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Fearless Product Leadership
Hope Gurion
38 episodes
4 days ago
Being a product leader is not for the meek. Join Hope Gurion, product leader coach at Fearless Product, as she interviews experienced product leaders in B2B & B2C, start-up, growth and mature companies. In each episode she asks for 5 perspectives on how product leaders handle a tough responsibility of the role. If you're a new product leader, or just want to hear how other product leaders fearlessly tackle the challenges you're facing, this is the podcast for you.
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Being a product leader is not for the meek. Join Hope Gurion, product leader coach at Fearless Product, as she interviews experienced product leaders in B2B & B2C, start-up, growth and mature companies. In each episode she asks for 5 perspectives on how product leaders handle a tough responsibility of the role. If you're a new product leader, or just want to hear how other product leaders fearlessly tackle the challenges you're facing, this is the podcast for you.
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Episodes (20/38)
Fearless Product Leadership
Resource Allocation Antipatterns: What can go wrong? (7/7)

Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively?  In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions.


In the seventh episode, we tackle antipatterns in resource allocation decisions as we answer the question: What can go wrong when allocating resources?

 

In it, you’ll hear perspectives from:

  • Jonathan Bertfield, Senior Director, Lean Startup Co.
  • Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer
  • Barry O’Reilly, Co-Founder & Chief Incubation Officer, Nobody Studios

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)


Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries:

  1. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?⁠⁠⁠⁠
  2. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?⁠⁠⁠⁠
  3. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain? ⁠⁠⁠⁠
  4. ⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest? ⁠⁠
  5. ⁠⁠Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan? ⁠⁠
  6. ⁠People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?⁠
  7. Antipatterns: What can go wrong?


Episode transcripts can be found at ⁠⁠⁠Fearless Product Leadership Podcast⁠⁠⁠

 

Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  

 

Looking for product leadership coaching? Contact me on ⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠ or at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.fearless-product.com/contact⁠⁠⁠.


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2 years ago
15 minutes 28 seconds

Fearless Product Leadership
Resource Allocation's People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where? (6/7)

Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively?  In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions.

 

In the sixth episode, we tackle the people puzzle as we answer the question: How do you decide who goes where when allocating resources?

 

In it, you’ll hear perspectives from:

  • Jonathan Bertfield, Senior Director, Lean Startup Co.
  • Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer
  • Adrian Howard, Coach, Quietstars

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)

 

Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries:

  1. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  2. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  3. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  4. ⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest? ⁠⁠⁠
  5. ⁠⁠⁠Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan? ⁠⁠⁠
  6. ⁠⁠People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?⁠⁠
  7. ⁠Antipatterns: What can go wrong?⁠


Episode transcripts can be found at ⁠⁠Fearless Product Leadership Podcast⁠⁠

 

Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  

 

Looking for product leadership coaching? Contact me on ⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠ or at ⁠⁠https://www.fearless-product.com/contact⁠⁠.


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2 years ago
34 minutes 19 seconds

Fearless Product Leadership
Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan? (5/7)

Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively?  In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions.

 

In the fifth episode, Barry O’Reilly and I discuss our rules of thumb to answer the question: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan?

 

In it, you’ll hear perspectives from Barry O’Reilly, Co-Founder & Chief Incubation Officer, Nobody Studios and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)

 

Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries:

  1. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  2. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  3. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  4. ⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest? ⁠⁠⁠
  5. ⁠⁠⁠Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan? ⁠⁠⁠
  6. ⁠⁠People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?⁠⁠
  7. ⁠Antipatterns: What can go wrong?⁠


Episode transcripts can be found at ⁠Fearless Product Leadership Podcast⁠

 

Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  

 

Looking for product leadership coaching? Contact me on ⁠Linkedin⁠ or at ⁠https://www.fearless-product.com/contact⁠.


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2 years ago
13 minutes 32 seconds

Fearless Product Leadership
Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest? (4/7)

Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively?  In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions.

