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Leading a Multi-Generational Product Team
Navigating a team with diverse generations offers challenges and opportunities. Baby Boomers prefer in-person meetings, while Millennials and Gen Z favor digital communication and remote work. Listen to the live session "How to Lead Multi-Generational Teams" to discover strategies that enhance intergenerational learning and collaboration, boost productivity, and leverage generational diversity. We also examine real-life case studies.
Turning Stress into Success with Diana Stepner - Productized 24 TalkInTen
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Managing Micro-Stress: How to handle the subtle, ongoing stresses that silently undermine productivity.
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Boosting Team Dynamics: Learn how to create a collaborative, high-performing team that drives tangible results.
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Improving Personal Well-Being: Practical tips to help you lead with clarity and balance, no matter the challenges.
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If you’re frustrated with your team’s lack of momentum, this episode is packed with actionable strategies to help you breakthrough.
People-first product leadership for higher performing teams – with Diana Stepner
Podcast discussing how product leaders can create more effective teams by using a people-first leadership approach. The approach to product leadership empowers individuals, fosters collaboration, and connects with people in an authentic way. Diana also is a product leadership instructor on Maven and has held leadership and advisor product positions.
In this session, we explore how to refine and evolve your product sense in complex, rapidly changing environments such as we are facing today with AI and LLMs.
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Master techniques to keep your product sense sharp and relevant in fast-evolving markets and technologies
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Learn how to apply product sense in regulated industries or when direct customer access is limited
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Discover methods to blend customer empathy, market trends, and emerging tech for product sense breakthroughs
Join Diana Stepner at the Productized Conference 2024 as she dives into the often-overlooked stressors of product management. In this engaging talk, Diana shares her personal journey and the techniques she's discovered to effectively manage stress in a high-pressure role.
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Recognize Micro-Stresses: Acknowledge the small, accumulating stresses that can impact your well-being and performance.
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Empower Your Team: Create an environment where team members feel safe to share, fostering collaboration and support.
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Promote Psychological Safety: Cultivate a culture where mistakes are learning opportunities, enhancing morale and innovation.
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Iterate and Adapt: Continuously evaluate stress management techniques and be open to making adjustments.
Inspiring audiences to drive real change
The Toronto Sun article from October 2, 2024, covers two key topics: the challenges facing Canadian small businesses and the debate over return-to-office mandates. Amazon and other companies are mandating office returns, citing collaboration as a benefit.
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However, Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, CEO of Disaster Avoidance Experts, argues that hybrid and remote work enhance productivity, reduce stress, and improve work-life balance.
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Diana Stepner emphasizes that a healthy work culture should prioritize respect and well-being, regardless of work location. She advocates for hybrid models that balance autonomy and meaningful in-person interactions, shifting focus from mere presence to a culture-first approach that values employees.