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Leadership and Product Management

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Product managers hold a unique position in the company: they depend on people from other groups, but they do not have managerial authority over those people (in most cases). Their success depends on their ability to build consensus and inspire the other team members to do great things.

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Three Keys to Product Management Success

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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. Know the weaknesses of the products (and take action to correct them).

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J&J’s Jim Swanson brings mission-driven leadership to the CIO role

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Swanson’s extensive and diverse leadership background has been pivotal in defining his leadership style, which Swanson describes as leading people the way he wants to be led. I believe in humble servant leadership — I’m here to support my teams,” he says.

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Why Sports Builds Leadership

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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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Leadership is a relationship

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Actions that bring people together and bind them in a common cause are key to building effective relationships. I was first introduced to the statement ‘leadership is a relationship’ in the book The Leadership Challenge by James Kouzes and Barry Posner. What are you doing to build effective relationships? —.

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Three practices of successful product managers

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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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Rethinking enterprise architects’ roles for agile transformation

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What agile leadership looks like Redefining how architects collaborate with agile teams is one way to improve business-IT collaboration and outcomes. Many organizations create program charters for strategic initiatives in which they define the program’s leadership roles and accountabilities.

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