Essential skills for product leaders with Ciara Peter (Robin, Salesforce)

Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Ciara Peter of Robin (ex Salesforce) about how her product career started in design, how to deliver feedback and deal with imposter syndrome, using conviction to make better product decisions, and much more.

Links

• Ciara on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ciarapeter/

• Ciara’s company: https://robinpowered.com/

• Ciaras favorite product: https://www.hatch.co/restore

• Check out LaunchNotes: https://launchnotes.com

• Join Launch Awesome:  https://www.launchnotes.com/launch-awesome

• Follow on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClgMZx0kGDSSBAQG0wkDRyg

• Check out the LaunchNotes Podcast: https://launchnotes-podcast.launchnotes.io/

Show notes

(00:00) - Introductions

(11:54) - From design to product

(15:50) - Presentation skills and the value of overcommunicating

(21:30) - Delivering feedback to your reports

(25:31) - Hiring people more senior than you

(27:28) - Blending conviction with data to help make product decisions

(34:06) - How to deal with imposter syndrome

(38:04) - Ciara’s favorite products