You Got the Product Leadership Role. Now What?

Hosted by Danielle Tye | Founder, Activate Edge

Wed, Jul 8, 2026

5:00 PM UTC (30 minutes)

Virtual (Zoom)

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Leadership Rewritten: Stop Leading From Someone Else's Script
Danielle Tye
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What you'll learn

Why the transition feels harder than it should

The discomfort you're feeling isn't a red flag, it's a signal. We'll name exactly what's happening and why it's normal.

3 shifts that separate struggling leaders from strong

It's not about working harder. It's about leading differently & knowing which version of you the job requires.

How to stop borrowing someone else's leadership

Most new leaders default to imitating a past boss. We'll show you how to start building something that's actually yours.

One concrete step you can take before your next 1:1

Leave with a specific action, not just a framework, that you can apply to a real situation this week.

Why this topic matters

The identity crisis no one warns new product leaders about and the 3 shifts that change everything. Product leaders don't fail from lack of skills, they fail because nobody told them the job fundamentally changed. The leaders who figure this out early compound. The ones who don't plateau or burn out.

You'll learn from

Danielle Tye | Founder, Activate Edge

Founder | Executive Coach | Product Leadership Alchemist

I'm Danielle Tye, founder of Activate Edge, a leadership coaching practice. As a recovering product manager turned leadership coach, I work with founders and senior leaders who are successful and ready to lead in a way that's actually theirs.

I spent 16 years building and leading product and technology teams across healthtech, insurtech, SaaS, and enterprise software, including building net-new product organizations from scratch and stepping into executive leadership roles during critical transitions. I've sat in every seat I teach from.

The biggest thing standing between most leaders and their next level isn't a skills gap. It's knowing why they lead the way they do and having the conviction to choose differently. That's where I work.

Previously at

Slalom
Talkiatry
Co-Active Training Institute
ICF
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