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Walking while talking is a fun and relaxed way to have meetings that doesn't sacrifice productivity. In fact, it offers several benefits,...
Ekaterina Garbaruk Monnot
Sep 12, 20231 min read
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3 reasons that your #startup will fail ❗
3 reasons that your #startup will fail ❗ You’re not talking to customers. Founders should constantly communicate with customers through...
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Sep 12, 20231 min read
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Self - awareness
The most difficult thing as a leader is to lead yourself. When I began my career, I thought that the toughest and hardest part with being...
Ekaterina Garbaruk Monnot
Sep 12, 20232 min read
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Getting perspective
Do you feel like you have lived two weeks since Monday morning, even though it’s only Tuesday? Then you need some perspective. Remember...
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Sep 12, 20231 min read
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Adapting to changing environment
One thing that will improve your ability to adapt to changing environment. Last week I started running again, since it was finally warm...
Ekaterina Garbaruk Monnot
Sep 11, 20231 min read
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Technical Debt
Have you heard about the term #technicaldebt? 🦾 As a product leader, I hear engineers and developers talking about technical debt a lot....
Ekaterina Garbaruk Monnot
Sep 11, 20231 min read
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How to get your writing creativity flowing 🌊
Are you like me and sometimes struggle to come up with ideas to write about? Here are 10 things that help me to overcome writer’s block....
Ekaterina Garbaruk Monnot
Sep 8, 20231 min read
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Servant Leader
There is something I always tell new people who I will start working with closely, and that is to never use the expression #ServantLeader...
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Sep 8, 20231 min read
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Women's International Day
I have started this post countless times and none of the versions resonated with me. Tomorrow I want to celebrate International Women’...
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Sep 7, 20231 min read
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Strategies to simplify the explanations of what you do.
Imagine, you are out on a great event enjoying yourself. You meet someone cool who works in a different industry and they ask you what to...
Ekaterina Garbaruk Monnot
Sep 7, 20231 min read
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Strategies to simplify the explanations of what you do.
Imagine, you are out on a great event enjoying yourself. You meet someone cool who works in a different industry and they ask you what to...
Ekaterina Garbaruk Monnot
Sep 5, 20231 min read
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How to improve a culturally diverse team?
What do you see on the picture: Bad (EN, poor quality) or Bad (SE, translates to Bath)? I have been working with international teams for...
Ekaterina Garbaruk Monnot
Sep 5, 20231 min read
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🎧I love listening to podcasts🎧
I love listening to podcasts - on my way to work, while taking a walk and when cooking at home. They are such a great source of...
Ekaterina Garbaruk Monnot
Sep 4, 20231 min read
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🌟 Find people who support you and believe in you 🌟
Taking risks might be scary, especially when you try something new. I have experienced this, both professionally and personally. I have,...
Ekaterina Garbaruk Monnot
Sep 4, 20231 min read
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Learnings from board education
Just finished two days of learning on efficient and productive Board work and now I’m open to join company boards. I’m very excited to do...
Ekaterina Garbaruk Monnot
Sep 1, 20231 min read
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What I Get from Advising Start-Ups as a Professional
Some people do gardening, I like advising and mentoring start-ups as a hobby. Since I have started, I keep getting a question: “Why?”...
Ekaterina Garbaruk Monnot
Aug 25, 20231 min read
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Baking a cake using product management principles
Daily, we come up with ideas that we want to implement - bake a cake, build a house or plant a tree. To get better results, you can use...
Ekaterina Garbaruk Monnot
Aug 24, 20231 min read
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How to start in Product Management 🚀
A shift to a new role is often a challenging move and I often get the question "how can I start in Product Management?". I have gathered...
Ekaterina Garbaruk Monnot
Aug 24, 20231 min read
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Strong partnership between engineering and product leaders
This post is dedicated to all the great engineering leaders that I worked closely with.❤️ Working with product can be lonely. Product...
Ekaterina Garbaruk Monnot
Aug 22, 20231 min read
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