the trust of your team you see morale lift and motivation soar, and without it things can easily become chaotic. How do you build trust as a leader and how can that help to encourage positive change in your organisation? Below, we speak to Read more »
5 difficult conversations and how to have them
Sunsetting a product, poor performance, telling leadership something they won’t want to hear — these are all tricky conversations that many of us have to have. Difficult conversations come with the territory when you’re a product leader, so what’s the best way to handle them? In this post, we’re guided by Denise Jacobs, the author Read more »