Stephanie Leue, CPO at Doodle, discusses developing high-performing product teams, emphasizing the importance of people, process, and purpose in driving team success. The podcast explores optimizing team performance through clear processes and empowering teams for collective excellence, highlighting strategies for employee development and team empowerment.

#20: In this episode, Axel chats with Ravi Mehta, the Co-Founder and CEO of Outpace, a company that is reinventing the way that people learn and grow. We cover a range of topics across strategy, leadership and team growth. Axel invites Ravi to dive deeper on goal setting, the challenges posed by OKRs and how to use the NCT framework to set better goals.Prior to founding Outpace, Ravi was an Executive-in-Residence at Reforge where he helped create the Product Leadership program and helped launch the Product Strategy program.Ravi was the Chief Product Officer at Tinder, a Product Director at Facebook focused on Gen Z Engagement, and the Head of Consumer Product at TripAdvisor. He started his career at Microsoft, where he was an early member of the Xbox team focused on Xbox Live.Where to find RaviLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravimehta/Website: https://www.ravi-mehta.com/Where to find AxelLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/axelsooriah/About PanashWe provide training and coaching programs to help product professionals unlock their true potential and become high performers.You can learn more about our programs here: https://www.panash.io/Our blog contains articles and free resources on key topics for product managers and leaders.Check it out here: https://collection.panash.io/Referenced in this episodeTED Talk - Why the secret to success is setting the right goals by John Doerr: https://www.ted.com/talks/john_doerr_why_the_secret_to_success_is_setting_the_right_goals?language=enThe Score Takes Care of Itself by Bill Walsh: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6342995-the-score-takes-care-of-itselfSetting better goals with NCTs: https://www.reforge.com/blog/set-better-goals-with-ncts-not-okrsThe Creative Act by Tick Rubin: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717356/the-creative-act-by-rick-rubin/The SShow notes and highlights(01:51) Ravi's background(05:29) Outpace's ideal customer profile and value proposition(08:25) Ravi's view on how product leaders can balance their time between management & coaching(10:50) Overview of Ravi's Product Strategy Stack(14:32) Don't be too distracted by nailing both Mission and Vision statements(16:18) Goal setting and challenges OKRs can pose(19:17) Narratives, Commitments and Tasks - a framework for goal setting(22:27) How can teams chart a path towards progress with different goal types(27:14) What traits Ravi hires for(29:20) What were great candidates lacking when they weren't hired (31:24) Biggest challenge Ravi had to solve for at Tinder(34:49) Can leaders get coached too?(37:28) Biggest challenge Ravi is addressing at Outpace(39:55) Question from the Panash community(43:28) Ravi's Treasure Chest───For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, please reach out to podcast@panash.ioMentioned in this episode:Elevate your product careerDo you feel stuck, not knowing how to tackle a problem? Are you looking for a solution to help your team members grow in their craft? Either way, check out www.panash.io Panash works with product leaders to bring expert insights and proven frameworks you can use to truly deliver impact in your role. Companies like Atlassian, Contentsquare and Mirakl ALL choose Panash to provide the right level of training and coaching to their product teams, so they can perform at their best. Whether you’re a product leader or an individual contributor: head to www.panash.io, book a seat to one of our many programs and raise your product game today. Check out https://www.panash.io. Panash

