Yeah! You are one of the readers of the book STRONG product people. So happy that you are interested in the further readings section of the book. To keep the links working as long as possible, I've decided to put them on the website and not into the book directly - it's hard to change a book once printed :-) And if you haven't read the book and just stumbled upon this page: STRONG product people is a book for all product leaders out there who want to up their people development game. So if you are managing product managers here's some more context and information on what I'm talking about.

Chapter 1

Further reading

• [1-1] The “Next bigger challenge” assessment is available for download here:
  https://www.strongproductpeople.com/pmwheel
• [1-2] 10 Top Tips from Product’s Finest Leaders—Imogen Johnson:
  https://www.mindtheproduct.com/10-top-tips-from-products-finest-leaders/
• [1-3] What Do Product Managers Want from Their Bosses?
  https://www.mindtheproduct.com/what-do-product-managers-want-from-their-bosses/

Chapter 3

Further reading

• [3-1] Martin Eriksson—an oldie but goodie:
  https://www.mindtheproduct.com/what-exactly-is-a-product-manager/
• [3-2] Behind every great product—Marty Cagan:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0KJlYe2Rjk
• [3-3] Good Product Manager, Bad Product Manager—Ben Horowitz:
  https://a16z.com/2012/06/15/good-product-managerbad-product-manager/
• [3-4] Jeff Patton—Product management in an agile environment:
  https://vimeo.com/273906531
• [3-5] The Role of the PO—Henrik Kniberg:
  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW0cG4zyFG8oKAlOom4KonQ
• [3-6] 15 things you should know about product people:
  https://medium.com/@johnpcutler/15-things-you-should-know-about-product-managers-f488513d246
• [3-7] The evolving product management role:
  https://medium.com/the-creative-founder/the-evolving-product-manager-role-6f288bbc3cda

Books:

• INSPIRED by Marty Cagan
• Product Management in Practice by Matt LeMay

Chapter 4

Further reading

Learning from other companies:

• [4-1] How We Developed a Talent Growth Plan at Almundo:
  https://www.mindtheproduct.com/how-we-developed-a-talent-growth-plan-at-almundo/

Other PM skill models:

• [4-2] The PM Daisy:
  https://medium.com/pminsider/are-you-the-product-manager-you-really-want-to-be-7bc0148c1bb9
• [4-3] Marty Cagan’s PM assessment:
  https://svpg.com/developing-strong-product-managers/
• [4-4] Shaun Russell’s adaptation of the Spotify model:
  http://shaunrussell.me/assessment

Key PM personality traits:

• [4-5] Ten Traits of Good Product Managers:
  https://medium.com/pminsider/ten-traits-of-good-product-managers-274937fbba86
• [4-6] 638 Personality Traits:
  http://ideonomy.mit.edu/essays/traits.html

Books:

• FYI: For Your Improvement 5th Edition by Michael Lombardo and Robert Eichinger

Chapter 5

Further reading

On having a healthy attitude toward work:

• [5-1] Fire the workaholics by David Heinemeier Hansson:
  https://signalvnoise.com/posts/902-fire-the-workaholics

Personal growth:

• [5-2] To increase your self-control, start by shifting your mental state in order to “see” certain tasks as less effortful. Indeed, studies suggest that, by mentally framing a task as amusing or beneficial, we can reduce our perceived effort.
  https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/ritual-and-the-brain/201806/you-have-more-control-over-your-self-control-you-think

What makes a great boss:

• [5-3] A talk worth watching on reasons for burnout and a personal story on how you can cope with it by Cate Huston:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqSQbS7rltU
• [5-4] Amazon’s Leadership Principles:
  https://www.amazon.jobs/en/principles

Coaching and mentoring:

• [5-5] How to find and keep a mentor by Gibson Biddle:
  https://twitter.com/gibsonbiddle/status/1258038802494316544

