Using 360 Feedback to Identify Blind Spots and Grow as a Leader While 360 feedback is a powerful tool for identifying blind spots and increasing self-awareness, it can be overwhelming to receive raw feedback without any context or guidance for interpretation. When that happens — and it often does —…

In my French lesson this morning, I learned that the word “réseau” means “network.” Giles, my teacher, used examples like telephone network and computer network to provide some context. My mind immediately went to networking — like what we do here, or more and more these days, in real life…

Product leaders face uncertain and ambiguous decisions every day. To list just a few: Is this the right person to hire? When is the right time to scale my teams? What is the best way to share with my team news of unexpected changes in the organisation? Have we over-or…

I feel like I’m sitting right in the middle of a few frenzied spaces: product management, leadership and coaching. Every day I browse Twitter and LinkedIn, I see more people identifying themselves as product coaches, or getting in touch to ask how they too can start their own coaching business. …

My older brother recently passed away. It was very sudden and unexpected. As I ride the waves of grief over the past several days, I’ve started to think about all the memories and stories from growing up with someone who I consider a remarkable human. (Albeit growing up, I thought…

Find out by taking a look at your Sphere of Influence Originally published at https://www.kateleto.com on December 6, 2023. Illustration by artinker.com for Kate Leto In a recent coaching session, a director of product was telling me about the re-org that her organisation was going through. Again. It was the third re-org that had taken place in as many months. Not…

I’m often asked what is the most important skill as a product management leader. My response: self-awareness. Most people are really surprised at my answer. I think they might be expecting something more like a good strategic mind or someone who has a strong grasp on the customer, the numbers…

How a retro of past work helped me shape my new year After closing the workshop outline from 2018, I opened a document from last summer that was a retro for my first six months of 2022, capturing insights and patterns from client session along with my own personal reflections and client feedback. I found that the essence of the four points…

My older brother recently passed away. It was very sudden and unexpected. As I ride the waves of grief over the past several days, I’ve started to think about all the memories and stories from growing up with someone who I consider a remarkable human. (Albeit growing up, I thought…