What is your CEO thinking? - Joe Leech (Coach to CEOs)

The Product Experience

In our latest episode, Joe Leech, a seasoned coach with a background in tech, user experience, and product management, provides an insider's look at the unique challenges and transitions faced by different types of CEOs, and how product teams can work better with the C-suite.

Featured Links: Follow Joe on LinkedIn | Joe's website | 'Managing Change' - Joe's previous podcast episode with The Product Experience

Our Hosts
Lily Smith enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. She’s currently Chief Product Officer at BBC Maestro, and has spent 13 years in the tech industry working with startups in the SaaS and mobile space. She’s worked on a diverse range of products – leading the product teams through discovery, prototyping, testing and delivery. Lily also founded ProductTank Bristol and runs ProductCamp in Bristol and Bath.

Randy Silver is a Leadership & Product Coach and Consultant. He gets teams unstuck, helping you to supercharge your results. Randy's held interim CPO and Leadership roles at scale-ups and SMEs, advised start-ups, and been Head of Product at HSBC and Sainsbury’s. He participated in Silicon Valley Product Group’s Coaching the Coaches forum, and speaks frequently at conferences and events. You can join one of communities he runs for CPOs (CPO Circles), Product Managers (Product In the {A}ether) and Product Coaches. He’s the author of What Do We Do Now? A Product Manager’s Guide to Strategy in the Time of COVID-19. A recovering music journalist and editor, Randy also launched Amazon’s music stores in the US & UK.

Chapter

1. Understanding CEO Challenges and Transitions (00:00:00)

2. Navigating CEO Challenges and Transitions (00:07:44)

3. The Loneliness of Leadership (00:16:38)

4. Developing CEO-Product Team Alignment (00:21:23)

5. Transitioning to CEO Leadership Challenges (00:30:03)

6. Inviting Guests to Product Experience Podcast (00:34:25)