Archive : Leadership

Four roles are key to successful execution of the commercial side of product development: the Marketing Manager, Product Marketing Manager, Product Manager and Project Manager. What are the differences in these roles? What traits should you look for when hiring for them? How should you build them into your organization? Part 1 of this series looks at the key responsibilities of each of these four roles.

Every organization size has its own challenges. The most challenging organization to manage are often not the largest, but instead the mid-sized.

While being greedy can focusing you on creating value in all that you do, being “too greedy” and over-focusing on your OWN value can hurt you in business partnerships. Winning partnerships are anti-greedy.

This afternoon I was Googling to find the exact quote by Jack Welch on being #1 or #2 in the market and found several sites that outlined “25 Lessons from Jack Welch.” They were so inspirational – and so clear – that I felt compelled to share them myself…

Effective technologists implement good technology; effective technology leaders enable others to do this. These are two very different roles. However, most technology leaders usually start their careers as “line level” technologists. Technologists need three essential skills to become effective technology leaders…

Before any organization can begin to actively manage risk, it must first change its culture to one that openly and freely discusses risk at all levels. This is not easy. It requires commitments from management and staff at all levels. However, it will pay off in many ways: higher trust, increased respect and better results…