#17: In this episode, Axel chats with Rhiannon White, who's CPO at Clue, a female-founded, female-led period tracking and reproductive health app for women and people with cycles worldwide. We cover the topic of driving product based on business and product outcomes, the importance of having a strong understanding of business model and how to leverage financial understanding to drive decision-making for growth.Rhiannon has a wide range of experience from multiple industries across the globe. After four years working in politics, becoming Director of Communications and Research for former New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, she then went on to work in the media field for companies including the BBC in London and Shazam in Silicon Valley, and more recently was the Chief Product Officer for Vend where she was part of the team that led the exit.Where to find RhiannonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhiannon-white-5422a111Where to find AxelLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/axelsooriah/About PanashWe provide training and coaching programs to help product professionals unlock their true potential and become high performers.You can learn more about our programs here: https://www.panash.io/Our blog contains articles and free resources on key topics for product managers and leaders.Check it out here: https://collection.panash.io/Referenced in this episodeInspired by Marty Cagan: https://www.svpg.com/books/inspired-how-to-create-tech-products-customers-love-2nd-edition/Atomic Habits by James Clear: https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habitsThe Pyramid Principle by Barbara Minto: https://www.barbaraminto.com/concept.htmlOf Strategies, Deliberate and Emergent by Henry Mintzberg: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2486186McKinsey's Structure Performance Model: https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/enduring-ideas-the-scp-framework7 rules of power by Jeffrey Pfeffer: https://jeffreypfeffer.com/Susan Colantuono on Career advice and Leadership: https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_colantuono_the_career_advice_you_probably_didn_t_get/transcriptShow notes and highlights(01:38) Rhiannon's background(05:25) Vend's exit from the perspective of product(07:08) You need to have a BFF in Finance(10:03) How do you evaluate product folks have the right skills(12:22) How does clarity on business outcomes help in solving the right problems(17:43) Do you align squads with product outcomes and if so, how?(21:13) P&L is revealed strategy(23:47) Rhiannon's learnings from working at Shazam, in the Valley(27:40) You're not bringing enough insight(34:05) Influence = engagement + gravitas(35:30) The half-life of trust(43:08) The dirty secret of management(46:20) Rhiannon's Treasure Chest───For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, please reach out to podcast@panash.io

Rico Surridge, Chief Product & Technology Officer at Which? Ltd, discusses transformation in a 65-year-old organization and shares his recipe for success. He talks about his role across product and engineering, the importance of involving executives in transformation, and the significance of OKRs for focus and alignment. Rico also highlights the evolution of product management and the importance of seeking guidance from industry experts.

#16: In this episode, Airbase's VP Product, Krishna Panicker, sits down with Axel to talk about the importance of focus for product managers and teams. Krish is a seasoned product manager with a career spanning over 20 years. He has a passion for building teams that drive growth and deliver consumer-grade experiences, as well as a deep curiosity for what drives demand. Previously Krish led the product team at Pipedrive and started his career at Skype before the acquisition by Microsoft. Post acquisition, his role grew to look after Skype and Skype for Business.Krish is also a prominent speaker at conferences (Mind The Product, ProductCon).Where to find KrishLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krishnapanicker/Where to find AxelLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/axelsooriah/About PanashWe provide training and coaching programs to help product professionals unlock their true potential and become high performers.You can learn more about our programs here: https://www.panash.io/Our blog contains articles and free resources on key topics for product managers and leaders.Check it out here: https://collection.panash.io/Referenced in this episode:Krish's talk about Value Stacking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0l9-EGCHm0Krish on Know Thy Competition: https://youtu.be/sF6e4n_YkxQ?t=2957The 4 big risks framework: https://www.svpg.com/four-big-risks/Show notes and highlights(01:21) Krish's background(05:35) What is value stacking(06:56) Krish declares PM Bankruptcy(07:53) Let some fires burn 🔥 🔥 🔥(09:27) Noise is a function of number of touchpoints(13:01) How do we focus when 70% of initiatives fail(15:12) Unfailing your way to success(16:23) The 4 Risks framework(20:41) Using Product reviews to front-load the pain(24:25) Division of labour, accountability and ownership(27:37) Using product reviews to identify and tackle risks(35:12) Creating psychological safety(6:27) Having a lot of jabs instead of the disease(38:46) Krish's Treasure Chest───For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, please reach out to podcast@panash.ioMentioned in this episode:Elevate your product careerDo you feel stuck, not knowing how to tackle a problem? Are you looking for a solution to help your team members grow in their craft? Either way, check out www.panash.io Panash works with product leaders to bring expert insights and proven frameworks you can use to truly deliver impact in your role. Companies like Atlassian, Contentsquare and Mirakl ALL choose Panash to provide the right level of training and coaching to their product teams, so they can perform at their best. Whether you’re a product leader or an individual contributor: head to www.panash.io, book a seat to one of our many programs and raise your product game today. Check out https://www.panash.io. Panash

