How do you lead without direct authority? The product team at most organizations is small compared with engineering, sales, etc. And yet product has to get buy-in from these other departments for strategy and roadmap to be successful.
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There are lots of tricks to get departments to align. One tip: meet one-on-one with a draft of your strategy and roadmap for advice and honesty. Once you have individual support, you can get all stakeholders in a room for the final buy-in. You can see other stakeholder tips in Chapter 8 of my book, Product Roadmaps Relaunched. What other tips do you have up your sleeves? Tell me a story.