Leadership Guides
Practical frameworks for the leadership challenges that don't have obvious answers
I write guides sparingly. Three criteria have to align before I commit something to paper, and when they do, I write it up (assuming I can find the time, which is its own challenge). Not because my perspective is the only valid one, but because pattern recognition across 100+ reveals which challenges matter most and which solutions actually work in practice. The three criteria are:
Frequent Topic
When I hear the same challenges from multiple clients across different companies, that's a signal the issue is universal enough to deserve a written guide.
Stabilized Advice
Once I'm giving roughly the same guidance 80% of the time (with only contextual variations), the pattern has become clear enough to document.
Proven Results
I need to see results across multiple clients before committing advice to a guide. These are battle-tested strategies, not theoretical frameworks.
These guides, like all advice, are best when considered deeply but not followed blindly. Your situation is unique—your team, your company, your specific challenges. Use these frameworks as starting points for thinking through your own context, not as rigid checklists to execute without adaptation.
Available Guides
Navigating Your First 90 Days
Every new role makes you a beginner again. This guide helps new product leaders avoid the mistakes that matter most during their critical first three months—whether you're new to the company, new to leadership, or new to owning product.
The Three Dysfunctions That Kill 1:1s
Most 1:1s feel like organizational theater: draining, unproductive, and somehow still taking up hours of your week. This guide identifies the three patterns that break these meetings and shows you how to fix them. The diagnostic framework works whether you're managing up, managing down, or managing across to peers.
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These guides are free. They're part of how I think about leadership coaching: providing value first, building relationships through substance rather than sales pitches. Consider them deeply, adapt them to your reality, and if you want help thinking through how they apply to your specific situation, you'll know where to find me.