A shortlist of skills Shreyas Doshi identifies as predicting consistent product-leadership success across different companies, product types, and product stages — as opposed to skills that only pay off in one context:
Because these skills transfer across stage and context, they're a better hiring filter than pedigree (e.g. "scaled a product from X to Y users") — see Product Stage as the Primary Fit Factor for Product Leadership for why pedigree at one stage doesn't predict fit at another, and Head-of-Product Hiring Failure Base Rate for the cost of getting the hire wrong. Archetype (Product Leadership Archetypes: Operator, Craftsperson, Visionary) is a layer on top of this list: it describes which of these skills a given leader leans on hardest as their "superpower."
Shreyas Doshi names four skills that consistently successful product leaders spike on, across companies, product types, domains, and stages:
"consistently successful product leaders tend to spike on critical thinking which also includes is analytical thinking, strategic thinking, product sense, influence and particularly listening, how well they listen and cognitive empathy."