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Tag: Product Management

A Leader Who Enables His Team Doesn’t Manage Them | Man standing with arms crossed and his team working behind him. | Photo by Yan Krukau on Pexels

Stop Managing, Start Leading: 4 Brutal Truths You Must Face to Build a Winning Team

March 17, 2025 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

Want to lead, not just manage? Discover 4 brutal truths that separate real leaders from average managers. Read now & transform your leadership.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Lean Leverage, Transformation Filed under: Agile, Leadership, Management, Product Management, Productivity
Stakeholder-driven Development in Action | Three businessmen urgently discussing ideas at a desk, pointing at a computer. | Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Pexels

Is Stakeholder-driven Development Crippling Your Product’s Success?

March 7, 2025 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

Overcome delays and feature bloat caused by stakeholder-driven development. Learn 3 proven strategies to prioritize user needs and deliver value faster.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Lean Leverage, Transformation Filed under: Leadership, Lean, Management, Product Management, Value
Product Manager Who Has Discovered The Beauty of the Crooked Path | Man sitting at a desk in a modern office turning and smilling | Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels

Why You’re Struggling as a Product Manager (and How to Fix It)

February 17, 2025 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

Learn why traditional approaches to product management fail and how embracing a “crooked path” of iterative learning can reduce feature bloat and delays.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Lean Leverage, Transformation Filed under: Agile, Leadership, Management, Product Management
Product Manager Who Knows The Secret to Avoid Overbuilding | Woman with arms crossed and her team working behind her. | Photo by fauxels on Pexels

This One Thing Will Help You Stop Building Excess Product Features

February 10, 2025 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

Learn how to stop feature bloat and save resources with thin slicing. This proven 8-step method helps product teams deliver real user value efficiently.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Lean Leverage, Transformation Filed under: Agile, Leadership, Lean Leverage, Product Management, Productivity
Hybrid AI and Human Teams Are Our Future (Robot finger and human finger about to touch) | Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels

Will AI Be the Swift End or a New Beginning for Product Teams?

February 3, 2025 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

Will AI replace product teams or make them stronger? Discover how AI and human collaboration can create innovative, soulful products.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, AI, Leadership, Lean Leverage, Transformation Filed under: Agile, Artificial Intelligence, Product Management
You Can’t Unsee Wasteful Activity Once You Learn to Spot It | Photo by Cottonbro Studio on Pexels — Two Men Looking Inside a Box With A Concerned Look on Their Faces

7 Wastes Killing Your Scrum Team’s Flow—How to Spot and Squash Them

January 27, 2025 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

Scrum Masters: Learn to identify and eliminate 7 common wastes slowing your team down. Boost flow, cut inefficiencies, and drive real value.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Lean Leverage, Transformation Filed under: Agile, Leadership, Management, Product Management, Scrum

6 Product Management Lessons from 2024 I Aim to Exploit in 2025

December 31, 2024 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

Discover 6 key product management lessons from 2024, including AI adoption, leadership, and outcome-driven teams, to stay ahead in 2025. Are you ready?

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, AI, Leadership, Lean Leverage, Transformation Filed under: Agile, Leadership, Management, Product Management, Scrum
Humans Are Necessary in an AI World (Woman Lit With Digital Imagery) | Photo By ThisIsEngineering on Pexels

Why Good Judgment Still Outwits AI: Lessons For Leaders To Avoid Work With No Soul

December 16, 2024 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

Discover why good judgment outwits AI. Learn actionable lessons for leaders to avoid soulless work and harness AI responsibly for better outcomes.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, AI, Leadership, Lean Leverage, Transformation Filed under: Agile, Artificial Intelligence, Leadership, Management, Product Management
A Product Team Keeping Their Options Open | Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels

How I Achieve Product Outcomes Faster by Keeping My Options Open

December 9, 2024 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

Discover how keeping options open in product work enables faster, more resilient outcomes and why rigid planning can slow you down.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Lean Leverage, Transformation Filed under: Agile, Leadership, Learning, Management, Product Management
Manager Ready to Focus and Get Things Done | Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko on Pexels

How I Help Managers Stop Spinning and Deliver Results for Their Product Teams

December 2, 2024 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

Learn how to help managers stop juggling too many things and start delivering results. Avoid common traps and boost team outcomes with this 3-step formula.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Lean Leverage, Transformation Filed under: Leadership, Management, Multitasking, Product Management

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Lean Leverage: It’s what happens when you remove the inessential to deliver maximum outcomes while respecting people. When the superfluous is out of the way, you get two benefits. First, you don’t waste energy on what is not needed, and second, you focus more quality time on what needs to be done. This blog attempts to live up to these goals.

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