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…the standard of any human group is set by the performance of the leaders.

If you become the default tool in a field or for a particular type of user, you can often maintain market leadership even if your competition produces a technically superior product.

…there are two important things for you as product leader to keep in mind as you embark on a transformation: First, you have as much ownership as you have credibility; and second, part of your job as a product leader is to change hearts and minds.

Coming up with an effective team topology is one of the most difficult, but most important, responsibilities for product leaders, especially at scale.

It takes strong leaders to be self-confident and secure enough to truly empower the people who work for them and to stand back and let teams take credit for their successes.

No organization has ever undergone dramatic and comprehensive change without someone somewhere, softly or in a loud voice, taking the lead.

For a crisis to be useful, leadership and knowledge must lead to decisive action on the tough issues of excess assets, wrong locations, and excess people.

…women who don’t advocate for themselves at all are not seen as competent leaders.

…brilliant women feature others’ ideas to sidestep claiming their own thought leadership.

Charismatic leaders in creative industries not only control membership and resources but also inspire, shape, goad, and cajole.