Creating value in 2011

Every New Year brings new opportunities. Something about turning over the calendar causes people to take a hard look at what they can do to improve on their current situation. Ultimately, we all want to create more value — for ourselves, for the organizations we associate with and for the people we care about.  The [...]

Five questions to ask each week

I ran across a great audio blog post by Mark Sanborn where he poses five questions we should ask ourselves at the beginning of each week. These questions serve as a guide to live by design and not just react to things as they come. They will improve your personal and professional situation. Here are [...]

Battle of the bloggers

Tomorrow I have the opportunity to speak at the AIPMM Battle of the Bloggers and tell the people why Lead On Purpose is the top product management blog. Given the level of competition among the participating bloggers and the many other great blogs “out there” it’s a daunting task to say the least. In preparing [...]

Don’t hesitate

The famous Nike advertising campaign taught us to just do it! When an opportunity arises, it’s a wise person who takes advantage. Why does it seem so difficult, so risky at times to jump at new opportunities? Perhaps it’s the fear of what we might lose or what might happen if we take a risk. [...]

The plight of indecision

Indecision is a key cause of lethargy and lack of productivity. Indecision begets procrastination. Indecision robs people and companies of enthusiasm, purpose and ultimately success. Indecision is the thief of opportunity. -Jim Rohn Indecision is often worse than wrong action. -Henry Ford There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is [...]

Market Sensing survey

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, [...]

Motivating leadership

The number of leadership blogs that take up space in my feed reader is growing. Two recent posts struck a chord with me: In his post The Opportunity to Influence, Mark Sanborn points to the passing of the torch from Mark Spitz to Michael Phelps. Mark quotes Spitz’s comment that Phelps now has the burden [...]

It’s all about the people

The first principle of the Five Factors of Leadership is that people are assets. Every organization, be it a technology company or a non-profit charitable organization, is composed of people. The people – not the buildings, equipment or intellectual property – compose the true assets of any company. Everything that exists in the world today, [...]

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