Shuttle Diplomacy is when you have one-on-ones with key stakeholders to understand their priorities and perspectives. During these meetings, share a draft of your roadmap and invite their feedback. This helps avoid unpleasant surprises and grumpy stakeholders when the roadmap is unveiled.
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Each stakeholder has their own language, though, so you must “translate” your roadmap into terms your stakeholder understands. For some, that’s user needs. For others, it’s competitiveness or market strategy. When translating for the c-suite, money talks. How are your stakeholder discussions going?
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I’m hosting a CPOs and VPs of Product roundtable with Rich Mironov on August 6. It’s about translating product roadmaps into financial language that actually gets executive buy-in. Early bird discount through Friday. Only 25 spots.
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