Chapter 6

Further reading

• [6-1] Why it’s relevant and meaningful for PMs to learn something new:
  https://entrepreneurhandbook.co.uk/7-key-intrinsic-motivational-drivers-of-employees/
• [6-2] A bias that comes into play if you want to work with people on their personality: the Kruger-Dunning effect:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

On the cost of tolerating underperforming employees in your organization:

• [6-3] Robert Half International, News Releases, Survey: Managers Spend Nearly One Day a Week Managing Poor Performers
  http://rh-us.mediaroom.com/2012-11-08-Survey-Managers-Spend-Nearly-One-Day-a-Week-Managing-Poor-Performers
• [6-4] Society of Human Resource Management, HR Magazine: One Bad Apple
  https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/news/hr-magazine/Pages/1204agenda_training.aspx
• [6-5] The Wall Street Journal: How a Few Bad Apples Ruin Everything
  https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203499704576622550325233260

If you like the idea of the future self, vision writing might be something else you could try:

• [6-6] https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/personal-vision-statement
• [6-7] https://mentoringgroup.com/personal-vision-statement.html

Chapter 7

Further reading

• [7-1] People from all around the world sharing their favorite coaching questions:
  https://boxofcrayons.com/category/best-question/
• [7-2] Brandon Chu on managing and developing PMs:
  https://blackboxofpm.com/managing-and-developing-product-managers-2f9a3963fab6
• [7-3] The GROW Model (coaching framework):
  https://www.performanceconsultants.com/grow-model
• [7-4] Become a better listener:
  https://www.fastcompany.com/3068959/6-ways-to-become-a-better-listener
• [7-5] The leader as a coach:
  https://hbr.org/2019/11/the-leader-as-coach

On 1:1s:

• [7-6] Marty Cagan on 1:1s:
  https://svpg.com/coaching-tools-the-one-on-one/
• [7-7] Ben Horowitz on 1:1s:
  https://a16z.com/2012/08/30/one-on-one/
• [7-8] Marc Abraham on 1:1s:
  https://medium.com/@maa1/my-product-management-toolkit-35-effective-one-on-one-meetings-93c1ed32cd89

Books:

• The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier
• Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go by Beverly Kaye and Julie Winkle Giulioni
• Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle
• Empowered by Marty Cagan
• Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg
• The Team That Managed Itself by Christina Wodtke
• Banish Your Inner Critic by Denise Jacobs

Chapter 8

Further reading

• [8-1] Situation-Behavior-Impact (SBI) feedback tool:
  https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/situation-behavior-impact-feedback.htm
• [8-2] Joshua Howard has written a lot about engineering role expectations—his “There Is No Them” blog contains many tips on how to make sure employees know what the expectations are:
  https://thereisnothem.wordpress.com/
• [8-3] If you have to discipline or let an employee go, this article presents many alternative approaches:
  https://hr.berkeley.edu/hr-network/central-guide-managing-hr/managing-hr/er-labor/disciplinary/alternatives
• [8-4] Jeff Gothelf wrote this excellent article on psychological safety: Without Psychological Safety There Is No Learning and There Is No Agility:
  https://jeffgothelf.com/blog/without-psychological-safety-there-is-no-learning-and-there-is-no-agility/
• [8-5] This article on psychological safety by Laura Delizonna has good advice on how to create it: High-Performing Teams Need Psychological Safety. Here’s How to Create It:
  https://hbr.org/2017/08/high-performing-teams-need-psychological-safety-heres-how-to-create-it

Books:

• Radical Candor by Kim Scott (or watch her video: https://youtu.be/f-Tcr0T9Tyw)
• The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo
• The Team That Managed Itself by Christina Wodtke

Chapter 9

Further reading

• [9-1] PayPal CEO Dan Schulman on how his company closed its pay gap:
  https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/21/paypal-ceo-dan-schulman-on-exactly-how-the-company-closed-its-pay-gap.html
• [9-2] How you can ensure your workers are not just surviving, but thriving:
  https://ideas.ted.com/how-can-you-ensure-your-workers-are-not-just-surviving-but-thriving-a-ceo-shares-a-new-approach/

