I’m joined by Diana Stepner who is the Chief Product Officer at Chan-Zuckerberg initiative and has held product leadership roles at SimplePractice, Pearson, Kayak, Razorfish and Monster.com in the past. Diana also runs a cohort -based course on Maven called Product First Leadership - topic that talk about on this episode.
We talk about :
1) What's unique about product leadership role
2) Tactical advice for things a newly minted group product manager : how to organize the team, conduct 1:1s, handle the hard conversations and manage your personal career as a product leader
3) Anti-patterns of product leaders
[00:00:00] Introduction
[00:01:44] Diana's product journey
[00:04:16] Diana's role as CPO at Chan and Zuckerberg Initiative
[00:07:16] What's unique about product leadership?
[00:09:50] Archectypes of Product Managers
[00:12:56] Advice for getting started as a newly minted Group Product Manager
[00:16:53] How to structure 1:1s?
[00:21:06] How to create an environment that Product Managers on the team can thrive
[00:24:45] Starting career planning for Product Managers on the team
[00:28:28] Having the tough conversations with career progression
[00:31:32] Anti-Patterns of product leadership
[00:35:09] Managing personal growth as a product leader
[00:37:25] Rapid Fire
Where to find Naveen
- Linkedin : https://linkedin.com/in/naveenpitchandi
- Website : https://numberlock.me
Where to find Diana
- Website : https://www.dianastepner.com/
- Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianas/
- Maven Course - https://maven.com/diana-stepner/product-leadership
👉Episode page : https://Productleaders.fm/11
