Why Must You Align People on Tough Decisions?

Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively?  In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions. In the seventh episode, we tackle antipatterns in resource allocation decisions as we answer the question: What can go wrong when allocating resources?   In it, you’ll hear perspectives from: Jonathan Bertfield, Senior Director, Lean Startup Co. Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer Barry O’Reilly, Co-Founder & Chief Incubation Officer, Nobody Studios and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain? ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest? ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan? ⁠⁠ ⁠People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?⁠ Antipatterns: What can go wrong? Episode transcripts can be found at ⁠⁠⁠Fearless Product Leadership Podcast⁠⁠⁠   Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.     Looking for product leadership coaching? Contact me on ⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠ or at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.fearless-product.com/contact⁠⁠⁠.

Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively?  In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions.   In the sixth episode, we tackle the people puzzle as we answer the question: How do you decide who goes where when allocating resources?   In it, you’ll hear perspectives from: Jonathan Bertfield, Senior Director, Lean Startup Co. Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer Adrian Howard, Coach, Quietstars and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)   Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest? ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan? ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?⁠⁠ ⁠Antipatterns: What can go wrong?⁠ Episode transcripts can be found at ⁠⁠Fearless Product Leadership Podcast⁠⁠   Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.     Looking for product leadership coaching? Contact me on ⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠ or at ⁠⁠https://www.fearless-product.com/contact⁠⁠.

Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively?  In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions.   In the fifth episode, Barry O’Reilly and I discuss our rules of thumb to answer the question: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan?   In it, you’ll hear perspectives from Barry O’Reilly, Co-Founder & Chief Incubation Officer, Nobody Studios and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)   Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest? ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan? ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?⁠⁠ ⁠Antipatterns: What can go wrong?⁠ Episode transcripts can be found at ⁠Fearless Product Leadership Podcast⁠   Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.     Looking for product leadership coaching? Contact me on ⁠Linkedin⁠ or at ⁠https://www.fearless-product.com/contact⁠.

Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively?  In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions.   In the fourth episode, we continue to weigh the options for allocating resources to products at various life stages as we answer the question: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore or Invest?   In it, you’ll hear perspectives from: Jonathan Bertfield, Senior Director, Lean Startup Co. Barry O’Reilly, Co-Founder & Chief Incubation Officer, Nobody Studios Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)   Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest? ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan? ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?⁠⁠ ⁠Antipatterns: What can go wrong?⁠ Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast   Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.     Looking for product leadership coaching? Contact me on Linkedin or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively?  In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions.   In the third episode, we continue to weigh the options for allocating resources to products at various life stages as we answer the question: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain?   In it, you’ll hear perspectives from: Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer Adrian Howard, Coach, Quietstars   and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)   Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest? ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan? ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?⁠⁠ ⁠Antipatterns: What can go wrong?⁠ Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast   Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.     Looking for product leadership coaching? Contact me on Linkedin or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively? In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions. In the second episode, we start weighing the options for allocating resources to products at various life stages as we answer the question: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being sunset? In it, you’ll hear perspectives from: Jonathan Bertfield, Senior Director, Lean Startup Co. Barry O’Reilly, Co-Founder & Chief Incubation Officer, Nobody Studios Adrian Howard, Coach, Quietstars Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer www.fearless-product.com) Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest? ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan? ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?⁠⁠ ⁠Antipatterns: What can go wrong?⁠ Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast Feedback is a gift! Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review. Looking for product leadership coaching? Contact me on Linkedin or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively?   In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions. In the first episode, we set the stage for our people and time allocation decisions as we answer the question: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?   In it, you’ll hear perspectives from: Jonathan Bertfield, Senior Director, Lean Startup Co. Barry O’Reilly, Co-Founder & Chief Incubation Officer, Nobody Studios Adrian Howard, Coach, Quietstars Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)   Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest? ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan? ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?⁠⁠ ⁠Antipatterns: What can go wrong?⁠   Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast   Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.     Looking for product leadership coaching? Contact me on Linkedin or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively?  In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions.   In it, you’ll hear perspectives from:     Jonathan Bertfield, Senior Director, Lean Startup Co. Barry O’Reilly, Co-Founder & Chief Incubation Officer, Nobody Studios Adrian Howard, Coach, Quietstars Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer   and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)   Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest? ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan? ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?⁠⁠ ⁠Antipatterns: What can go wrong?⁠ Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast   Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you in a review.     Looking for product leadership coaching? Contact me on Linkedin or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

