Opening
Anuj Rathi (00:00:00): There are only three reasons why things do not happen the way you want them to happen as a leader. You can look at a person, and you would say either that person can't do, which is a capability issue, or they won't do, which is a motivation or an alignment issue, or they were not set up to do, which is really your problem that you didn't set up the ways of working now design properly. So, as a leader, do you have the right people in terms of capability?...
The opener names the listener's problem first, then makes the guest useful to that problem.
Low-ego framing
issue, or they won't do, which is a motivation or an alignment issue, or they were not set up to do, which is really your problem that you didn't set up the ways of working now design properly. So,...
Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.
Accept praise cleanly
Anuj Rathi (00:04:34): Thank you so much, Lenny. Thank you for having me. Lenny (00:04:37): It's my pleasure. I haven't told you this, but when I...
Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.
Ask with curiosity
Lenny, I wanted to talk about. When I look at product leadership in general and how do you think about different people and so on. When is it a product manager problem, or your problem, or a company problem? There are...
Turns a moment that could become critique into a question about the guest's thinking.
Accept praise cleanly
Lenny (01:11:55): Amazing. Anuj, thank you so much for being here. Anuj Rathi (01:11:59): Thank you so much, Lenny, for hosting. Lenny (01:12:01): It's...
Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.
Ending
That's how they can keep up to date with these sorts of events. Okay. Cool. Anuj Rathi (01:11:11): Yes, on LinkedIn as well as on Twitter. Lenny (01:11:12): Awesome. Anuj, we've gone through so many topics. We've talked about breaking bad and full-stack product management, full-stack thinking, working backwards, bread and butter, rule of threes. I don't know. So many things. Two final questions....
The ending stays curious after the formal conversation is almost done.