The Product Manager Coach Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

Brian Chesky of Airbnb sparked a lively debate last year by questioning the role of product managers in today’s fast-evolving business landscape. He stated, “Airbnb has morphed its product management function into an “Apple-style product marketing function.” Aligning Product Vision and Strategy 2.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Sandrine Veillet ’s Product in Practice story perfectly exemplifies this. She took a multi-step, methodical approach to introduce continuous discovery, including enrolling a group of product people in the Master Class , having those participants coach and train others, and bringing stakeholders along for the journey.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Being a product manager requires a balance of assertiveness and diplomacy, particularly in stakeholder management. The art of saying “no” is a critical skill that, when done respectfully and decisively, can significantly contribute to the success of your product and your career.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Anyone familiar with Product Management will recognize the immortal phrase ‘influence without authority.’ As a Product Manager, you’re a team player who guides product development along its chartered course, but you have to do that without being the literal captain of the ship. What Does ‘Influence’ Mean?

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Product Management University

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Storytelling skills for product management and product marketing are essential because without them, the value context (why the market cares) of what you’re building, marketing and selling is completely masked. Enroll in Product Management University On-Demand and learn new skills on your own terms.

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Alchemer Mobile

JANUARY 10, 2019

The challenge of achieving product-market fit is what keeps most product managers up at night. And this time every year, product management professionals are putting yearly strategies together and seeking out resources to ensure their approach is on-trend. How to Keep Up.

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Alchemer Mobile

AUGUST 6, 2020

Product managers are rapidly advancing their skills, and as a result, the industry as a whole has had to level-up to compete as the world’s biggest brands continue to adopt a mobile-first approach. We’ve written a lot—and I mean A LOT—of content focused around mobile product management. Getting Started.

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 4, 2017

The Secret Product Management Framework. Finally writing down the Secret Product Management Framework was a revelation for me. It put all the activities I do as a product manager into perspective. ” In this case, the previous observations are the articles I’ve been posting on the blog.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 30, 2023

I ranted about one of those on my other blog. Most problems need critical thinking skills because what works for one client does not work for another. For example, people know me for my expertise in managing product development. Let's talk about one example of what people expect of consultants: facilitation skills.

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Userpilot

APRIL 21, 2024

Wondering how to build a conversion path for your SaaS product or e-commerce site? From the moment they learn about the product until they complete a desired action, like a demo booking, and beyond. Focus on their JTBDs, pain points , and gains from using your product. Userpilot is a product growth platform.

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 4, 2017

The Secret Product Management Framework. Finally writing down the Secret Product Management Framework was a revelation for me. It put all the activities I do as a product manager into perspective. ” In this case, the previous observations are the articles I’ve been posting on the blog.

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 4, 2017

The Secret Product Management Framework. Finally writing down the Secret Product Management Framework was a revelation for me. It put all the activities I do as a product manager into perspective. ” In this case, the previous observations are the articles I’ve been posting on the blog.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Knowing how to launch a product successfully is no easy feat – it takes careful planning, execution, and coordination. But when done right, a product launch can significantly succeed your business. So, how do you go about launching a product successfully? Write a positioning statement- how is your product different?

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Product operations, or prod ops, is an emerging discipline designed to help product teams operate as effectively as possible. ” Therefore, Prod ops are to the product team what a trainer and nutritionist are to an elite athlete. What is Product Operations? Product Operations’ Job Responsibilities.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 16, 2024

From analyzing market trends to churning user needs and technical feasibility into golden product ideas, there are many benefits of ChatGPT for product managers. A potent tool, ChatGPT has proven to be a strategic addition to the product management toolkit, churning out ideas in even the most unlikely scenarios.

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Userpilot

MARCH 11, 2022

To help you in your first 90 days on the job, we’ve compiled a collection of some of the best product management resources. The collection includes our favorite conferences, podcasts, blogs, books, newsletters, courses, and Slack groups for product managers. o get the sponge mode on and dive in!

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Userpilot

MARCH 8, 2022

Women are still underrepresented in the Product Profession – with only 33.3% of US Product Managers being female in 2021, according to a metastudy of 30 million profiles conducted by Zippia : Source: [link]. Melissa Perri – Speaker, consultant, and teacher in Product Management. CEO of Product Labs.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Do you know that customer touchpoints can exponentially influence product growth ? They can contribute to every stage of the customer journey and uncover insights into customer relationship management. It may be reading articles on your blog, engaging with ads, leaving reviews, contacting the support team, and so on.

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Product Talk

OCTOBER 4, 2017

I coach each team—a product manager, a design lead, and a tech lead—for three months, working with them virtually week over week. During that time, we focus on developing their research skills (e.g. During that time, we focus on developing their research skills (e.g. It’s a lot of fun. The Value of Deliberate Practice.

