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Leadership

On growing as a product leader—earning trust, making the hard calls, and creating the conditions for your team to do the best work of their careers.

Great strategy gives you permission to say "no"

Poor strategy turns every shiny object into a distraction. Great strategy makes it easy to stay ruthlessly focused.

Dec 11Strategy

Managing up on high performance teams

How to win trust, get buy-in, and thrive alongside leaders who operate in founder mode.

Oct 30Career

From first day to first win: How to nail your first 90 days

A field-tested framework for building trust, showing impact, moving the needle, and laying the groundwork for long-term success as a Product Leader.

Apr 10Career

Your product team doesn’t need a “North Star Metric”

Although North Star Metrics can work for some products, they often fall short of being the "guiding light" teams need. Let's look at why.

Apr 3Strategy

All things being equal... what isn't?

The Culture Litmus Test: A single question to assess a company's culture, find the right fit, and build a stronger team

Mar 27Strategy

Time management for hands-on Product Leaders

As a product leader, have you ever felt like you're constantly working two jobs? Meetings by day, real work by night. You're not alone. In this post, we'll look at why and how to fix it.

Mar 20Career

Finding & hiring your first Product Manager

A quick guide for founders and early stage PMs

Oct 30Startups

An alternative to OKRs: How to set and achieve ambitious goals

Strategy & roadmapping is hard, but the most common failure mode for teams is execution. Teams often know where they want to go in the long-term, but struggle to get there. In this post, we discuss why goal setting is so hard and how to more consistently set and achieve ambitious goals.

Oct 2217 min readLeadership