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

Product Management Unpacked

Stereotypes about what kind of work can or cannot be done remotely lead to unrealistic expectations and underperforming programs. The job of a product manager has many elements, but at its core is a responsibility to build relationships, especially with development, engineering, sales and sales leadership, as well as executive management.

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What does psychological safety mean, anyway?

Atlassian

Psychologically safe work environments allow team members to feel that they can safely take calculated risks without fear of repercussions. On the journey to success, how your team members feel about their work environment may be just as important as the skills they bring to the table. In Leadership. 5-Second summary.

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Becoming a Product Leader: Leading Product Success in the First 100 Days

Product Management Unpacked

This is where you need to establish yourself, your leadership style and your presence. In my experience, start with core constituents – your immediate team, leaders of development/engineering, sales, followed by top customers. Strengths/Weaknesses). Under times of duress, a leader must act decisively and effectively.

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Product Management Tips for Data Science Projects

Mironov Consulting

We’ve known forever that we (product managers) must include our developers and designers in the earliest stages of problem definition and solution ideation. Piping in real users’ voices and challenges motivates the whole team. Less appreciation of commercial software development pressures. We versus They.

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Medium, Low, High: Dial Into Your Ideal PM Job Title

The Product Coalition

For many, careers invested in continued vertical and horizontal learning and progress take years to develop. This will be factored into your job search with the position level you applied for. This is a hard sell when you’ve spent years developing your career and someone wants you to start over. Are you a Support Engineer?

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6 Ways The Product Manager is the CEO of the Product (and 1 Way They are the CFO too)

The Product Coalition

The comparison has been around for a long time?—?the Ownership, leadership, drive, ambition, etc. When I first came into my current role in developing a new application for university students and faculty, I knew I had to get a much deeper understanding of all our users. That goes for both the good and bad. Create vision.

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Is product development a competitive sport inside your company?

People-First Product Leadership

Throughout my career I have found product politics breeds a competitive environment that makes long-term individual and product team success precarious at best. Why compete against your product triad colleagues (product, design, engineering) when you are part of the same team? They're done by a team of people.”