Leading
Coaching PMs for Growth
Unlock intrinsic motivation by asking PMs to create development plans that drive their own career goals.
Strategy
Spot the cashflow
If a PM doesn't understand, deeply, how cash is flowing in the company, they're going to waste time on features that make no difference.
Leading
Soft Promotion
What to do if you can't give promotions or hire senior leaders, but you need more leadership capacity
Leading
One Roadmap
When there are many different product roadmaps, scattered across many decks, and nobody is sure which one to trust, this one trick will help.
Leading
Roadmap Sync
The roadmap is a mess. It's full of a mix of solid plans, understaffed boondoggles, and wild fantasy. What if we could talk honestly about the real state of things?
Leading
Product Lines
If your product org is overly flat and communication is breaking down, grouping teams into product lines can help.
Leading
Do you want to be here?
Dealing with performance problems is the least enjoyable part of product leadership. Shifting from a parent-child approach to an adult-adult approach can change how this feels for everyone.
Portfolio
Portfolio Map
Arguing about a Portfolio Map - a simple block diagram - can help your leaders move from emotional to rational discussions about staffing
Leading
Product Area Roadmap Template
The dreaded 'roadmap' - a word that could mean 'commitment', or 'forecast', or something else. For bigger product teams, a standardized approach can reduce the cognitive burden for stakeholders and make it easier to have frank discussions about the outcomes that matter.
Results
Make it Visible
As your team gets bigger, nobody wants to add a lot of process. But work is piling up and leaders can't visit every team at sprint planning. Build a different view to enable fast synchronization.
Leading
Multi-Track Storytelling
Business communication operates in multiple tracks at the same time, with different concerns. Help your PMs develop additional storylines beyond the daily 'getting stuff done' story.
Discovery
Validation Board: Test Assumptions as Fast as Agents Ship
When agents make building cheap, the bottleneck moves to knowing what’s worth building. Introduce an evidence-based validation practice carefully.