 

In the fourth episode, we continue to weigh the options for allocating resources to products at various life stages as we answer the question: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore or Invest?

 

In it, you’ll hear perspectives from:

  • Jonathan Bertfield, Senior Director, Lean Startup Co.
  • Barry O’Reilly, Co-Founder & Chief Incubation Officer, Nobody Studios
  • Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer


and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)

 

Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries:

  1. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  2. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  3. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  4. ⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest? ⁠⁠⁠
  5. ⁠⁠⁠Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan? ⁠⁠⁠
  6. ⁠⁠People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?⁠⁠
  7. ⁠Antipatterns: What can go wrong?⁠


Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast

 

Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  

 

Looking for product leadership coaching? Contact me on Linkedin or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

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2 years ago
29 minutes 53 seconds

Fearless Product Leadership
Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain? (3/7)

Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively?  In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions.

 

In the third episode, we continue to weigh the options for allocating resources to products at various life stages as we answer the question: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain?

 

In it, you’ll hear perspectives from:

  • Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer
  • Adrian Howard, Coach, Quietstars

 

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)

 

Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries:

  1. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  2. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  3. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  4. ⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest? ⁠⁠⁠
  5. ⁠⁠⁠Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan? ⁠⁠⁠
  6. ⁠⁠People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?⁠⁠
  7. ⁠Antipatterns: What can go wrong?⁠


Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast

 

Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  

 

Looking for product leadership coaching? Contact me on Linkedin or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

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2 years ago
11 minutes 30 seconds

Fearless Product Leadership
Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being sunset? (2/7)

Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively?

In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions.


In the second episode, we start weighing the options for allocating resources to products at various life stages as we answer the question: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being sunset?


In it, you’ll hear perspectives from:

  • Jonathan Bertfield, Senior Director, Lean Startup Co.
  • Barry O’Reilly, Co-Founder & Chief Incubation Officer, Nobody Studios
  • Adrian Howard, Coach, Quietstars
  • Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)


Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries:

  1. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  2. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  3. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  4. ⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest? ⁠⁠⁠
  5. ⁠⁠⁠Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan? ⁠⁠⁠
  6. ⁠⁠People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?⁠⁠
  7. ⁠Antipatterns: What can go wrong?⁠


Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast

Feedback is a gift! Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.


Looking for product leadership coaching? Contact me on Linkedin or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

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2 years ago
40 minutes 27 seconds

Fearless Product Leadership
Resource Allocation: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation? (1/7)

Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively?   In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions.


In the first episode, we set the stage for our people and time allocation decisions as we answer the question: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?  


In it, you’ll hear perspectives from:

  • Jonathan Bertfield, Senior Director, Lean Startup Co.
  • Barry O’Reilly, Co-Founder & Chief Incubation Officer, Nobody Studios
  • Adrian Howard, Coach, Quietstars
  • Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer


and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)

 

Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries:

  1. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  2. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  3. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  4. ⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest? ⁠⁠⁠
  5. ⁠⁠⁠Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan? ⁠⁠⁠
  6. ⁠⁠People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?⁠⁠
  7. ⁠Antipatterns: What can go wrong?⁠

 

Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast

 

Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  

 

Looking for product leadership coaching? Contact me on Linkedin or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

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2 years ago
44 minutes 22 seconds

Fearless Product Leadership
How do you make Resource Allocation decisions for products and teams?

Are you a product leader trying to allocate people and time across your product portfolio effectively?  In this 7-episode miniseries on Resource Allocation, 5 experienced product leaders share our most effective techniques on why and how to make product-related resource allocation decisions.

