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Product Manager Types: The Quiet Competent Sort
Product Manager Types: The quiet competent sort. They fly beneath the radar, building consensus, and delivering year after year. Celebrate them.
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A subset of posts that focus on very foundational, or useful information for the field of Product Management or Product Marketing. Something for everybody
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Product Manager Types: The Bull in a China Shop
Continuing with the prodmgmt personas: The Bull in a China Shop. Not super common, but a bully nonetheless. Not many good options for coping, the situation is sad.
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Product Manager Types: The Dive Bomber
Product Manager Styles - the Dive Bomber. Waiting until the last moment, going their own way, trying to stand out, hogging the attention, bad all the way
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Product Personas: The Starry Eyed Engineer
More engineers are making the transition to Product Management. What challenges do they face?
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If you want to flame out as a Product manager …
Product management is leading though influence, and fewer individuals within the organization can help or hinder us than executive admins. It behooves us to groom those relationships.
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Product Management in a nutshell
At its core, product management is simple. Tied to the lifecycle of the product, different phases require different strengths.
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Product Management as an Introvert
One would be forgiven for thinking that to be an effective Product Manager, you must be an extrovert. Yet, being introverted can be a recipe for success if you play it right.
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Product Management Truths II
The longer I am in Product Management, the more "truths" I find. A follow up from a prior post about Product Management Truths. Read on to learn more
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How Long to Stay?
How long in a position is optimal for a product manager? Not a simple answer, but there are some practical rules of thumb, and this post might help you decide what is right for you
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Reading People
Successful product managers are masters of reading people. Peers, Collaborators, and customers, quickly understanding them, and their motivations is key, and a worthy skill to learn and master
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Product Management Time Management - Meetings
Product Management is a role that is consistently overloaded. One major time sink is meeting load. Some tips for how to control this beast
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Expectations for a new Product Management Job
When you start a new product management job, odds are good that you will find some chaos to overcome. Here's what you can expect