2018 Leading the Product Speaker Kirsten Mann, spoke about how to be a better leader with a little love. For the blog post that goes with this presentation and more speaker talks go to: https://www.leadingtheproduct.com/behind-the-scenes/

1. Love like a leader
VP Product and Experience
Oracle Global Business Unit for Construction and Engineering
Kirsten Mann

2. Potted history
1991–1996
1993
1998 (while at EY)
1999 1999 – 2001
2002
2006 (while at MYOB)
2010
2018
Mid-career crises
1996
2017-2019
Remember it was the 90s!!
2000

3. Words associated
with leadership
(and love)

4. Are all PMs leaders?

5. Herminia Ibarra
SHOUT OUT

6. The way it really works
Traditional Model

7. 10 TENets
for loving
like a
leader

8. HAVE A SET OF “MAGIC” QUESTIONS
1. What problem are we solving?
2. Who are you solving it for?
3. How are we going to measure success?
TENET ONE

9. DON’T WAIT TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO
TENET TWO
“If you don’t create new opportunities
within the confines of your “day job”
they may never come your way.”
– Herminia Ilbana
Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader
Embrace the unknown

10. Leaders rarely wait to be told what to do!

11. BE THE DRIVER
OF CHANGE IN
YOUR LIFE
TENET THREE

14. Control change, or change will control you

15. BE A FACILITATOR AND YOU CAN DO ANY ROLE!
TENET FOUR

16. Leaders facilitate, they don't dictate

17. DO THE LITTLE THINGS
TENET FIVE
The help you influence people and build strong teams

20. Little things make a big difference to the people you
lead

21. YOU CAN’T KNOW EVERYTHING
SO KNOW WHEN TO SEEK HELP
TENET SIX

22. If you don’t know … know someone who does!

23. LET IT GO
TENET SEVEN

24. Bring out the leader in everyone

25. I’D LOVE TO BUT…
TENET EIGHT

26. Plan what you do, do what you plan

27. PRIORITISE LEARNING
TENET NINE

28. A life without a-ha! moments is not worth living.

29. BE A DECENT HUMAN
TENET TEN

30. Don’t be a chump!

31. 1. Know the magic questions
2. Don’t wait to be told what to do
3. Be the driver of the change in your life
4. Be a facilitator, and you can do any role
5. Do the little things
6. You can’t know everything – know when to seek help
7. Let it go
8. I’d love to but …
9. Prioritise learning
10. Be a decent human being
RECAP - TENET TIME

32. Which leaders have you loved
Think of one leader you’ve loved (or maybe just admired)
who has influenced your own approaches to work and people…

33. An amazing leader to me…
Craig Winkler
(founder of MYOB)

34. @CraigWinkler Just sending you a
big thanks for being an awesome
leader! #LeaderLove

36. “The only person you are destined to
become is the person you decide to be.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

37. CONTACT ME
Kirsten Mann
https://au.linkedin.com/in/kirstenmann
@mannki