Are you a product leader seeking to improve the discovery practices of your teams?  Do you want to create a culture and leadership team that values discovery-based, customer-centric product roadmaps over executive-only ideas?  In this episode of Fearless Product Leadership, Teresa Torres of ProductTalk and I discuss how product leaders can nurture product discovery in their organizations. Teresa Torres is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and coach. She teaches a structured and sustainable approach to continuous discovery that helps product teams infuse their daily product decisions with customer input.  She has taught over 7,000 product people discovery skills through the ProductTalk Academy. She’s the author of the book Continuous Discovery Habits. Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

When it comes to problems leaders face, they tend to fall into two main categories: people and process. In this episode, Part 2 in a two-part miniseries, we learn from four deeply experienced product leaders. They reflect on an epiphany that dramatically improved the way they approach the people part of their role. Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos: Nicole Brolan, Chief Product Officer, Redbubble, previously Executive GM – Global Services, Xero Polly Howden, Chief Product Officer, Roleshare Marc Abraham, Head of Product – Engagement at ASOS Audrey Cheng, Chief Product Officer at SnapComms and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) Feedback is a gift! Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review. Have a question suggestion for a future episode? Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

As a product leader, what was a defining moment of your career? There are likely a handful of experiences that radically transformed the way you think about your work. In this episode, Part 1 in a two-part miniseries, we learn from five deeply experienced product leaders. They reflect on a learning that dramatically improved the way they approach the process part of their role. Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos: Sean Murphy, Vice President, Digital Pharmacy, Optum Zabrina Hossain, Product Lead, Shopify Anthony Marter, Product and Delivery Coach, Harmoney Nicole Brolan, Chief Product Officer, Redbubble, previously Executive GM – Global Services, Xero Dave Wascha, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Zoopla and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) Feedback is a gift! Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review. Have a question suggestion for a future episode? Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

“Nail it, then scale it” is a common—and catchy—refrain within the product world. But what exactly does it mean to “nail” your product? What happens if you move too fast or too slow when rolling out a new product or feature? In this episode, we learn from six deeply experienced product leaders who understand the delicate nature of timing product releases. Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos: Dave Wascha, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Zoopla Polly Howden, CPO and Co-Founder, Roleshare Zabrina Hossain, Product Lead, Shopify Audrey Cheng, Chief Product Officer, SnapComms Seth Roe, VP of Consumer Web Products at The Weather Channel, an IBM Company Ben Newell, VP of Product and Engineering at CBRE and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) Feedback is a gift! Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review. Have a question suggestion for a future episode? Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

Are you a product leader hiring new product managers for your team?  Hiring the wrong person to your team can negatively impact you, the rest of your team and even the rest of the company.  Fortunately, there are hiring techniques that will ensure you get the right person, with the right experience, approach and mindset to accelerate the success of your product teams. In this episode, we hear from Kate Leto, author of the book, Hiring Product Managers: Using Product EQ to go beyond culture and skills, who shares how to level-up your approach to the job description, the interview, the "culture fit" assessment using the Role Canvas to get the right people on your product team. Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review. Have a question suggestion for a future episode? Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact. Transcript available on fearless-product.com

Are you a product leader whose team struggles to make decisions efficiently? There are a number of underlying reasons why teams move slowly when they need to make product decisions. In this episode, we learn from five deeply experienced product leaders who have developed effective questions and frameworks to accelerate decision-making on their teams. Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos: Dave Wascha, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Zoopla Polly Howden, CPO and Co-Founder, Roleshare Zabrina Hossain, Product Lead, Shopify Anthony Marter, Value Management Lead, Foodstuffs North Island Limited; Product & Delivery Coach, Harmoney Audrey Cheng, Chief Product Officer, SnapComms and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review. Have a question suggestion for a future episode? Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact. Full transcript of "How Do You Accelerate Product Decision Velocity?"