 

In it, you’ll hear perspectives from:    

  • Jonathan Bertfield, Senior Director, Lean Startup Co.
  • Barry O’Reilly, Co-Founder & Chief Incubation Officer, Nobody Studios
  • Adrian Howard, Coach, Quietstars
  • Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer

 

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)

 

Listen to the other episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Resource Allocation miniseries:

  1. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Setting the stage: How do you create a foundation for effective resource allocation?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  2. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products being Sunset?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  3. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Maintain or Sustain? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  4. ⁠⁠⁠Weighing the options: How do product leaders allocate resources to products in Explore and Invest? ⁠⁠⁠
  5. ⁠⁠⁠Making the Tough Choices: How do you develop your initial Resource Allocation plan? ⁠⁠⁠
  6. ⁠⁠People Puzzle: How do you decide who goes where?⁠⁠
  7. ⁠Antipatterns: What can go wrong?⁠


Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast

 

Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you in a review.  

 

Looking for product leadership coaching? Contact me on Linkedin or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

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2 years ago
9 minutes 13 seconds

Fearless Product Leadership
How Do You Nurture Product Discovery as a Leader? Interview with Teresa Torres

Are you a product leader seeking to improve the discovery practices of your teams?  Do you want to create a culture and leadership team that values discovery-based, customer-centric product roadmaps over executive-only ideas?  In this episode of Fearless Product Leadership, Teresa Torres of ProductTalk and I discuss how product leaders can nurture product discovery in their organizations.

Teresa Torres is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and coach. She teaches a structured and sustainable approach to continuous discovery that helps product teams infuse their daily product decisions with customer input.  She has taught over 7,000 product people discovery skills through the ProductTalk Academy. She’s the author of the book Continuous Discovery Habits.

Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast

Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

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4 years ago
38 minutes 50 seconds

Fearless Product Leadership
What Was Your Defining Moment as a Product Leader? Part 2: People

When it comes to problems leaders face, they tend to fall into two main categories: people and process. In this episode, Part 2 in a two-part miniseries, we learn from four deeply experienced product leaders. They reflect on an epiphany that dramatically improved the way they approach the people part of their role.

Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:

  • Nicole Brolan, Chief Product Officer, Redbubble, previously Executive GM – Global Services, Xero
  • Polly Howden, Chief Product Officer, Roleshare
  • Marc Abraham, Head of Product – Engagement at ASOS
  • Audrey Cheng, Chief Product Officer at SnapComms

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)

Feedback is a gift! Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review. Have a question suggestion for a future episode? Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

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4 years ago
20 minutes 1 second

Fearless Product Leadership
What Was Your Defining Moment as a Product Leader? Part 1: Process

As a product leader, what was a defining moment of your career? There are likely a handful of experiences that radically transformed the way you think about your work. In this episode, Part 1 in a two-part miniseries, we learn from five deeply experienced product leaders. They reflect on a learning that dramatically improved the way they approach the process part of their role.

Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:

  • Sean Murphy, Vice President, Digital Pharmacy, Optum
  • Zabrina Hossain, Product Lead, Shopify
  • Anthony Marter, Product and Delivery Coach, Harmoney
  • Nicole Brolan, Chief Product Officer, Redbubble, previously Executive GM – Global Services, Xero
  • Dave Wascha, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Zoopla

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)

Feedback is a gift! Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review. Have a question suggestion for a future episode? Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

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4 years ago
18 minutes 55 seconds

Fearless Product Leadership
Do You Nail Before You Scale Your Products?

“Nail it, then scale it” is a common—and catchy—refrain within the product world. But what exactly does it mean to “nail” your product? What happens if you move too fast or too slow when rolling out a new product or feature? In this episode, we learn from six deeply experienced product leaders who understand the delicate nature of timing product releases.

Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:

  • Dave Wascha, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Zoopla
  • Polly Howden, CPO and Co-Founder, Roleshare
  • Zabrina Hossain, Product Lead, Shopify
  • Audrey Cheng, Chief Product Officer, SnapComms
  • Seth Roe, VP of Consumer Web Products at The Weather Channel, an IBM Company
  • Ben Newell, VP of Product and Engineering at CBRE

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)

Feedback is a gift! Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review. Have a question suggestion for a future episode? Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

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4 years ago
30 minutes 34 seconds

Fearless Product Leadership
How Do You Hire the Right Product Managers?

