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How to Survive the Hardest Part of Product Management by Janna Bastow

Mind the Product

But the training was intense! This sales training laid the foundation for the survival tactics Janna still uses today to manage people. One of the hardest challenges in product management is getting people aligned – especially if they have different reporting lines and objectives. Roadmaps are stories.

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Mismatched Expectations: Product Information and Sales Teams

Mironov Consulting

Lately, I’ve been writing a lot about entirely predictable goal misalignments between the maker side (product, engineering, design) and the go-to-market side (sales, marketing, customer success) of tech firms, especially at B2B/enterprise software companies.  That  Plus frequent updates on everything for the C-suite.

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The Great Silence

The Product Coalition

I’ve asked friends who do the job at social events and got the same answer, and frequently asked members of my own teams, who struggled to find the time to do it. To compensate, I’ve seen UX researchers & designers pick up the mantle a lot more, and the design teams have really leaned into this space.