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How much of your day do you spend on interpersonal challenges?

…Managing an angry salesperson who is frustrated that a key customer feature is not on the roadmap.   

…Managing a CPO who does not understand why the schedule can’t be cut in half. 

…Or,...

Do you trust your leaders?  Does your engineering/cross-functional team trust you? Do you work in a culture where trust is non-existent?

To move into leadership and inspire your team, product managers need to learn the art of building and maintaining trust.  

What does a team...

As a product management career and leadership coach, I’m used to hearing from strangers every week who wish for career and leadership growth support—product managers ready to lead and grow.

But lately, the inquiries I’m receiving now have a different sense of urgency. Now,...

When you try to be perfect, you enter a race you cannot win

You can’t even complete the race

There is no finishing line

The finishing line keeps moving

Here is the truth: the way you feel about everything is down to the pictures you make in your head and the words you say to yourself

The...

Do you know the voice? That inner voice that tells you that you are going to fail?  The one that ways you will be stuck as a product manager forever.

It’s the one in your head replaying that awkward conversation with senior leaders and spotlighting the confused/frustrated faces at...

I talk to product managers every single day who are managing anxiety, stress, and overwhelm.  Before you can focus on getting unstuck at work and moving-up the career ladder, we need to help manage the stress and anxiety. 

Let’s walk through some tools to bring down the...

Do you ever feel out of alignment with the decisions that are made?  For example, do you work for an organization whose mission is to improve productivity, but your personal mission is to ensure equity in the world?  Being out of alignment with what is important to you versus...

To be a product leader, you have to be positive.  You cannot be Debbie Downer when you walk into meetings or have check-ins with critical stakeholders.  We know what Debbie Downer’s do to the mood of a planning meeting or strategy session. When they walk in, the mood instantly...

We have entered August and the toll of the global pandemic continues to wear on employees, many of whom are still working from home.

A survey by SHRM conducted during the pandemic found 41% of United States employees feel burnt out from work.The survey found employees are struggling with...

As the world adjusts to month six of the pandemic, digital communication has become the norm, requiring many organizations to rethink processes around performance management. Managers are handling so many changes that some people-related tasks might have fallen through the cracks....