Upcoming and Past Events

Don’t wait for the title: Transition to product leadership today

Navigating the Product Management journey can be a very frustrating and lonely experience. Many of us get stuck in the shoes of a mid-level Product Manager longer than necessary, while only a handful of us get a lucky ticket to leadership by chance or design.

However, while the PM career might be elusive, there are proven ways of becoming a product leader, given the right mindset, approach, support, and circumstances. And sometimes, it requires us to become a leader first before getting a title.

In this interactive webinar, you will learn:

• What product leadership is and what it is not
• How to think and act like a product leader using the “Complexities Framework” – mini-masterclass
• What steps to take today to apply the framework right away

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Interview: Breaking into tech

If you are thinking about moving to tech, I invite you to read the interview Ascent Funding recorded with me in March 2022. I share my journey, challenges, wins, and what I wish I knew 11 years ago when I embarked on this journey. We talk about imposter syndrome, my career highlights, and resources that I find helpful for this transition.

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Live event: How to transition to Product Leadership in 12 months with Product People

Daniil and I meet with the Product People community, where we share our insights and experiences on transitioning to leadership using the Complexities Framework.

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Podcast episode: Climbing the Product Management career ladder

During this lively conversation with Jason Knight, founder of the One Night in Product podcast, we cover a lot of ground in 60 minutes. We talk about my journey into coaching and passion for developing people, discuss an elusive PM carer ladder and a lack of such in many organizations, the importance of taking a step back and reflecting on your inner vision and motivation, and more…

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Webinar: How to transition to Product Leadership in 12 months

Navigating the Product Management journey mid-career can be a very frustrating and lonely experience. Many PMs get stuck in the shoes of a Sr. Product Manager longer than necessary, while only a handful of us get a lucky ticket to leadership by chance or design. I’ve learned this first-hand. However, while the product career might be elusive, there are proven ways of becoming a product leader – Group Product Manager or Director, given the right mindset, support, and circumstances. I hope you will walk away with techniques and tips you can start applying right away at your current company. And while the journey ahead is not easy, it is entirely possible if you’re willing to roll the sleeves and apply recommendations right away.

In this chat, I want you to learn:

• What product leadership is and what it is not
• How to become intentional and strategic about your career progression
• How to identify an opportunity for leveling up using the “Three complexities framework”

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Live event: PM night in Berlin

Join Daniil and me for the PM night in Berlin where we’ll be talking about product leadership, what it is and what it is not, how to use the Complexity Framework we’ve designed to level up, and what’s the next step you can take in your current role to create a higher chance of being promoted to a GPM/Director.
This night is organized by the Product Management Festival.

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Podcast episode: On making the transition to Product Leadership

In this episode, Nils Davis and I talk about entrepreneurship, life design (and how I ended up living in the mountains of Costa Rica), lessons I’ve learned coaching, mentoring, and helping product managers transition from individual contributor to leader, and my new program Ahead of Product for driven product managers who are ready to level up.

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Podcast episode: Unlocking your PM growth with soft skills

During this Top Tier product podcast episode, I am dancing with two of my favorite topics — career growth for PMs and personal/spiritual growth. And while these two themes might have nothing to do with each other (on the surface), my overarching conversation with the engaging podcast host Daniil Pavliuchkov might change your mind!

We cover a lot in 35 min: career tracks for PMs, mid-point crisis, a power of reflection and “know thyself”, soft skills vs hard skills, and what meditation, philosophy, behavioral economics, human psychology, and eastern teachings have to do with becoming a better product leader (and human).

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Live event: From individual contributor to people manager

Navigating the Product Management career is as ambiguous as hiking without a map on the new mountain. Understanding our journey and proactively managing it is a topic I’ve been thinking for some time… In fact, this is what brought me to PM career coaching – seeing so many of us stuck in the same roles for a long time. One of the most challenging moves, in my opinion, is a transition from IC to a Product/People Leader.

Having gone through one myself a year ago at 15Five, in this webinar I am sharing what I learned about different career tracks, how we can “begin with an end in mind” and start preparing for a transition today. Let’s open the pandora box and finally get on with our hero’s journey!

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Conference talk: Moving from IC to people manager

Just got promoted or planning to move into managing a PM team? Congratulations! This is an exciting journey but is far from being easy or straightforward.
Join me at the Product Management Festival virtual experience to hear a presentation built off the personal experience that aims to empower experienced product managers to proactively consider and prepare for the transition into people management. We will cover this career path independently of the IC track, and explore common mistakes and challenges, trust-building and coaching techniques, performance assessment, team goals, and empowerment. While there are many available resources that can help new people managers become better, there are some nuances that are specific to product management.

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