Archive - How to Be a Product Leader & Other Product Stories

Issue #41: 3 tips on how to build meaningful relationships to become a successful Product Manager (without feeling gross about it!)

To have a successful career in Product Management, you need to invest in having meaningful professional relationships

Jan 22 •

Issue #40: 3 Lessons on Leadership, Building Products, Career Development from 2023 and the Mindset to Carry in 2024

And 5 resources to help you get started on your career goals for 2024

Jan 2 •

September 2023

Issue #39: 5 Things I Learned from the Movie Chef on Building Products, Leadership, and Careers. Also Learning Techniques and 5 Things.

Jon Favreau's 2014 movie, Chef was such a great movie I found myself reflecting on my career and my clients' careers, afterwards 😂

Sep 18, 2023 •

Issue #38: Confirmation bias has its upside, pushing for innovation, and 5 things

Or how we can use confirmation bias to our advantage to build personal confidence

Sep 12, 2023 •

Issue #37: A more effective way to land interviews for PM roles, giving feedback for people pleasers, and 5 things

Sent out 100 applications but struggling to get invited for an interview? This week's newsletter is for you!

Sep 4, 2023 •

August 2023

Issue #36: An important love letter to Leaders and Managers, how to influence without authority, and 5 things

Hola friends! 👋 This week’s thoughts and feelings include: An important love letter to Leaders and Managers (tl;dr do better!) (FAKs or Folks.Ask.Kax…

Aug 28, 2023 •

Issue #35: The expectations for a Senior PM, how to handle duplicated products, and the one framework to rule them all

Hola friends! 👋 This week’s thoughts and feelings include: The expectations for a Senior PM, how to handle duplicated products, and the one framework…

Aug 21, 2023 •

Issue #34: 5 Important Lessons I’ve Learned as a Product Leader and 5 things to help you this week

Lessons learned from tough times so that when the night is cloudy, there's still a light that shines on me

Aug 14, 2023 •

Issue #33: How to build trust with your Stakeholders, New skills to learn, and 5 things

Building a trusting relationship with our stakeholders is important. But how?

Aug 7, 2023 •

July 2023

Issue #32: 9 lessons on product management, leadership, and career growth from reading Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential

My annual summer read always surprises me with new feelings

Jul 31, 2023 •

Issue #31: How to be strategic in your career development as a Product Manager.

On why having a strategic approach to career growth is important and why it does not automatically mean wanting to become a CPO

Jul 24, 2023 •

Issue #30: How to receive feedback. Mindset and behavior tricks to learn to receive feedback with grace.

Or what to do when the feedback we receive hurts more than it helps and when we don't agree with it.

Jul 17, 2023 •

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