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I'm the Co-Founder & CEO of Outpace, a company that is reinventing the way that people learn and grow. I was Chief Product Officer @ Tinder and EIR @ Reforge, previously @ Facebook, TripAdvisor, and Xbox.
- Product Toolkit
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- Product Coaching
If you're here, you already know: Leading product-driven...
- About Ravi Mehta
Ravi Mehta I'm a consumer tech leader who has scaled...
- Hiring From Home
More posts by Ravi Mehta. Ravi Mehta. 3 May 2020 • 18 min...
- Product Leadership
How To Become a Peak Product Manager. Introducing the...
- The Three Pillars of Product Decision Making
More posts by Ravi Mehta. Ravi Mehta. 25 Jun 2020 • 15 min...
- The Anatomy of a Pivot
More posts by Ravi Mehta. Ravi Mehta. 11 Jun 2023 • 11 min...
- Product Discovery Lessons
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- Product Toolkit
- The Recipe For Growth
- Knowing Your Shape
- Product Manager Archetypes
- What’s Your Shape?
In 2011, McKinsey, the renowned strategy firm, and Egon Zehnder, one of the world’s leading executive recruiting companies, began an exhaustive survey of over 5,000 people. They wanted to understand the differences between rapidly growing companies and the rest of the pack. They wanted to understand how leaders factor into those differences. What t...
Plotting your shape is straightforward. Start by assessing yourself for each of the 12 competencies on a scale from “Needs Focus” to “On Track” to “Outperform” (or somewhere in between those three tiers). Then plot your assessment on the “What’s Your Shape?” worksheet. The worksheet might look something like this for an execution/analytics oriented...
Everyone’s shape is different, but there are some patterns. Let’s take a look at four common archetypes. These archetypes may resemble people you know or how you see yourself. I’ve exaggerated each archetype’s strengths and weaknesses to illustrate opportunities for growth and discuss how they fit into a product development team.
We've discussed how to use the competencies to plot your shape and interpret what it means for you and your team. To get started, I recommend downloading the free Product Competency Toolkit, which contains evaluation worksheets and a detailed description of every competency. Product management is a rare role that requires excellence at opposite end...
- Ravi Mehta
Apr 11, 2020 · How To Become a Peak Product Manager. Introducing the Product Competency Toolkit, a system of 12 product manager skills you can use to level up your team and yourself. Ravi Mehta. 11 Apr 2020 • 15 min read. As I type this, we are in the middle of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
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View Ravi Mehta’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members. I'm the Co-Founder and CEO of Outpace, a company that is reinventing the way that people… · Location...
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I build consumer tech products, teams, and companies that have impacted millions of people's lives. I’ve worked on product for globally recognized brands like Tripadvisor, Facebook, Tinder, and Xbox. Here I share the tools and techniques I’ve learned over the years. I like to think in frameworks.
Reflections on building products & teams people love. Click to read Ravi on Product, by Ravi Mehta, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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