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Antwak Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

The interview can be especially hard, particularly when you’re switching into a product from a different domain altogether. 2: Get acquainted with their products/services and contenders. It is so imperative to invest a big load of time and energy using their product/benefits and check available features. 1: Prepare well.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 7, 2020

Product vs Project Management?—?Batman Source: Animated Times During my career, I have worked extensively as both a project manager and a product manager; within consulting and in multiple industries. Product and Project Management?—?two What skills do both roles share? The 5 Why’s and How?—?often

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Hi there, Product Talk readers! I’ve been helping Teresa with Product Talk content behind the scenes for the past few years. But if you’re new to Product Talk or that blog post has faded away in the vast sea of material you’ve read over the past few months, don’t sweat it. I’m Melissa Suzuno. I’ll give you a quick recap.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

You hear a lot about the need for soft skills in product management, but product managers also need hard skills. In fact, any discussion about product management soft skills should presuppose you’ve already mastered the specific abilities required for the job: the hard skills.

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Userpilot

JUNE 3, 2021

A few weeks ago, I ran a poll on LinkedIn and Twitter asking a simple question: Which human skill do you think is most essential to building great products? Managing conflict. There’s growing evidence that human skills may be the competitive edge for high performing product teams and organisations.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

You’ve just landed a new product manager role, and the mix of excitement and nerves is palpable. Starting a new product manager job is not just about a change in your job title; it’s a defining moment in your professional journey. He needed to establish trust to lead and drive his product effectively.

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Antwak Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

Before learning the significance of Stakeholder Management, we should learn what ‘stakeholder ‘is. What Is Stakeholder Management? Stakeholder Management is how coordinate, monitor and improve your relationship with your partners. . Tips For Effective Stakeholder Management . Who is a stakeholder?

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Userpilot

JANUARY 16, 2024

How each book improves your UX design skills. Metts & Andy Welfle Userpilot can help you deliver better product experiences at every stage of the user journey. Based on Joel Marsh's popular UX Crash Course blog, covers the fundamentals of UX design in 100 concise, easy-to-digest chapters.

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bpma ProductHub

DECEMBER 12, 2016

The Boston area may just be the best place to be a product manager today. Bloomberg compared states based on R&D, productivity, high-tech density, concentration of STEM* employment, science/engineering degree holders, and patents with other areas. Reason #2: One of the highest concentrations of product managers anywhere.

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The Accidental Product Manager

JANUARY 11, 2021

It turns out that the answer to that question has been bothering the Amazon product managers also and so they’ve taken a look at their product development definition and come up with an answer to this issue: Amazon is rolling out their own home delivery service. Currently, fuel surcharges are 5% at FedEx and 7% at UPS.

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The Accidental Product Manager

APRIL 12, 2021

However, it turns out that for the product managers who work at these food delivery firms, all is not so good. Product managers need to understand that their customers have become spoiled. This means that restaurant and grocer product managers are now rushing to satisfy the exact same demand.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Highly effective Product Managers develop themselves in 5 key areas. Highly effective Product Managers (or what I call Exponential PMs) tend to be strong in all of these areas. This is based on studying, speaking with, and coaching PMs and product leaders. presence, awareness, state of mind) 5.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 10, 2019

In this blog we’ll share our own personal experiences, and consider how mental health problems such as imposter syndrome, anxiety, depression, or stress affect us as product people. At Mind the Product London last year, Rik Higham shared research showing that 70% of us suffer from imposter syndrome. Imposter Syndrome.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

We are all in a battle, multiple battles in fact, with a lot at stake: whether it’s the fate of the company we work for or for the product that we build. As well as being a critical philosophy behind how we build software, it also represents how I feel about the software industry and technology in general. The talent.

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Userpilot

MAY 5, 2022

What does the product management process involve? Why is it important for product managers to follow them? Product managers lead interdisciplinary product teams to deliver products that bring value to customers. The product development process is one aspect of the product management process.

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Saeed Khan and I will be leading a pair of one-day workshops in Toronto and Kitchener/Waterloo — providing insights, frameworks and tools to help attendees create high-performing product management teams. Toronto: March 10th, 8:30am – 5:00pm @ WeWork Scotia Plaza, 40 King Street West #41st Fl, Toronto M5H 3Y2.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 31, 2018

Interviewing can be particularly tough, especially when you’re transitioning into product from a different industry. Valentine Cem Aseyo is the SVP of Product @ Bandsintown , the #1 concert discovery platform that connects 40 million fans with 450 thousand musicians. 3: Brevity is a virtue PMs need to have killer communications skills.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 26, 2021

Are you thinking of becoming an engineering manager? Understandably, you'll need a manager's resume. That's why we wrote this article; to help candidates work through their process of writing an engineering manager's resume to impress all the hiring managers who see it. How Do Engineering Managers Define Their Role?

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