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The difference between managing and leading your product can be defined as bringing others along in identifying and driving product outcomes. This is managing your product — it is controlling what you want other stakeholders to take away from your research. The first area where there is an opportunity to lead versus manage your product is in how you approach user research. Leading your product means bringing people along rather than controlling them. The next article, How to Lead Your Product, Part 1: How to lead your product (Part 1) How To Lead Your product: User Research, Stakeholder requests, the product roadmap, and feature prioritization.