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The Making of Product Managers: Michael’s Story

The Product Coalition

It is unusual that Michael’s first brush with product management was during his master’s degree in systems design engineering. Product Management with Solids and Fluids Michael studied nanotechnology engineering at university with a focus on emerging technologies in a variety of industries.

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Why We Don’t Interview Product Managers Anymore

The Product Coalition

On top of that, there are now huge volumes of research from academic circles, as well as popular journals like Harvard Business Review , INC.com , and Forbes ?—?all The people who have been through it, however painful, have given me positive feedback, so I share this with the world in the hope it helps others trying to hire great people.

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474: Emotionally fit leadership for product managers – with Dr. Emily Anhalt

Product Innovation Educators

Emily Anhalt is a psychologist, emotional fitness consultant, and the co-founder and Chief Clinical Officer of Coa, your gym for mental health. I did a research study in which I interviewed 100 psychologists and 100 entrepreneurs and asked them, “How would you know if you were sitting across the table from an emotionally healthy leader?

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How to Successfully Transition from Consulting to PM

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

After working in consulting, many management consultants desire to exit into and work at a tech company. If you want to learn more about the consulting role vs the product role, read this article on the topic. Perhaps you worked on a digital strategy or an IT system change.

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How to Successfully Transition from Consulting to PM

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

After working in consulting, many management consultants desire to exit into and work at a tech company. If you want to learn more about the consulting role vs the product role, read this article on the topic. Perhaps you worked on a digital strategy or an IT system change.

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Motives To Be Met: An Introduction

The Product Coalition

But many, many products are developed without knowing from the start that people want the solution, or even care about the problem. There are plenty of software products that start with a solution that is “possible” and “innovative” but has nothing to do with how people actually behave. It seems so simple!

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What You are Doing Wrong with your Team Working Agreement

The Product Coalition

Photo by Josh Calabrese on Unsplash A team working agreement is essentially a documented set of ground rules that a team creates to hold each other accountable to positive behaviors. In short, the Project Aristotle “researchers found that what really mattered was less about who is on the team and more about how the team worked together.”