Are you a product leader hiring new product managers for your team?  Hiring the wrong person to your team can negatively impact you, the rest of your team and even the rest of the company.  Fortunately, there are hiring techniques that will ensure you get the right person, with the right experience, approach and mindset to accelerate the success of your product teams. In this episode, we hear from Kate Leto, author of the book, Hiring Product Managers: Using Product EQ to go beyond culture and skills, who shares how to level-up your approach to the job description, the interview, the "culture fit" assessment using the Role Canvas to get the right people on your product team.

Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review. Have a question suggestion for a future episode? Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

Transcript available on fearless-product.com


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4 years ago
40 minutes 46 seconds

Fearless Product Leadership
How Do You Accelerate Product Decision Velocity?

Are you a product leader whose team struggles to make decisions efficiently? There are a number of underlying reasons why teams move slowly when they need to make product decisions. In this episode, we learn from five deeply experienced product leaders who have developed effective questions and frameworks to accelerate decision-making on their teams.

Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:

  • Dave Wascha, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Zoopla
  • Polly Howden, CPO and Co-Founder, Roleshare
  • Zabrina Hossain, Product Lead, Shopify
  • Anthony Marter, Value Management Lead, Foodstuffs North Island Limited; Product & Delivery Coach, Harmoney
  • Audrey Cheng, Chief Product Officer, SnapComms

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)

Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review. Have a question suggestion for a future episode? Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

Full transcript of "How Do You Accelerate Product Decision Velocity?"


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4 years ago
24 minutes 14 seconds

Fearless Product Leadership
How Do You Measure Your Success as a Product Leader?

Are you a product leader who isn't sure how you should be evaluated? Are you trying to define corporate and professional goals for you vs your team or the company?  In this episode, we learn from deeply experienced product leaders who’ve held the product leader role at multiple companies how they measure their success as a product leader.

Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:

  • Troy Anderson, Chief Product and Information Officer, Aperture
  • Rachel Obstler, VP of Product, Pagerduty
  • Seth Roe, VP of Consumer Web Products, The Weather Company
  • Nate Walkingshaw, former Chief Experience Officer, Pluralsight, author of "Product Leadership: How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products and Build Successful Teams"
  • Nicole Brolan, Executive GM – Global Services at Xero, previously Chief Product Officer at SEEK

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)

Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

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4 years ago
23 minutes 37 seconds

Fearless Product Leadership
How Do You Achieve Radical Alignment?

HOW DO YOU ACHIEVE RADICAL ALIGNMENT? (3 of 3 in Alignment miniseries)

Are you a product leader struggling to effectively align your leaders and teams on critical decisions?  In this 3-episode miniseries on alignment, 8 experienced product leaders share their best techniques on why and how they align their organizations on critical decisions.

In the third and final episode Alexandra Jamieson and Bob Gower, authors of the book “Radical Alignment: How to have Game-Changing Conversations That Will Transform Your Business and Your Life.”  react to the practices our product leaders use and share their best advice on how to achieve that much needed state of alignment.

Be sure to listen to the other two episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Alignment miniseries:

  • Why Must You Align People on Tough Decisions?
  • How Do You Align People on Tough Decisions?

Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast

Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

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5 years ago
47 minutes 33 seconds

Fearless Product Leadership
How Do You Align People on Tough Decisions?

HOW DO YOU ALIGN PEOPLE ON TOUGH DECISIONS? (2 of 3 in Alignment miniseries)

Are you a product leader struggling to effectively align your leaders and teams on critical decisions?  In this 3-episode miniseries on alignment, 8 experienced product leaders share their best techniques on why and how they align their organizations on critical decisions.

