Leadership Professional Development

Topics Covered:

• Why the Product at Heart leadership event in Barcelona was canceled—and what it taught us

• The hidden stigma of coaching for leaders

• Vulnerability as a leadership skill

• The Learning Menu framework: how to invest in your development at any budget level

• From free resources to high-ticket coaching—how to choose the right growth path

• Reflection, journaling, and emotional resilience in product leadership

• The importance of finding your learning “dojo”

• How conferences offer more than just talks (think: peer benchmarking and teaching tactics)

• Ethical coaching boundaries and what happens when coaching reveals misalignment

Resources & Links:

• Follow Teresa Torres: ProductTalk.org

• Follow Petra Wille: Petra-Wille.com

Mentioned in the episode:

• Product at Heart (productatheart.com)

• Product Talk Academy (learn.producttalk.org/pages/home) - Teresa’s Product Discovery Courses

• Coaching for Product Leaders/Executives (petra-wille.com/coaching-packages) with Petra Wille

• Behind the founder: Drew Houston (Dropbox) (lennysnewsletter.com/p/behind-the-founder-drew…) - Lenny Rachitsky (lennyrachitsky.com)’s podcast episode with Drew Houston

• How the “Learning Menu” Concept Can Help Develop Your Product Team (petra-wille.com/blog/how-the-learning-menu-con…) - Petra’s Learning Menu article

• Harvard Business Review (hbr.org)

• Meetup (meetup.com)

• Product Talk Blog (producttalk.org/blog) - Teresa’s blog

• Product Leadership Blog (petra-wille.com/blog) - Petra’s blog

• Product Talk Academy Free Mini Courses (learn.producttalk.org/mini-courses) - Teresa’s free mini-course

• Continuous Discovery Habits Membership (learn.producttalk.org/course/cdh-membership) - Teresa’s community for continuous discovery practitioners and features monthly leadership calls.

• Quarterly Leadership Newsletter (petra-wille.com/newsletter-archive) with Petra

• Continuous Discovery Habits (producttalk.org/2021/05/continuous-discovery-h…) - Teresa’s book

• STRONG Product People and STRONG Product Communities (strongproductpeople.com) - Petra’s books

• Workshops by David Bland (davidjbland.com/courses) and Jeff Gothelf (jeffgothelf.com/all-courses)

• Maven Learning (maven.com)’s Lightning Lessons (maven.com/lightning-lessons)

• Toastmasters International (toastmasters.org)

• Christina Wodtke’s book Present Yourself (cwodtke.com/writing-2)

• Finding Your Learning Headline (petra-wille.com/blog/how-to-focus-and-thrive) - from Petra’s blog post