Product Management Leadership

Mistakenly, many people think plan-do-check-act (PDCA) is a continuous improvement cycle, even if they neglect the human part. PDCA does aim to improve the process, but if you have only improved the process without developing and teaching your people, you have put the process at risk of slipping back. People must be trained in the culture of continuous improvement so they can keep managing the process with the new method.

Plant Manager’s Reference Handbook This book discusses 12 essential skills of plant managers and the reasons why those skills are needed. The skills discussed are delegation, organization, recruitment, motivation, communication, strategic, training, decision making, emotional intelligence, problem solving, sales, and political. Outsource Manufacturing This book provides a basic introduction to outsource manufacturing. It explores the pros and cons of this increasingly popular concept, suggests ideas for its improvement, and predicts its role in the future. The text is informational and ...

This book is suitable for product managers, entreprenuers, and anyone who is interested in learning about the why, what and how of product management in a storytelling and step-by-step manner. The book is divided into multiple chapters and takes you to a journey for any product, from its ideation stage to launch using Agile Methodologies.

Pivoting as a Way of Life: Stop Chasing Unicorns and Product-Market Fit by Joseph Hanna is a game-changing guide for entrepreneurs, product managers, and innovators who want to thrive in today's fast-paced business environment. This book challenges the conventional wisdom of product-market fit as a static, one-time milestone. It introduces a dynamic new framework—the Pivoting Life Operating Model (PLOM)—emphasizing continuous innovation and adaptability.

People often spend years on working on startup ideas that fail - and they could have known long before, had they asked the hard questions earlier. Five-time tech founder Dave Parker has been there, and in Trajectory: Startup he offers a path to get you from ideation to launch and revenue in just six months. Parker shares advice on: what makes a good idea that makes money; recruiting and working with cofounders; asking customers what product they want (customer development); how to build a tech product even as a non-tech founder; and more.

Wouldn’t you love to use all your skills, including leadership, communication, prioritization, organization, and teamwork? Your vision and the ability to execute on it are key to managing winning projects, not the degrees and certifications you have. You’re the one who would take all the resources and leverage them to fit all the pieces of the project puzzle together.

The Power of Intentional Leadership is a comprehensive guide to engaging your team and communicating well to build long-term credibility for high-trust organizations. It shows you exactly how to assert yourself as a leader with the right mindset and the actions that follow. Communicating effectively and giving feedback, be it praise or criticism, in the appropriate context and style is the cornerstone of intentional leadership.

An attractive mix of entertainment, motivation, and practical instruction, the Shift Your Brilliance audio comes with additional stories and commentary from the author. Simon's masterful narration guides the listener smoothly through the steps and possibilities of becoming a "shifter". A shifter, it is explained, is one who is ready to create the future in uncertain times. They do not find themselves shifted about, unhappy, and wishing for better luck.

If you are bringing in your first intern, or growing your program to 1,000 interns, Intern Management is required reading to maximize the experience for both you and your interns. —Gregory V. Jaros, Co-Founder of InternConnect, Co-Founder of Diamond Management & Technology Consultants Are you interested in taking your internship program to a new level? If so, this book is for you. Intern Management shares a set of guiding principles that ensure you host an exceptional internship - every time. Intern Management outlines nine principles for designing an exceptional internship with dignity. ...

Steve Case was on the leading edge of the Internet revolution when he cofounded AOL in 1991. He was an entrepreneur in a business that hadn't even been invented, yet he saw how significantly his efforts could change not only America but the world. In The Third Wave, Case uses his insights garnered from nearly four decades of working as an innovator, investor, and businessperson to chart a path for future visionaries.

Agile doesn’t just change how teams work. It also changes how teams are led. Agile requires a radically different approach to leadership, one that puts business, design, and engineering at equal levels - where they must work as peers. This is called "lateral leadership", but it creates a challenge for roles like product management. Agile leadership requires teams to align around a committed vision and support it in the best possible way without formal authority.

El libro sobre coaching más vendido de la historia en Estados Unidos, escrito por «el pensador más influyente del mundo» en este ámbito según la prestigiosa institución Thinkers50. El liderazgo de equipos y organizaciones está en plena transformación. Muchos de nosotros no queremos ni mandar ni que nos manden; preferimos trabajar en equipo, empatizar con los demás, enseñarles lo que mejor sabemos hacer y ayudarles a crecer, y esperamos que ellos hagan algo parecido con nosotros. El coaching es una aptitud fundamental para impulsar esta transformación.

One of the best-recognized and admired brands in the world, Starbucks singlehandedly transformed the ordinary delivery of coffee into a cultural phenomenon - a result of the company’s exemplary leadership practices. Joseph Michelli explains that the international success of Starbucks begins with a promise: To inspire and nurture the human spirit - one person, one cup, and one neighborhood at a time.

Hypothesis-Driven Development (HDD) is an emerging approach to digital product management for both business people and engineers. It emphasizes rigorous, continuous experimentation as a way to both minimize waste and focus teams’ creative capabilities in directions that drive growth and innovation.

Todo sobre el Liderazgo (2 en 1) está aquí para ayudarte. Esta guía completa combina profundos conocimientos psicológicos con pasos prácticos, llevándote en un viaje desde el dominio del pensamiento visionario y la autenticidad hasta el desarrollo de la resiliencia y la responsabilidad. Descubre un tesoro de sabiduría sobre liderazgo diseñado para encontrarte exactamente donde estás.

En este libro, aprenderás a desarrollar la mentalidad, los hábitos y las habilidades de un líder que se gana el respeto y fomenta la lealtad. Desde la autenticidad personal hasta la construcción de resiliencia, cada capítulo te equipa con herramientas basadas en psicología comprobada y ejemplos del mundo real, guiándote hacia un estilo de liderazgo que transforma vidas, comenzando por la tuya.

Leadership isn’t about titles or authority - it’s about influence, vision, and resilience. The greatest leaders in history followed core principles that made them stand out, allowing them to guide others with clarity, courage, and empathy. The Science of True Leadership reveals the 12 essential rules that every great leader follows, providing a blueprint to elevate your leadership skills to the next level.

Facing organizational silos or resistance to change? Stakeholders pulling in different directions? Can’t align, get real buy-in, or jumpstart implementation? The problem is traditional planning no longer guarantees success. Rapid change, uncertainty, new technologies, and a flatter world call for a new approach. The award-winning Strategy-In-Action tells how companies ended the long-standing divorce between planners and implementers.

La disrupción es la nueva normalidad. Esto no debería convertirse en un dolor de cabeza ni en motivo de pánico para tu empresa, sino en el impulso necesario para emprender un apasionante viaje de transformación. En este libro, Ivan Bofarull, Chief Innovation Officer de Esade, propone tres enseñanzas clave para lograrlo: Adoptar una mentalidad verdaderamente emprendedora gracias al moonshot thinking, el modelo mental que antepone las mejoras exponenciales (10x) a las incrementales (+10%).

There is no shortage of talent in the music industry. There is however a lack of "inspiration" and "information". So many talented artists dream of leaving a 9-5 job in hopes of pursuing their music dreams. These Beats Ain't Free is an intuitive guide that is focused on helping producers, engineers, artists, & dreamers from all walks of life develop the tools to make their "Passion" their "Paycheck".