PRODUCTHEAD: Rejecting extreme work
» Extreme work as a product leader is a systemic issue, not a failing of individuals to set boundaries
» Define performance expectations for your product team clearly using customer value, velocity and quality
Tag: performance
PRODUCTHEAD: Frame performance in context
» Failure to adapt and iterate on team structures and processes will result in your strongest product people leaving
» Accepting that an employee might thrive in another environment is accepting that you (as their manager) could have done a better job
PRODUCTHEAD: Performance appraisals are underperforming
» Performance appraisals fail to take into context whether the organisation is permitting them to succeed
» Deming: “a bad system will beat a good person every time”
» Personal development and performance are different things
» Shift performance management from the individual to team, group, or organisational level
My boss wants to set me an OKR on revenue growth. Is this right?
Revenue growth is the ultimate vanity metric. It’s lagging and measures an output, not an outcome. That’s why it’s a terrible choice of OKR.
PRODUCTHEAD: Everyone needs coaching
» Coaching allows you to leap ahead — it doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you
» Active listening helps you restrain the urge to jump in early with a solution
» Performance management is retrospective; performance development looks forward
» A lack of clear goals and simplistic evaluation are ways performance management goes wrong
Open, honest and always improving
In government, product is borne out of transparency, quite a lot of cake and a fanatical desire to serve the needs of users. Video and slides!
62: How to measure product manager performance
A real-life case study for measuring the performance of a team of product managers, with examples to download
Link of the day: Agile Product Ownership in a nutshell
If you’ve got 15 minutes handy, here’s an engaging and useful overview of Agile Product Ownership by Henrik Kniberg over on Crisp’s Blog.
21: Seven KPIs for customer insight
Knowledge is power for product managers, but you have to gather and interpret the right metrics. Here are seven suggested KPIs that you can use to expand your customer insight and to drive better performance.
20: Leave work when you’re meant to
Here’s how to sleep more soundly at night and avoid setting unrealistic expectations about how much you can get done in a given amount of time