Are you a product leader who isn't sure how you should be evaluated? Are you trying to define corporate and professional goals for you vs your team or the company?  In this episode, we learn from deeply experienced product leaders who’ve held the product leader role at multiple companies how they measure their success as a product leader. Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos: Troy Anderson, Chief Product and Information Officer, Aperture Rachel Obstler, VP of Product, Pagerduty Seth Roe, VP of Consumer Web Products, The Weather Company Nate Walkingshaw, former Chief Experience Officer, Pluralsight, author of "Product Leadership: How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products and Build Successful Teams" Nicole Brolan, Executive GM – Global Services at Xero, previously Chief Product Officer at SEEK and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

HOW DO YOU ACHIEVE RADICAL ALIGNMENT? (3 of 3 in Alignment miniseries) Are you a product leader struggling to effectively align your leaders and teams on critical decisions?  In this 3-episode miniseries on alignment, 8 experienced product leaders share their best techniques on why and how they align their organizations on critical decisions. In the third and final episode Alexandra Jamieson and Bob Gower, authors of the book “Radical Alignment: How to have Game-Changing Conversations That Will Transform Your Business and Your Life.”  react to the practices our product leaders use and share their best advice on how to achieve that much needed state of alignment. Be sure to listen to the other two episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Alignment miniseries: Why Must You Align People on Tough Decisions? How Do You Align People on Tough Decisions? Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

HOW DO YOU ALIGN PEOPLE ON TOUGH DECISIONS? (2 of 3 in Alignment miniseries) Are you a product leader struggling to effectively align your leaders and teams on critical decisions?  In this 3-episode miniseries on alignment, 8 experienced product leaders share their best techniques on why and how they align their organizations on critical decisions. In this second episode, Rachel Obstler, VP of Product at PagerDuty, former VP of Product at Keynote Systems Nicole Brolan, GM at Xero, former Chief Product Officer at SEEK  Lucinda Newcomb, Chief Product Officer at WeightWatchers, former VP of Product at Sephora Seth Roe, VP Consumer Products, The Weather Channel Prasad Gune, SVP Product Udemy, former SVP of Product at Signifyed, OpenTable Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) share the specific tactics they use as product leaders to align on key decisions. Be sure to listen to the other two episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Alignment miniseries: Why Must You Align People on Tough Decisions? How Do You Achieve Radical Alignment? Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

Are you a product leader struggling to effectively collaborate with other customer-facing teams in product discovery?  In this episode, 6 experienced product leaders share their best tips and techniques on how they work with sales, support and other customer-facing teams to learn from customers and manage expectations to create success for customers and their companies. Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos: Zabrina Hossain, Product Lead, Shopify Marc Abraham, Head of Product-Engagement at ASOS, former CPO at Settled Audrey Cheng, VP of Product at Pushpay Ben Newell, VP Product, CBRE, former VP of Product at RewardStyle Rachel Obstler, VP of Product at PagerDuty, former VP of Product at Keynote Systems Nate Walkingshaw, Chief Experience Officer at Pluralsight and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

Are you seeking a new product leader role?  Or are you a CEO trying to hire a product leader?  In this episode, you’ll learn how 6 experienced product leaders interview candidates for product leader roles, what they're looking to learn, and what great answers sound like. Episode transcripts with more resources can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast. Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos: Dave Wascha, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Zoopla Zabrina Hossain, Product Lead, Shopify Anthony Marter, Head of Product, Plexure Swapna Malekar, Product Lead, RBC Royal Bank of Canada Sean Murphy, former VP of Product at Target and VP of Product & Engineering at CustomInk Rachel Obstler, VP of Product at PagerDuty, former VP of Product at Keynote Systems and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

HOW DO YOU SURFACE ASSUMPTIONS DURING PRODUCT DISCOVERY? In the previous episode, we heard the horror stories of product leaders and teams haunted by the risky assumptions that surfaced too late.  Is this destined to be your fate as well? Not if I can help it!  In this episode of Fearless Product Leadership, we learn how to mitigate those risky assumptions from seasoned product leaders who answer the question “How do you surface assumptions during product discovery?” Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos: Marc Abraham, Head of Product-Engagement at ASOS, former CPO at Settled Audrey Cheng, VP of Product, Pushpay Sean Murphy, former VP of Product at Target and VP of Product & Engineering at CustomInk and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) Episode transcripts with more resources can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast. Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