Books:

• Illuminate by Nancy Duarte and Patti Sanchez—a book that shines a new light on managing and motivating people through speeches, ceremonies, stories, and symbols:
  https://www.duarte.com/illuminate/

Chapter 10

Further reading

• [10-1] Arne Kittler on Clarity in Collaboration:
  https://youtu.be/T5Ta6TJtQKs
• [10-2] Auftragsklärung website:
  https://auftragsklaerung.com/
• [10-3] Collaborative Alignment for Product Managers:
  https://medium.com/@ArneKittler/collaborative-alignment-for-product-managers-53d5aba59731
• [10-4] Henrik Kniberg on “Spotify Rhythm—How We Get Aligned:
  https://blog.crisp.se/2016/06/08/henrikkniberg/spotify-rhythm
• [10-5] Janice Fraser on how to assess team buy-in:
  https://www.mindtheproduct.com/uncovering-the-truth-by-janice-fraser/

Books:

• The Art of Action by Stephen Bungay

Chapter 11

Further reading

Books:

• The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
• Mindsight by Daniel Siegel
• Immunity to Change by Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey
• The Dip by Seth Godin

Chapter 13

Further reading

• [13-1] Natalie Fratto on why adaptability is important:
  https://www.ted.com/talks/natalie_fratto_3_ways_to_measure_your_adaptability_and_how_to_improve_it
• [13-2] The Challenges of Product Manager Incentive Compensation:
  http://developmentcorporate.com/2019/06/03/the-challenges-of-product-manager-incentive-compensation/
• [13-3] The Product Science Podcast: The Lea Hickman Hypothesis: Product Management Is a Team Sport:
  https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/lea-hickman-hypothesis-product-management-is-team-sport/id1451623431?i=1000438066298
• [13-14] Video: Are you a giver or a taker? Adam Grant:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyXRYgjQXX0

Tips for hiring PMs:

• [13-5] Our 6 Must Reads If You're Hiring a Product Manager:
  https://firstround.com/review/our-6-must-reads-if-youre-hiring-a-product-manager/
• [13-6] How to Hire Great Product Managers by Jackie Bavaro:
  https://medium.com/@jackiebo/how-to-hire-great-product-managers-f07a3c9337ea
• [13-7] 7 Tips for Hiring a Great Product Manager (and Avoid Hiring a Jaded One) by Shaun Juncal:
  https://www.productplan.com/hire-product-manager/
• [13-8] 7 Tips to Hire the Perfect Product Manager by Codrin Arsene:
  http://blog.aha.io/7-tips-to-hire-the-perfect-product-manager/
• [13-9] How to Hire a Product Manager—the classic essay on the role of product management by Ken Norton:
  https://www.kennorton.com/essays/productmanager.html
• [13-10] Quora: What distinguishes the Top 1% of product managers from the Top 10%?
  https://www.quora.com/What-distinguishes-the-Top-1-of-Product-Managers-from-the-Top-10/answer/Ian-McAllister

More ideas for interviewing PMs:

• [13-11] Interviewing Product Managers—Questions and tips for interviewing product managers by Brent Tworetzky:
  https://medium.com/pminsider/interviewing-product-managers-94fbe6971600
• [13-12] The Ultimate Guide to Product Manager Interview Questions by Andy Jagoe:
  http://www.venturegrit.com/how-to-interview-a-product-manager-the-ultimate-guide/

Hiring PMs—best practices:

• [13-13] Hiring Product Managers: what have we learned from three years of scaling the team by Galina Ryzhenko:
  https://blog.usejournal.com/hiring-product-managers-what-have-we-learned-from-three-years-of-scaling-the-team-51b6a8c8b1d4

Books:

• Hiring Product Managers: Using Product EQ to go beyond culture and skills by Kate Leto
• Emotional Intelligence by Brandon Goleman