#14: Tobias Dickmeis, CPO and co-founder at Tandem, sits down with Axel to talk about the journey of building Tandem, a language exchange app with over 20 million registered users.In this episode, we talk about Founder-Product fit, the challenges of acquisition and network effects in the context of a B2C app. We also touch on the tenets of community building and experimentation opportunities with a large user base.Where to find TobiasLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dickmeis/Where to find AxelLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/axelsooriah/About PanashWe provide training and coaching programs to help product professionals unlock their true potential and become high performers.You can learn more about our programs here: https://www.panash.io/Our blog contains articles and free resources on key topics for product managers and leaders.Check it out here: https://collection.panash.io/Referenced in this episodeTandem language learning: https://www.tandem.net/Silicon Valley Product Group: https://www.svpg.com/Reforge blog: https://www.reforge.com/blogPolyglot conference: https://polyglotconference.com/Stratechery by Ben Thompson: https://stratechery.com/Brighteye VC: https://www.brighteyevc.com/contentShow notes and highlights(01:27) Tobias' background(02:28) Tandem's origin story(05:26) Building a 20M strong community(06:47) Nailing paid marketing is not easy (07:30) Founder-Product Fit(09:22) The flipping moment for Tandem(12:07) Network effects and growth(13:17) How does Tandem make money(14:04) Language learning insights from Tandem(16:59) Tandem's biggest product challenge(19:15) How Tandem is planning to address this challenge(21:17) How to build for a diverse group of users globally(23:09) Leveraging user base for experimentation(26:38) How is Tandem organised internally(27:30) Tobias' Treasure ChestMentioned in this episode:Elevate your product careerDo you feel stuck, not knowing how to tackle a problem? Are you looking for a solution to help your team members grow in their craft? Either way, check out www.panash.io Panash works with product leaders to bring expert insights and proven frameworks you can use to truly deliver impact in your role. Companies like Atlassian, Contentsquare and Mirakl ALL choose Panash to provide the right level of training and coaching to their product teams, so they can perform at their best. Whether you’re a product leader or an individual contributor: head to www.panash.io, book a seat to one of our many programs and raise your product game today. Check out https://www.panash.io. Panash

#15: In this episode, we're trilled to host Floriane Gramlich who is CPO at Zalando Payments. Floriane is passionate about treating everything as a product, including her own career. She is dedicated to investing in product management and helping others improve in their craft.Floriane has a keen interest in narratives and writing papers and is trying to get better at it. We touch on the importance of PRFAQs and how they can help product managers in thinking through the problems they're trying to solve. We talk about leading, scaling and building teams. Besides her role at Zalando, Floriane also mentors product people, mostly women, to help them grow in their career. She sees her role as a product leader as embodying the role of a multiplicator by mentoring and sharing her knowledge. She talks about the hard skills and soft skills involved in product management, and how she helps others to learn and improve in both areas.Where to find FlorianeLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/florianegramlich/Where to find AxelLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/axelsooriah/About PanashWe provide training and coaching programs to help product professionals unlock their true potential and become high performers.You can learn more about our programs here: https://www.panash.io/Our blog contains articles and free resources on key topics for product managers and leaders.Check it out here: https://collection.panash.io/Referenced in this episode:Working backwards: https://www.workingbackwards.com/PRFAQs: https://www.svpg.com/example-prfaq/Clifton Strength Test: https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/286556/ndys.aspxManager ReadMe: https://managerreadme.com/Inspired: https://www.svpg.com/books/inspired-how-to-create-tech-products-customers-love-2nd-edition/Empowered: https://www.svpg.com/books/empowered-ordinary-people-extraordinary-products/Show notes and highlights(01:59) Floriane's background(03:10) What does "being a multiplicator" mean?(04:18) The 2 dimensions of being a multiplicator(06:17) Floriane's take on what "better" Product Managers look like(07:44) The importance of writing skills as a product person(12:40) Should PMs be specialists or swiss knives?(20:09) Different leadership styles for Product Mangers(23:43) Craft skills & Human skills (Hard skills & Soft skills)(25:13) Using data to make sense of the world(28:20) Becoming best friends with your BI & Analytics team(34:38) The art (or science) of Prioritization(37:45) Treat yourself as a product(39:22) Floriane is a big fan of coaching(45:10) Floriane's view of how a PM can look for their next job(51:07) Floriane's Treasure Chest───For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, please reach out to podcast@panash.io

