What a Product Manager should focus on
Ever been in a product management role that had a terrible leader? How about a great leader? What is the differentiator? Read on...
leadership
Leadership is key to product management, however, it isn't leadership via authority, but by influence, a vastly more difficult accomplishment
Stretch Projects
A peer leans into a stretch project, the Dude is to "advise", but then the Dude does most of the work....
Consensus Shopping
If your organization is in the consensus trap, you as product manager have had your wings clipped, and could be replaced with a paperclip....
Spread thinner than the Tequila in a Chili's Margarita Machine
Want your product managers to be able to be more strategic? Then don't overload them, regardless of how much you need them to do more tactical tasks......
Difference between an IC and a Manager (or leader)
The "up or out" mentality seems to be sticky, yet it can be damaging to the organization. Please, make it possible for satisfied long-term individual contributors to be properly rewarded....
Textbook Case: Human Resources circles the wagons
Human Resources is there to protect the corporation, and the executives. All else is window dressing, including the shameful practice of intimidation, retaliation, and marginalization...