I Believe in Interim CPO Roles, But Not in Fractional CPO Roles
I've been an interim CPO 15 times, more than almost anyone else, and have mentored scores of CPOs…
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Finishing Our (Money) Sentences
For a long time, I've been asserting that most* B2B revenue-side executives can't hear anything we…
What We Fight For
At a recent Product Weekend gathering of CPOs, we talked about product leadership values and what lifts our hearts. That…
“Politics”
In most of my CPO coaching engagements, we eventually come around to the problem of “politics,” usually framed as frustration…
No Nonsense Leadership (Podcast)
Murray Robinson & Donna Spencer let me join their No Nonsense Leadership podcast for an extended discussion of corporate organizations,…
Reading the Room / Knowing Your Audience
I’ve written a lot about how we (as product folks) love to talk about how our teams build things:…
CPO Burnout
Cold take: most of the CPOs I know are unhappy, frustrated, burnt out. (My selection bias: mostly B2B/enterprise, primarily…
Coalition-Building and Corporate Anthropology
As product managers, we’re trained to talk about benefits with customers/ prospects rather than features. How will this product…
Moving Up to Product Director
In a course I’m running on moving up the product management organizational ladder, we’ve spent time comparing/contrasting…
In Scope for My Role?
Something that comes up periodically in my product leadership coaching sessions: “As a Director or VP of Product, how do…
Being Empathetic
In the middle of a CPO coaching session last week, I recalled the passing of Daniel Kahneman, the Nobelist who…
Permission To Stay Focused
An essential role of CPOs and other product leaders that’s never listed in the job description is giving organizational…