Inspired Work
As part of my career journey, I have had so many people say to me…I want to be a VP or a CEO. It’s important to remember that leaders are not just the ones with formal titles such as VP, EVP or CEO. In fact, many leaders that have inspired me have not been formal
If we put smart people together as a team, they will perform. They will innovate. They will create breakthrough ideas. Unfortunately, this is not the case. As our experience and academic research tell us, teams consistently underperform, despite the many resources they are given. Human nature challenges such as power struggles, competition, coordination, and differing
Have you ever worked on a team where things just did not feel quite right? Each time you spoke up, someone glared at you or dismissed what you said. There is a concept called psychological safety which impacts team innovation. I have blogged about it fairly frequently. Today, I want to talk about practical ways
Do you ever have an encounter with a co-worker or leader where you walk away just feeling horrible? You are not sure why but you just don’t feel good after the conversation. Why does this happen? What makes you feel this way after a discussion with a co-worker? There is a relatively simple model that,
A client of mine works as a product manager. She has two primary product leadership teams. Let’s say team A and team B. Each team is composed of a product manager, architect, and senior developer and herself. The goal of each team is to determine high-level design, user flow, and architecture. A concept called psychological
You sit in a three-day product strategy session. The walls are covered in sticky notes. You’ve listened to hours of presentations. There are hundreds of ideas. There is excitement in the room. The group is onto something big. We are going to build the next big innovation that will make our company stand out from
What makes a good product manager? Is it one who knows the many product management processes? Is it one who has specific industry expertise? As I coach product management teams, I see many teams with different skills. Are there core skills or traits that make someone a great product manager? As a coach, how can
The product design and discovery process is messy, involves many people, and is linked to social and organizational dynamics of the team. To determine what to build, what problems to solve, how to solve them, whether it makes sense to solve them, you need a team of people with many different skills. For example, the
As an introvert, there is nothing worse than small talk with strangers. In my 20’s, I would consider myself a corner dweller at parties where I did not know anyone. I would find the one person I knew, and we would somehow make our way to the corner where we did not have to interact
As I have navigated many years in the technology space one of my challenges has been that I am an introvert and I did not realize it for many years. What did Lynne, the introvert look like? I spent lots of time reflecting and strategizing, by myself, in my head After a day of presenting
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