In this second episode,

  • Rachel Obstler, VP of Product at PagerDuty, former VP of Product at Keynote Systems
  • Nicole Brolan, GM at Xero, former Chief Product Officer at SEEK 
  • Lucinda Newcomb, Chief Product Officer at WeightWatchers, former VP of Product at Sephora
  • Seth Roe, VP Consumer Products, The Weather Channel
  • Prasad Gune, SVP Product Udemy, former SVP of Product at Signifyed, OpenTable
  • Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)

share the specific tactics they use as product leaders to align on key decisions.

Be sure to listen to the other two episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Alignment miniseries:

  • Why Must You Align People on Tough Decisions?
  • How Do You Achieve Radical Alignment?

Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast

Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

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5 years ago
35 minutes 37 seconds

Fearless Product Leadership
Why Must You Align People on Tough Decisions?

WHY MUST YOU ALIGN PEOPLE ON TOUGH DECISIONS? (1 of 3 in Alignment miniseries)

Are you a product leader struggling to effectively align your leaders and teams on critical decisions?  In this 3-episode miniseries on alignment, 8 experienced product leaders share their best techniques on why and how they align their organizations on critical decisions.

In this first episode

  • Nate Walkingshaw, former Chief Experience Officer at Pluralsight
  • Sean Murphy, VP of Digital Pharmacy at Optum, former VP of Product at Target
  • Troy Anderson, Chief Product & Technology Officer, Aperture Credentialing

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)

share why alignment is a key responsibility of a product leader.

Be sure to stay tuned for the next two episodes in the Fearless Product Leadership Alignment miniseries:

  • How Do You Align People on Tough Decisions?
  • How Do You Achieve Radical Alignment?

Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast

Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

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5 years ago
21 minutes 54 seconds

Fearless Product Leadership
How Do You Work With Customer-Facing Teams in Product Discovery?

Are you a product leader struggling to effectively collaborate with other customer-facing teams in product discovery?  In this episode, 6 experienced product leaders share their best tips and techniques on how they work with sales, support and other customer-facing teams to learn from customers and manage expectations to create success for customers and their companies.

Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast

Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:

  • Zabrina Hossain, Product Lead, Shopify
  • Marc Abraham, Head of Product-Engagement at ASOS, former CPO at Settled
  • Audrey Cheng, VP of Product at Pushpay
  • Ben Newell, VP Product, CBRE, former VP of Product at RewardStyle
  • Rachel Obstler, VP of Product at PagerDuty, former VP of Product at Keynote Systems
  • Nate Walkingshaw, Chief Experience Officer at Pluralsight

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)

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5 years ago
38 minutes 51 seconds

Fearless Product Leadership
What Is Your Best Interview Question for Product Leaders?

Are you seeking a new product leader role?  Or are you a CEO trying to hire a product leader?  In this episode, you’ll learn how 6 experienced product leaders interview candidates for product leader roles, what they're looking to learn, and what great answers sound like.

Episode transcripts with more resources can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast.

Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos:

  • Dave Wascha, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Zoopla
  • Zabrina Hossain, Product Lead, Shopify
  • Anthony Marter, Head of Product, Plexure
  • Swapna Malekar, Product Lead, RBC Royal Bank of Canada
  • Sean Murphy, former VP of Product at Target and VP of Product & Engineering at CustomInk
  • Rachel Obstler, VP of Product at PagerDuty, former VP of Product at Keynote Systems

and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)

Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you by leaving a review.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on Linkedin, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact.

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5 years ago
22 minutes 47 seconds

Fearless Product Leadership
Being a product leader is not for the meek. Join Hope Gurion, product leader coach at Fearless Product, as she interviews experienced product leaders in B2B & B2C, start-up, growth and mature companies. In each episode she asks for 5 perspectives on how product leaders handle a tough responsibility of the role. If you're a new product leader, or just want to hear how other product leaders fearlessly tackle the challenges you're facing, this is the podcast for you.