Dimension Profile
Org Builders see people as the ultimate product leverage. They invest disproportionately in hiring, coaching, and organizational design because they've learned that a well-structured team with strong culture consistently outperforms a brilliant individual contributor. They think in terms of org charts, decision frameworks, and communication cadences. Their superpower is building machines that build products — organizations where great work happens even when they're not in the room.
Strengths
- + Builds high-performing teams that retain A-players
- + Creates clarity in ambiguous environments through strong communication frameworks
- + Coaches and develops other PMs into leaders
- + Designs org structures that enable rather than constrain product velocity
Blind Spots
- ! Can over-index on process and people at the expense of shipping velocity
- ! May struggle to make hard product calls when the team disagrees
- ! Risk of building teams optimized for harmony rather than high-impact outcomes
Growth Edge
Practice making strong product bets without consensus. Your instinct to align everyone can slow you down — sometimes the team needs a clear directive more than a collaborative process.
Leaders with this archetype
Ada Chen Rekhi
Executive Coach & Co-Founder at Notejoy
Alisa Cohn
Executive Coach at Independent / Author
Bob Baxley
Design Executive & Advisor at Apple / Pinterest / Yahoo / ThoughtSpot
Camille Fournier
Author & Technology Executive at Former CTO Rent the Runway / Goldman Sachs / JP Morgan / Two Sigma
Carole Robin
Author & Stanford Lecturer at Stanford GSB / Leaders in Tech
Chip Conley
Hospitality Entrepreneur & Mentor at Airbnb / Joie de Vivre Hotels
Donna Lichaw
Executive Coach & Author at Independent / Google, Disney, Twitter, Microsoft clients
Dr. Becky Kennedy
Clinical Psychologist & CEO at Good Inside
Evan LaPointe
Founder at CORE Sciences
Graham Weaver
Founder and CEO / Stanford GSB Professor at Alpine Investors
Heidi Helfand
Author and Consultant at Dynamic Reteaming
Hilary Gridley
Head of Core Product at Whoop
Jeffrey Pfeffer
Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business
Jerry Colonna
Co-founder and CEO at Reboot
Jessica Livingston
Co-founder at Y Combinator
Joe Hudson
Executive Coach at Art of Accomplishment
J.M. Nickels
Former Product Leader at Uber / DoorDash / Waymo
Jonathan Lowenhar
Co-founder and Managing Partner at Enjoy The Work
Jonny Miller
Founder and Coach at Nervous System Mastery
Judd Antin
Former Head of Research at Airbnb / Facebook
and 14 more leaders