HOW HAVE YOU BEEN BURNED BY RISKY ASSUMPTIONS? Are you a new product leader who doesn't yet surface assumptions as part of your product development practice? In this episode, 5 experienced product leaders share stories of product development gone wrong when they were burned by risky assumptions that surfaced too late.  This episode will be followed by a companion episode in which we hear about the techniques product leaders use with their teams to surface assumptions as part of their product development practice. Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos: Marc Abraham, Head of Product-Engagement at ASOS, former CPO at Settled Rachel Obstler, VP of Product at PagerDuty, former VP of Product at Keynote Systems Nicole Brolan, Chief Product Officer at SEEK  Preston Smalley, VP Product Management at Comcast Ezinne Udezue, VP of Product at Procore, former VP of Product Management, BazaarVoice   and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOUR PRODUCT ORG IS TRULY GREAT? Are you a product leader or CEO wondering if your product organization is truly great?  Do you wonder what the irrefutable evidence would actually help you determine whether they're great at what they do and how they do it?  In this episode, 6 experienced product leaders share the characteristics and behaviors that help them know whether their product org is irrefutably great at what they do. Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos: Nicole Brolan, Chief Product Officer at SEEK  Nate Walkingshaw, Chief Experience Officer at Pluralsight Sean Murphy, former VP of Product at Target and VP of Product & Engineering at CustomInk Seth Roe, VP Consumer Product, The Weather Channel Amanda Richardson, CEO, CoderPad, former VP of Product at HotelTonight, Prezi and Snagajob Al Ming, VP Product & Design, CNBC and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

HOW DO YOU BALANCE INVESTMENT IN TECH DEBT VS CUSTOMER VALUE? Are you a new product leader?  Are you having difficulty finding an approach to keep tech debt at bay and the teams velocity of delivery of value on pace with the demanding expectations of customers and stakeholders?  In this episode, you’ll learn from 5 experienced product leaders: WHEN tech debt is justified to accumulate WHO should be accountable for paying down the debt HOW to educate your leadership team on the impact of tech debt on the company, its goals and teams HOW to align with engineering on the allocation and priorities when paying down technical debt Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos. Sean Murphy, former VP of Product at Target, and former VP of Product and Engineering at CustomInk Laura Marino, SVP of Product at Lever Troy Anderson, SVP of Product & Technology at SPINS Albert Lee, co-founder and former head of product at MyFitnessPal Nate Walkingshaw, Chief Experience Officer at PluralSight and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)  Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you in a review or send me a voice memo.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on LinkedIn, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact. Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast.

SHOULD THE SALES TEAM SELL FEATURES BEFORE THEY EXIST? Are you a B2B product leader wondering how you can help the sales team achieve their targets while not backing your product team into corner?  In the first episode of season 2, 5 experienced B2B product leaders share their best strategies and techniques to enable their sales teams to meet customer needs and achieve quotas while protecting a discovery-led, agile product development process. Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos: Ben Newell, VP Product, CBRE | Host, former VP of Product, rewardStyle and Sabre Corp Margaret Jastrebski, Chief Growth Officer at table eleven, former SVP Enterprise Product, ShopRunner Stefan Radullian, VP of Product & Engineering at Brainloop, a Diligent company Laura Marino, SVP Product, Lever   Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer, SPINS  and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact. Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast.

HOW DO YOU CRAFT AND COMMUNICATE PRODUCT VISION? Are you a product leader struggling to create and communicate a product vision that will compel your company into action in the best interest of your customers?   In this episode, 5 experienced product leaders share their best practices that have helped them create a product vision to align their teams, leadership and stakeholders with how to improve the lives of customers for the growth of the company. A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct. Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos: Albert Lee, Co-Founder and former Head of Product, MyFitnessPal Ben Newell, former VP of Product, rewardStyle and Sabre Corp Ezinne Udezue, VP of Product Management, BazaarVoice   Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer, SPINS  Prasad Gune, SVP Product Signifyd   and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) Resources mentioned: Who Do You Want Your Customers to Become? by Michael Schrage Is Your Product Vision Moving People in the Right Direction? by Hope Gurion on Product Coalition (contains example Product Vision videos) --- Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

