On the TechTO stage ×1
First seen on the TechTO stage in 2020. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Nataliya ↗
In their words
I'm extremely passionate about the role of product management because it is a leadership role without a badge and without a title. So it's very high influence, very high impact.
The product team is constructed by design to have different perspectives. If you remember that everyone is a human and you're designed to have different perspectives, then it opens up this empathy building.
Quick answers
Who is Nataliya Becker?
A Toronto executive coach and facilitator who runs BeckerLeadership. She came to coaching from product: senior product manager at the digital health company League, and before that leading product managers, business analysts and data scientists on a bank's online and mobile platforms.
What did she say at TechTO?
On the March 2020 TechTO Product panel on managing without authority, she described product management as a leadership role without a badge or title, and argued that disagreement inside a product team is by design rather than a failure.