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From Product Manager to Product Leader - Grow Your Influence
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31 students

From Product Manager to Product Leader - Grow Your Influence

Build the habits, mindset, and real-world leadership skills that earn influence, build trust, and drive outcomes
Last updated 6/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • Master the habits and mindset that distinguish true product leaders from everyday product managers.
  • Build credibility and influence with cross-functional teams, even when you don’t have formal authority.
  • Learn practical tools to drive alignment, resolve conflicts, and lead strategic initiatives with confidence.
  • Translate big-picture thinking into action by making smarter product decisions that deliver real value.

Course content

6 sections17 lectures41m total length
  • Introduction1:50
  • Course Companion Guide0:27
  • Meet Your Instructor – Jeremy Aschenbrenner0:26

Requirements

  • Some experience working in product management or a related role.
  • A basic understanding of how product teams operate.

Description

EVOLVE FROM A PRODUCT MANAGER TO A PRODUCT LEADER

Just doing your job in product management isn’t enough to stand out anymore. To really make an impact, you need to lead. Not with authority, but with influence. Not with a title, but with trust. That’s what this course is all about.

From Product Manager to Product Leader is your example-laden guide to leveling up from competent product manager to trusted product leader. We’re talking real skills, real business examples, and real growth.

Whether you're working in an agile startup or a structured enterprise, this course shows you how to lead without waiting for permission. You’ll learn how to shift your mindset, build credibility, and drive alignment across teams and stakeholders, so you can make bigger product bets and rally people to bring them to life.

What You’ll Learn in This Course:

Grow Your Product Leadership Mindset
Learn how leaders think differently - about products, teams, and outcomes - and how to adopt those habits in your day-to-day work.

Lead Through Influence, Not Authority
Develop techniques to gain buy-in, communicate vision, and align cross-functional teams—even when you don’t control their priorities.

Make Better Product Decisions
Learn practical frameworks to confidently prioritize, navigate tough trade-offs, and shape roadmaps that deliver meaningful value to users.

Turn Strategy into Execution
Bridge the gap between visionary strategy and tactical delivery, without getting stuck in the weeds.

Real-World Tools & Takeaways

  • Proven frameworks for decision-making, prioritization, and stakeholder alignment

  • Tips for handling conflict, navigating uncertainty, and managing up

  • Exercises and examples drawn from real product teams

What’s Included in This Course?

  • High-Quality Video Lessons that keep things engaging, actionable, and never too long-winded

  • Course Companion Guide to help reinforce key lessons, take notes, and turn insights into action

  • Real-World Examples to apply your understanding to various contexts

  • 1-on-1 Instructor Support to ask questions, get feedback, and grow faster

  • Lifetime Access so you can revisit any time you need a refresher

Whether you’re trying to drive more impact in your current role or position yourself for that next big opportunity, From Product Manager to Product Leader gives you the mindset, skills, and confidence to lead right where you are.

Let’s grow your influence and impact, starting today!

Who this course is for:

  • Product Managers who feel stuck in the weeds and want to operate more strategically.
  • Aspiring product leaders who want to earn trust, drive influence, and lead effectively without the title.
  • Cross-functional team members (design, engineering, marketing) who want to better understand product leadership.
  • Anyone looking to develop leadership habits that resonate in fast-paced, product-driven environments.