Syllabus | Notion

Role of a Product Leader: Understanding the distinctions between Individual Contributor (IC) and Product Leader roles, including responsibilities and impacts.
- difference in responsibilities
- differences in the outcomes
- changes in mindset
How your work impacts business outcomes
- type of business goals and how product work affects them
- tools to map your work to business outcomes
Key product leadership skills:
- the difference in skillset between individual contributor and leader
- behavioural examples and anti-examples for key leadership skills
- framework for skills assessment

✍️ Practical assignments:

For each assignment, we will provide you with the guidance, examples and frameworks that can help you:

map your company goals, your manager’s goals and your current goals.
write down your outcomes for the past 6 months (12 months for bigger organisations) and evaluate their impact and visibility (we will provide you with the framework)
do a self-assessment of your current skillset

Introduction to Product Strategy
- vision vs strategy vs roadmap vs tactics
- connecting product strategy to company strategy
- tools and frameworks that can be used to write down Product Strategy, pros and cos of different frameworks depending on the situation
- Examples and anti-examples of product strategies from various industries.
Building Product Strategy as a Non-Leader
- how can you influence product strategy without responsibility for it
- what can you do if leadership doesn’t provide a good product strategy
Stakeholder Identification and Management
- Mapping and categorising stakeholders
- Strategies for managing expectations and communications with diverse stakeholders
- communication styles and tailoring your messaging to senior leadership (C-level)

✍️ Practical assignments:

For each assignment, we will provide you with the guidance, examples and frameworks that can help you: