Product Therapy Coaching Product Leadership with Shreyas Doshi | Understanding the Role and Hiring the Right Fit
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Aug 21, 2025 
Shreyas Doshi, a product leader and coach with experience at major tech companies, joins to share his insights on product leadership. He discusses how many product issues actually stem from leadership problems, emphasizing accountability and proactive mindsets. Listeners learn about three archetypes of product leaders and why hiring based on company stage is crucial. Shreyas provides tips on asking the right questions during the hiring process and highlights the importance of intentional recruitment strategies for better team dynamics.
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Leadership Solves Most Product Problems
- Shreyas argues most product problems are leadership problems because leaders must provide context, shape culture, and coach teams.
- If a leader feels responsible, they must own or escalate issues until solved or adapt despite constraints.
Responsibility Is Permissionless
- Leadership means feeling responsible for outcomes even when you cannot directly control every function.
- Responsibility is permissionless and changes a leader's priorities and behaviors immediately.
What A Product Leader Actually Does
- Shreyas defines PM leadership as making successful products via others and building self-managing teams.
- Core tasks include creating clarity, editing product ideas, meta-execution, and PM coaching.