HOW DOES YOUR TEAM’S EXPERIENCE IMPACT YOU AS A PRODUCT LEADER? Given the emerging discipline of product management, it’s more common than not to have inexperienced product teams. As a product leader, how do you practically deal with that experience gap challenge? When the team isn’t right, it falls back on the leader to coach, course-correct or fill in gaps, and there are already a lot of demands on the PL’s time. That’s why we’re tackling the question HOW DOES YOUR TEAM’S EXPERIENCE IMPACT YOU AS A PRODUCT LEADER? in this episode of Fearless Product Leadership. A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct. Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos: Albert Lee, Co-Founder and former Head of Product, MyFitnessPal Preston Smalley, VP of Product Management, Comcast Amanda Richardson, Entrepreneur in Residence, former VP of Product at HotelTonight, Prezi and Snag Laura Marino, SVP Product, Lever   Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer, SPINS  and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question or suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

HOW DO YOU CREATE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PRODUCT TEAMS? Are you a product leader seeking a reliable, respectful method of holding teams accountable to meet their goals? In this episode, you’ll learn how 5 experienced product leaders: Set goals and achieve accountability while still enabling teams to take risks  Rely on rituals to provide the necessary transparency of results vs goals  Take action when goals are missed  Help their teams be accountable to their goals and commitments  A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct. Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos. Rosie Ruley Atkins, VP of Product, Homebase Troy Anderson, SVP of Product & Technology at SPINS  Preston Smalley, VP of Product Management, Comcast  Al Ming, VP of Product & Design, CNBC  Ezinne  Udezue, VP of Product Management, BazaarVoice and  yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)  Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to   you in a review or send me a voice memo.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on LinkedIn, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

HOW DO YOU ENSURE THAT PRODUCT IS NOT A BLACK BOX? Are you a new product leader?  Are you concerned that the rest of your org feels that product is a "black box?" Learn from experienced product leaders who successfully ensure that their organizations understand WHAT the Product team is working on and WHY.  A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct. Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos. Lauren Antonelli, Evite  Al Ming, CNBC  Brandon Anderson, SportsEngine Prasad Gune, Signifyd and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)  Resources mentioned in this episode:  VictorCho.com (https://www.victorcho.com/)   Christine Wodtke's Commitments Model Introduction to OKRs (Introduction to OKRs  - O'Reilly Media 5 Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni  Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

HOW DO YOU SET PRODUCT TEAM GOALS?  Are you a product leader struggling with how to set meaningful, measurable goals for your product teams?  In this episode, 5 experienced product leaders share their best tips and techniques on how they set goals, how frequently and who is part of the process. A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct. Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos: Preston Smalley, VP of Product Management, Comcast Ezinne Udezue, VP of Product Management, BazaarVoice   Rosie Atkins, VP of Product, Homebase Margaret Jastrebski, former SVP Enterprise Product, ShopRunner and current Product & Strategy Advisor Al Ming, VP Product & Design, CNBC and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

Always start with why! I'm Hope Gurion of Fearless Product.  I created this podcast to help new product leaders build their confidence and competence for 2 reasons: 1) It's the type of advice and examples of what to do and not to do that I wish I'd had as a new product leader to accelerate my learning curve 2) In my work as a product leader coach, it helps me quickly provide examples and lessons others have learned to help my clients identify the best practices that they can use TODAY to lead your product teams fearlessly.  That's the deal: 1 tough question + 5 product leaders' answers = Confidence through Evidence for new product leaders   Learn more about Fearless Product leadership coaching and advising at http://www.fearless-product.com or see video versions of each episode on the Fearless Product channel on YouTube.  Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

HOW DO YOU HELP YOUR COMPANY DEAL WITH PRODUCT AMBIGUITY?  Are you a product leader struggling to help your customer-facing and leadership teams reconcile their desire for dates and commitments with a customer-driven, agile product development process?  In this episode, 5 experienced product leaders share their best tips and techniques on how they support their stakeholders' desire for certainty while protecting a discovery-led, agile product development process. A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct. Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos: Rosie Atkins, VP of Product, Homebase Al Ming, VP Product & Design, CNBC Lauren Antonelli, Chief of Staff and former Head of Product, Evite Prasad Gune, SVP Product Signifyd   Stefan Radullian, Head of Product Management, Brainloop, a Diligent company  and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