Chapter 14

Further reading

• [14-1] Lessons from My First 90 Days as a Product Manager at a New Company:
  https://productcoalition.com/lessons-from-my-first-90-days-as-a-product-manager-at-a-new-company-ef0f470246b9
• [14-2] How to Spend Your First 90 Days as a New Product Manager:
  http://www.cleverpm.com/2016/09/07/how-to-spend-your-first-90-days-as-a-new-product-manager/

Chapter 15

Further reading

• [15-1] Marty Cagan on product strategy:
  https://svpg.com/product-strategy-overview/
• [15-2] Podcast on product vision by Hope Gurion:
  https://www.fearless-product.com/fearless-product-leadership-podcast/2019/9/24/ep-12-how-do-you-craft-and-communicate-product-vision
• [15-3] A strong example for an inspiring KPI—Tristan Harris’s TED talk and the couchsurfing example:
  https://www.ted.com/talks/tristan_harris_how_better_tech_could_protect_us_from_distraction
• [15-4] An alternative approach to KPI trees by Jim Morris: Make data-driven decisions by turning your vision into a math equation:
  https://productdiscoverygroup.com/learn/make-data-driven-decisions-by-turning-your-vision-into-a-math-equation
• [15-5] A great resource if you want to learn more about Strategy:
  https://stratechery.com/

Helpful framework for goal setting—Google’s HEART framework:

• [15-6] https://research.google/pubs/pub36299/
• [15-7] Or a bit more visual—Kerry Rodden’s Medium post:
  https://library.gv.com/how-to-choose-the-right-ux-metrics-for-your-product-5f46359ab5be

On product principles:

• [15-8] https://www.mindtheproduct.com/applying-product-principles-guide-better-product-decisions/
• [15-9] https://www.productplan.com/product-principles/
• [15-10] https://medium.com/@stewart/we-dont-sell-saddles-here-4c59524d650d

Books:

• Good Strategy Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt
• The Art of Action by Stephen Bungay
• The Art of War by Sun Tzu
• INSPIRED by Marty Cagan
• Turn the Ship Around! by L David Marquet
• Product Leadership by Richard Banfield, Martin Eriksson, and Nate Walkingshaw
• Drive by Daniel Pink

Chapter 16

Further reading

Hypothesis-driven product development

• [16-1] Sylvia Lai—5 steps to a hypothesis-driven design process
  https://www.invisionapp.com/inside-design/hypothesis-driven-design-process/
• [16-2] Falsification — Karl Popper
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Popper
• [16-3] Fearless Product Leadership podcast
  https://www.fearless-product.com/fearless-product-leadership-podcast/2020/3/24/s2-ep-5-how-do-you-surface-assumptions-in-product-discovery

How to find your companywide North Star metric

• [16-4] https://growwithward.com/north-star-metric/
• [16-5] https://amplitude.com/blog/2018/03/21/product-north-star-metric
• [16-6] https://mixpanel.com/topics/north-star-metric/

Leading and lagging indicators

• [16-7] https://kpilibrary.com/topics/lagging-and-leading-indicators
• [16-8] https://www.bmc.com/blogs/leading-vs-lagging-indicators/

How to conduct an interview

• [16-9] https://uxplanet.org/6-tips-for-better-user-interviews-ad925afc52df
• [16-10] https://www.producttalk.org/2020/03/interview-customers-together/
• [16-11] https://www.producttalk.org/2016/03/customer-interview-questions/
• [16-12] https://www.shopify.com/partners/blog/user-interview

Online business models

• [16-13] https://hbr.org/insight-center/making-money-with-digital-business-models
• [16-14] https://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2011/05/25/the-9-types-of-online-business-models-which-one-do-you-use/
• [16-15] https://alphainvestors.com/business/best-online-business-models/

Books:

• The Lean Startup by Eric Ries http://theleanstartup.com/
• Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
• The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli
• Testing Business Ideas by David Bland and Alex Osterwalder
• Interviewing Users by Steve Portigal
• Trustworthy Online Controlled Experiments by Ron Kohavi, Diane Tang, and Ya Xu
• Escaping the Build Trap by Melissa Perri

