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Executives forget past agreements unless you reinforce them. Anchor roadmap commitments in economics before the next shiny object shows up.
If a meeting is unavoidable, you have an obligation to make it productive. Here are three rules to turn “dreaded” meetings into outcomes.
“The CPO’s unique role is to align the executive team on strategy and objectives.”
My challenge to you this week: Be the connector for your organization.
New Years resolutions suck. They are usually either vague (“I’m going to get fit”) or overly specific (“I’ll go to the gym every day”) — and both tend to fail.
What if we OKR’d this?
When customers get grinchy about your price, it’s rarely about the price.
It’s usually because they don’t need half the features you’re bundling in. Strip those out and suddenly the same customer says, “Yes! That’s exactly what I want.” ..
If you want your roadmap approved, don’t ask for approval.
Just plant a seed.
Then wait.
Like a patient, manipulative gardener.
The minute somebody dangles a $3M deal, everyone forgets everything we told them in the last year. To prevent this one-off deal from derailing your entire roadmap, you need to pre-sell your roadmap before the deal hits the table.
Rich Mironov was right: Most CPOs are managing when they should be leading. You were probably promoted for your product management skills — customer discovery, prioritizing, and executing roadmaps. But leading at the CPO level requires different skills entirely.
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Before you accept a meeting, ask what decision or result it’s meant to produce. If there isn’t one, don’t go.