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How to Develop, Articulate, and Sell Product Strategy

The Product Guy

First, I did not know how to frame, develop and present product strategy in a systematic way, and second, as a startup, my company has not historically had a good track record of strategy being developed outside of senior management (read: founder). Two major obstacles stood in my way.

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Working Remotely as a Product Manager: It’s about trust.

Product Management Unpacked

According to a Gartner report “How to Cultivate Effective ‘Remote Work’ Programs Refreshed 14 May 2019, Published 16 January 2018,” three of the four key challenges are: Mutual lack of trust undermines good remote work intentions. Showing support for your team members, even when they make mistakes. That builds confidence.

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Developing a Thorough Understanding of Atomic Roadmapping Habits

ProductPlan

James Clear’s 2018 book Atomic Habits explains that our atomic habits are created as a coping mechanism. As we get more comfortable, we keep doing it to get the same positive outcome. And for product managers, it’s important to develop your own atomic roadmapping habits. . This is hard, uncomfortable work.

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How I Survived the Lifestyle of a Product Manager as an Introvert

The Product Coalition

Most common friction comes from the regular team meetings that can be all over the place for historical “that was the only slot that worked for everyone back in 2018” reason. For example, with one product team, we started doing standups right before lunch, at 11:45 am. However, not all meetings are bad.

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Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

If you’re a senior engineer and want to further your career, what skills should you develop? Moving forward in your career, avoid the trap of doing work that feels high-impact, but it’s actually not , or work that makes you look good at the expense of the project and the team. How do people move into staff engineering roles?

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Product Management Fears and how to Face Them

Mind the Product

And I’d like to think that product people are among the more open professionals out there: we can be honest about our struggles, face up to our fears, and seek wisdom for our weaknesses. Therefore it’s how we handle it which matters – and we do well to remember that not all conflict is bad. So what are these fears?

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Agile, Empathy, and 12 Steps… What we Learned at MTP Engage

Mind the Product

And leaders have an outsized impact on team performance. She shared some insights on human behavior, and how we as leaders can use our influence to build a culture of psychological safety, enhancing collaboration and problem solving in our teams. On the tactical front, we talked about the good and bad sides of data.

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