Chapter 17

Further reading

• [17-1] Jeff Patton’s take on finding the right balance—Balancing Continuous Discovery and Delivery
  https://aycl.uie.com/virtual_seminars/pmux_balancing_continuous_discovery_and_delivery
• [17-2] “How Much Time Should You Spend in Product Discovery? by Teresa Torres
  https://www.producttalk.org/2018/04/time-in-product-discovery/
• [17-3] Fix Delivery to Make Time for Discovery by Teresa Torres
  https://www.producttalk.org/2015/03/fix-delivery-to-make-time-for-discovery/
• [17-4] Product Discovery in the Multitrack of Madness by Lucio Santana
  https://medium.com/swlh/product-discovery-in-the-multitrack-of-madness-cfe8632f1962

Chapter 18

Further reading

• [18-1] HBR: Meetings article collection:
  https://hbr.org/topic/meetings
• [18-2] When An Employee Says “I’m Too Busy”—Jaimy Ford:
  https://www.budtoboss.com/coaching-feedback/employee-says-im-busy
• [18-3] Getting things done methodology:
  https://gettingthingsdone.com/

Books:

• Creating Effective Teams by Susan A. Wheelan (An alternative, more research-based model on team-development stages.)

Chapter 19

Further reading

• [19-1] Measuring team buy-in:
  https://www.mindtheproduct.com/uncovering-the-truth-by-janice-fraser/
• [19-2] Henrik Kniberg on how to create the smallest possible “maker-to-user” gap:
  https://www.mindtheproduct.com/minimise-the-gap-between-maker-and-user-by-henrik-kniberg/
• [19-3] Team Radar:
  https://www.mindtheproduct.com/the-secret-weapon-of-retrospectives-the-team-radar/
• [19-4] Retromat:
  https://retromat.org
• [19-5] Agile values:
  https://www.agileconnection.com/article/agile-ethics-and-values
• [19-6] Tuckman stages:
  https://salvos.org.au/scribe/sites/2020/files/Resources/Transitions/HANDOUT_-_Tuckmans_Team_Development_Model.pdf
• [19-7] Interesting Twitter thread on decision making:
  https://twitter.com/giffco/status/1124267815366746114

Cross-functional teams:

• [19-8] https://medium.com/swlh/collaborating-effectively-in-cross-functional-product-team-settings-5e08ee6057b8
• [19-9] https://svpg.com/empowered-product-teams/

Books:

• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

Chapter 20

Further reading

Communication:

• [20-1] The importance of being clear—Lindsey Jayne:
  https://www.mindtheproduct.com/the-importance-of-being-clear-by-lindsey-jayne/
• [20-2] How to improve your writing skills:
  https://www.grammarly.com/blog/how-to-improve-writing-skills/
• [20-3] Share early, share often—Matt LeMay, One Page/One Hour:
  https://medium.com/on-human-centric-systems/one-page-one-hour-c064e27009ee
• [20-4] How ego stages influence communication:
  https://medium.com/@NataliMorad/how-to-communicate-better-with-transactional-analysis-d0d32f9d50da

Psychological safety:

• [20-5] https://rework.withgoogle.com/print/guides/5721312655835136/
• [20-6] https://hbr.org/2017/08/high-performing-teams-need-psychological-safety-heres-how-to-create-it

Filler words in English:

• [20-7] https://www.grammarcheck.net/filler-words/
• [20-8] https://smartblogger.com/filler-words/

Books:

• The Communication Book by Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler
• Communication Skills Training by Ian Tuhovsky
• Say What You Mean by Oren Jay Sofer and Joseph Goldstein

