5-steps to Product Leadership

Understanding Empathy is crucial for product leaders, Picture Credit: Wikipedia

You can NOT be a product leader without being a leader first. Read my thoughts on “how to become a better leader?“. Foundation of great leadership is the vision of the leader and trust of the team in the leader’s abilities to drive innovation and change to execute the strategy. The byproduct of being a great leader is empathy, deep understanding of your customers’ unmet and unarticulated needs. As a product leader, you also need to understand the product, technology, customers and the market.

For last 10 years I have helped my teams launch and iterate enterprise and consumer products. Based on my experience and from the books I read, I have put together a framework for product leadership. Follow these 5-steps to get on the path to great product leadership.

1. Launch Now and Iterate.
2. Tie priorities to the strategic goals.
3. Make 2-way doors and plan for your success.
4. Develop Empathy.
5. Make it simple.

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