#13: In this episode, Axel chats with Francesca Cortesi, the CPO of Hemnet, one of the world’s most popular property portals and one of Sweden’s most beloved products. Through her career, she contributed to building some amazing digital products: from a global community for girls to express their creativity, to e-commerce platforms, a two-sided marketplace in its expansion phase, and a startup in the sustainability space. Francesca shares the story of how she seized the opportunity of becoming the CPO of Hemnet, what were the levers she used to make that move possible. We cover the foundations of a product transformation and how to create a movement in the organisation. She also shares her experience working with teams and providing clarity on goals, supporting their growth and progression.Where to find FrancescaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesca-cortesi/Website: https://www.francescacortesi.com/Where to find AxelLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/axelsooriah/About PanashWe provide training and coaching programs to help product professionals unlock their true potential and become high performers.You can learn more about our programs here: https://www.panash.io/Our blog contains articles and free resources on key topics for product managers and leaders.Check it out here: https://collection.panash.io/Referenced in this episodeHemnet: https://www.hemnet.se/Inspired by Marty Cagan: https://www.svpg.com/books/inspired-how-to-create-tech-products-customers-love-2nd-editionShow notes and highlights(01:39) Francesca's background(04:24) About Hemnet, Sweden's #1 housing marketplace(10:11) Early transformation post acquisition by Private Equity(15:45) Importance of getting buy-in from C-Suite(23:55) Creating an environment for the product team to thrive(28:23) Supporting the growth and progression of PMs(33:16) Giving clarity to teams and setting goals(34:56) Transposing business outcomes into product outcomes(40:03) The danger in copy/pasting frameworks out of context(41:37) Francesca's Treasure Chest

#12: In this episode, we are joined by Andre, a product and design leader at Kitch. Andre has a unique experience, starting his career at Google but now focusing on early-stage product management. He talks about the different profiles of product managers, the skills needed to thrive in each bucket, and how to hire for the early-stage product managers. Andre also shares his experiences from One Month PM and discusses the concept of the T-shaped person. With Andre's insights, listeners will gain more clarity on the product management journey and learn valuable tools for succeeding in both zero to one and one to end product management.Where to find AndreLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-albuquerque/Website: https://www.andrealbuquerque.com/Where to find AxelLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/axelsooriah/About PanashWe provide training and coaching programs to help product professionals unlock their true potential and become high performers.You can learn more about our programs here: https://www.panash.io/Our blog contains articles and free resources on key topics for product managers and leaders.Check it out here: https://collection.panash.io/Referenced in the show:Product Manager Hats: https://www.productboard.com/blog/the-many-hats-of-product-managers/One Month PM: https://onemonthpm.com/Show notes and highlights(01:31) Andre's background (02:45) One Month PM (05:12) Being a builder(07:41) 2 categories of PMs / 0-1 and 1-n(17:05) What is lacking in candidates who are not getting hired(20:31) Product Managers have to wear the mayor hat(24:19) How do you use your influence capital as a PM(28:28) Andre's biggest challenges as a Product Leader(35:15) Andre's Treasure Chest───For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, please reach out to podcast@panash.ioMentioned in this episode:Elevate your product careerDo you feel stuck, not knowing how to tackle a problem? Are you looking for a solution to help your team members grow in their craft? Either way, check out www.panash.io Panash works with product leaders to bring expert insights and proven frameworks you can use to truly deliver impact in your role. Companies like Atlassian, Contentsquare and Mirakl ALL choose Panash to provide the right level of training and coaching to their product teams, so they can perform at their best. Whether you’re a product leader or an individual contributor: head to www.panash.io, book a seat to one of our many programs and raise your product game today. Check out https://www.panash.io. Panash

Alex Lüke, Chief Product Officer at AnyBill, talks about transforming the digital receipts landscape. She discusses identifying opportunities, decision-making with insights, and prioritizing initiatives as an early-stage B2B business. They explore how receipt digitization opens up new opportunities and the importance of testing at an early stage.