Leadership Professional Development

Topics Covered:

• Why the Product at Heart leadership event in Barcelona was canceled—and what it taught us
• The hidden stigma of coaching for leaders
• Vulnerability as a leadership skill
• The Learning Menu framework: how to invest in your development at any budget level
• From free resources to high-ticket coaching—how to choose the right growth path
• Reflection, journaling, and emotional resilience in product leadership
• The importance of finding your learning “dojo”
• How conferences offer more than just talks (think: peer benchmarking and teaching tactics)
• Ethical coaching boundaries and what happens when coaching reveals misalignment

Resources & Links:

• Follow Teresa Torres: https://ProductTalk.org
• Follow Petra Wille: https://Petra-Wille.com

Mentioned in the episode:

• Product at Heart
• Product Talk Academy - Teresa’s Product Discovery Courses
• Coaching for Product Leaders/Executives with Petra Wille
• Behind the founder: Drew Houston (Dropbox) - Lenny Rachitsky’s podcast episode with Drew Houston
• How the “Learning Menu” Concept Can Help Develop Your Product Team - Petra’s Learning Menu article
• Harvard Business Review
• Meetup
• Product Talk Blog - Teresa’s blog
• Product Leadership Blog - Petra’s blog
• Product Talk Academy Free Mini Courses - Teresa’s free mini-course
• Continuous Discovery Habits Membership - Teresa’s community for continuous discovery practitioners and features monthly leadership calls.
• Quarterly Leadership Newsletter with Petra
• Continuous Discovery Habits - Teresa’s book
• STRONG Product People and STRONG Product Communities - Petra’s books
• Workshops by David Bland and Jeff Gothelf
• Maven Learning’s Lightning Lessons
• Toastmasters International
• Christina Wodtke’s book Present Yourself
• Finding Your Learning Headline - from Petra’s blog post