Chapter 21

Further reading

• [21-1] Great podcast episode on the art of saying no with Gabrielle Bufrem:
  https://www.mindtheproduct.com/how-to-say-no-gabrielle-bufrem-on-the-product-experience/
• [21-2] Gabrielle Bufrem’s assessment:
  https://www.turingfest.com/2019/speakers/gabrielle-bufrem
• [21-3] A framework to help assess the pile:
  https://www.reforge.com/brief/how-to-find-feature-product-fit#lLnhTNt0RwNf7NSdf8xAiQ
• [21-4] Nancy Duarte: The Secret Structure of Great Talks:
  https://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_duarte_the_secret_structure_of_great_talks?language=en

Prioritization Quadrant: Collect and cluster work items and ideas for mature products:

• [21-5] Barry Overeem:
  http://www.barryovereem.com/the-backlog-prioritisation-backlog/
• [21-6] Scott Colfer:
  https://www.mindtheproduct.com/5-product-management-hacks-for-product-leaders/

Chapter 23

Further reading

• [23-1] How Stories Change the Brain:
  https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_stories_change_brain
• [23-2] Strategic Storytelling Is Product Management:
  https://www.thisisproductmanagement.com/episodes/strategic-storytelling/
• [23-3] My product management toolkit: Storytelling:
  https://medium.theuxblog.com/my-product-management-toolkit-15-storytelling-46e65d7f061b
• [23-4] Why We Need Storytellers at the Heart of Product Development:
  https://uxmag.com/articles/why-we-need-storytellers-at-the-heart-of-product-development
• [23-5] Storytelling for Product Managers:
  https://medium.com/pminsider/storytelling-for-product-managers-fc1a758eb303
• [23-6] 72 Rules of Commercial Storytelling:
  https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/72-rules-commercial-storytelling-jeremy-waite/
• [23-7] Nancy Duarte: The Secret Structure of Great Talks:
  https://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_duarte_the_secret_structure_of_great_talks?language=en

Chapter 25

Further reading

• [25-1] Basics about organization structures: 9 Types of Organizational Structure Every Company Should Consider:
  https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/team-structure-diagrams
• [25-2] On reorganizations: Reorganizing to capture maximum value quickly:
  https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/reorganizing-to-capture-maximum-value-quickly

Books:

• ReOrg: How to Get It Right by Stephen Heidari-Robinson and Suzanne Heywood

Chapter 26

Further reading

• [26-1] https://www.drawbridge54.nl/en/explaining-bottom-up-organizational-change/
• [26-2] http://www.tbointl.com/blog/top-down-or-bottom-up-approaches-to-successful-change

Books:

• Switch by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
• 7 Rules for Positive, Productive Change by Esther Derby

Chapter 27

Further reading

• [27-1] In this keynote speech at MTP Engage, Jeff Patton deconstructs Agile methodologies from a product manager's point of view and explains why we often struggle with the PO definition in today’s product organizations:
  https://vimeo.com/273906531
• [27-2] From Agile Delivery to an Agile Organization (paper published by Management Solutions):
  https://www.managementsolutions.com/sites/default/files/publicaciones/eng/agile-organizations.pdf
• [27-3] 33 structures to help agile teams overcome major challenges together:
  https://www.liberatingstructures.app/en/

Books:

• Agile: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review by Harvard Business Review, Darrell Rigby, Jeff Sutherland, Peter Cappelli, Phil Simon, et al.

Chapter 28

Further reading

• [28-1] Nonviolent Communication and Self Awareness (Maria Engels):
  https://youtu.be/cZM6ZLWm2eA
• [28-2] Nonviolent Communication—a Brief Introduction (Marshall Rosenberg):
  https://youtu.be/DgaeHeIL39Y
• [28-3] How to Mend a Work Relationship:
  https://hbr.org/2020/02/how-to-mend-a-work-relationship
• [28-4] How to Quickly (and Effectively) Repair Damaged Relationships in the Workplace:
  https://www.inc.com/john-eades/how-to-quickly-and-effectively-repair-damaged-relationships-in-workplace.html

The Real Cost of Workplace Conflict:

• [28-5] https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/207196
• [28-6] https://www.helpguide.org/articles/relationships-communication/conflict-resolution-skills.htm