Executive teams often seem set up for conflict. Sales? They live quarter to quarter, closing deals. Product? Plays the long game, building for the future. Of course there’s tension. Same with engineering; product pushes for more, while tech fights to maintain quality and avoid burnout. Customer support? They’re drowning in complaints about all the things you haven’t fixed yet.
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The key? Name the tension, acknowledge the reality openly, and work together to navigate it. This isn’t personal; it’s business. And the sooner you stop treating these clashes as battles to win and start treating them as realities to manage – together – the smoother your life as CPO will be. See more at CPO.studio.
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