As 2008 comes to an end many will take time to review the events of the year, assess their progress and set goals (or New Year’s Resolutions) for 2009. This has been one of my annual traditions for many years, with varying degrees of success. It is easy to write a list of objectives for [...]
Filed under: Product Management / Marketing, Purpose | Tagged: goals, happiness, personal growth objectives, priorities, relationships, resolutions, self-improvement, success | 2 Comments »
The combination of difficult economic times and the year-end has caused serious introspection by many. In a recent post, Mark Sanborn poses 14 questions leaders ask themselves. These questions are appropriate (and important) for leaders and for anyone who is working to improve his or her life. I highly recommend you take a few minutes [...]
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The Lead on Purpose blog had its first birthday/anniversary earlier this month. During 2008 the blog’s readership has grown substantially through a combination posts about leadership and product management. The following five posts were rated the most popular by readers of Lead on Purpose: Product manager responsibilities: This post discusses the difference between product owner [...]
Filed under: Leadership, Market-driven, Product Management / Marketing, Team Building | Tagged: leadership prin, leadership principles, problem sta, problem statements, product management leadership, product owner, product roadmap, relation, relationships | Leave a Comment »
December is a great time of year. Most people go out of their way to be a little kinder and a bit more open to what others are thinking. Regardless of religious beliefs most people seem more open to talking to their neighbors and cutting people slack for things they would not consider at other [...]
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How well do you know the markets your products serve? What methods do you employ to gather market inputs? Does your market sensing process measure up? Market Sensing is the process of gaining a profound understanding of the market by capturing market input such as enhancement requests, win/loss reports, analyst reports, market research, competitive analysis, [...]
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Think about someone for whom you have a tremendous amount of respect. What are the characteristics that draw you to that person? Most likely he or she has the ability to plow through difficult circumstances and come out on top; to learn from mistakes and create successful outputs. Successful people solve problems and create opportunities. [...]
Filed under: Leadership, Learning, Product Management / Marketing | Tagged: market sensing, opportunities, problem statements, Thomas Edison | 2 Comments »
People go through many stages in their lives. Nobody is immune from difficulty. One of the key traits of great leaders is their ability to move forward despite the difficulties they face. Not only are they inspired to move forward themselves, but they also inspire others to advance with them. Many methods exist to help [...]
Filed under: Leadership, Product Management / Marketing, Purpose | Tagged: Art Petty, inspire, personal growth objectives, process improvement, progress, quality, roadmap | 4 Comments »
Would you ever think to associate a con man with one of the world’s most respected authorities on forgery, embezzlement and secure documents? Most of you have probably heard the story of Frank W. Abagnale, which was written in a book and later immortalized in a movie called Catch Me If You Can created by [...]
Filed under: Integrity, Trust | Tagged: Dr. Paul, ethics, family values, Frank Abagnale, Steven Spielberg | 2 Comments »
A recent post on the HubSpot blog, Rick Burns suggests the most important internet marketing skill is learning. Rick makes a point that no one is an internet marketing expert yet, but the ones who are trying and learning along the way are quickly becoming the experts. If you were to choose the most important [...]
Filed under: Knowledge, Leadership, Learning, Market-driven, Product Management / Marketing | Tagged: Conrad Hilton, Eric Hoffer, Hubspot, internet marketing, learnering, persistence, progress, success | 5 Comments »
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