WHAT IS YOUR PRODUCT LEADER SUPERPOWER?  Are you a new product leader wondering where to most focus your attention?  Are you trying to position yourself for a new product leader job? In this episode see and hear how 5 product leaders describe the superpower that has most helped them succeed in multiple product leadership roles in B2B, B2C, startup, growth and mature companies.   A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct. Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos: Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer, SPINS  Stefan Radullian, Head of Product Management, Brainloop, a Diligent company  Lucinda Newcomb, VP Discovery & Personalization, Walmart.com Al Ming, VP Product & Design, CNBC Prasad Gune, SVP Product Signifyd   and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

HOW DO YOUR PRODUCT TEAMS PRIORITIZE? Are you a new product leader uncertain that your teams are effectively prioritizing what to do next among a long list of potential product features?    Perhaps you've tried the RICE prioritization scorecard, ROI or Cost of Delay frameworks and are still searching for the perfect prioritizing technique?   In this episode 5 experienced product leaders who've led product at start-up, growth and mature companies in B2B and B2C markets share their tried-and-true approaches to product prioritization and the critical importance of a North Star.   A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct. Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos: Stefan Radullian, Head of Product Management, Brainloop, a Diligent company  Lauren Antonelli, Chief of Staff and former Head of Product, evite Brandon Anderson, VP of Product, SportsEngine Rosie Ruley Atkins, VP Product, Homebase  Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer, SPINS  and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

HOW DO YOU SAY NO TO THE CEO?  Are you a product leader struggling to respond to a CEO request without derailing your product roadmap?  In this episode, 6 experienced product leaders share their stories and advice on how they respond to the CEO's request while protecting resources, respecting product strategy, priorities and customer commitments.   A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct. Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos: Amanda Richardson, CEO, Rabbit, former VP of Product at HotelTonight, Prezi and Snagajob Ezinne Udezue, VP of Product Management, BazaarVoice   Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer, SPINS  Lucinda Newcomb, VP Discovery & Personalization, Walmart.com   Laura Marino, SVP Product, Lever   Lauren Antonelli, Chief of Staff and former Head of Product, evite and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

WHAT MOST SURPRISES NEW PRODUCT LEADERS?  Are you a new product leader?  Perhaps you're finding yourself spending time in areas that are new and unexpected and wondering if this is normal.  In this episode 5 experienced product leaders who've led product at start-up, growth and mature companies in B2B and B2C categories share what they found most surprising when they first led product management teams.     A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct. Featured product leaders with links to their bio videos: Amanda Richardson, CEO at Rabbit, former VP of Product at HotelTonight, Prezi and Snagajob  Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer, SPINS Margaret Jastrebski, former SVP Enterprise Product, ShopRunner and current Product & Strategy Advisor Al Ming, VP of Product & Design, CNBC Prasad Gune, SVP Product, Signifyd and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

WHAT ARE NON-NEGOTIABLES FOR YOU TO ACCEPT A NEW PRODUCT LEADER ROLE?  Are you a product leader considering making a move?  Or are you trying to hire a new product leader?   In this episode, 5 experienced product leaders share the essential factors that would motivate them to consider a new opportunity.    A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct. Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos: Al Ming, VP of Product & Design at CNBC Margaret Jastrebski, former SVP Enterprise Product, ShopRunner and current Product & Strategy Advisor  Lauren Antonelli, Chief of Staff and former Head of Product, Evite Brandon Anderson, VP of Product, SportsEngine   Lucinda Newcomb, VP Discovery & Personalization, Walmart.com and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

DOES YOUR PRODUCT ROADMAP CONTAIN WHAT WILL HAPPEN OR WHAT MAY HAPPEN?  Are you a new product leader?  Are you struggling with how to create and communicate your product roadmap? In this episode get actionable advice on how 5 product leaders approach creating and sharing the product roadmap with their organizations in B2B, B2C, startup, growth and mature companies.  A video version of this episode is available at Fearless Product channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/FearlessProduct. Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos: Lucinda Newcomb, VP Discovery & Personalization, Walmart.com  Stefan Radulian, Head of Product Management, Brainloop, a Diligent company Lauren Antonelli, Chief of Staff and former Head of Product, Evite  Brandon Anderson, VP of Product, SportsEngine  Margaret Jastrebski, former SVP Enterprise Product, ShopRunner and current Product & Strategy Advisor  and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com) Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.