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Move From Execution to Strategic Leadership

Hosted by Elena Luneva and Jenny Wanger

212 students

In this video

What you'll learn

Diagnose What “Be More Strategic” Means

Identify whether the gap is strategy, communication, influence, or simply unclear feedback.

Turn Tactical Work Into Strategic Decisions

Use customer, business, and future context to move from shipping features to making higher-leverage bets.

Communicate Your Thinking at Executive Altitude

Practice altitude, brevity, and audience so senior leaders can quickly understand and act on your thinking.

Why this topic matters

“Be more strategic” is common and the least actionable feedback product leaders receive. Sometimes the problem is strategic thinking. Sometimes you are operating too tactically, communicating at the wrong altitude, or doing strong thinking that nobody can see. In this lesson, you’ll diagnose what the feedback actually means and practice concrete ways to move from shipping work to shaping decisions, bets, and business outcomes.

You'll learn from

Elena Luneva

CPTO, Coach, Writer |Madison Reed, Braintrust, Nextdoor, Opentable, BlackRock

Elena Luneva is a Fractional CPTO, Instructor, Coach, Advisor, Trainer, and Writer. Over the past 20+ years, she's scaled individuals, product, technology, and GTM teams at Madison Reed, Braintrust, Nextdoor, LiquidSpace, OpenTable, and BlackRock. She's built marketplaces, AI-native platforms, and B2B SaaS products from zero to scale and now helps companies and individuals do the same.

She offers the Following Leadership Course Progression
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She writes about product, AI, and leadership in Elena's Letters

Jenny Wanger

Product leader, coach & org transformation expert

Jenny Wanger is a product leader, executive coach, and organizational transformation expert who helps product teams navigate major transitions including AI transformation, reorgs, mergers, and leadership changes.

She works with teams to uncover where collaboration, priorities, and operating models are breaking down, then redesigns how the organization works so the change actually sticks.

Jenny previously led consumer product at SpotHero, ran developer experience at Arity, and co-founded the TCN Coalition, later merged into the Linux Foundation. Her clients include Mozilla, Reforge, AdaptedMind, and product organizations across fintech, ed-tech, and enterprise software.

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