Congratulations! You now have the opportunity to lead a team of other product managers. Or maybe you want to position yourself as a contender for a leadership position and make a proposal. What should be your first steps?
You already know about the constraints: your product managers are very busy, so any new team-building effort will [...]
In this economy, you spend so much time trying to find and land a Product Management position. So what happens when you get an opportunity? How should you decide if you are going to take a job or not? There are a few factors that we consider when we look at a possible position.
Respect: When [...]
It is a well-known fact that new ideas come from your customers, partners, analysts, competitors and other industry influencers. Like it or not, your company looks upon the product management organization to organize these ideas.
But how can a very busy product manager transform the “idea machine” into a fast, fair and simple, yet transparent process?
Remember [...]
Human Resource professionals know that a well-oiled product management organization improves the chances of success for new products while increasing the long-term profitability of existing products. But let’s face it: HR is handed a tall order when asked to recruit for product management positions.
In the first post I laid out the case for leadership in product management and outlined three primary aspects of a company [Leadership in Product Management – Effecting Organizational Alignment]. The second post addressed the importance of effecting leadership within the context of the two aspects of people and organizational culture [Leadership in [...]
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 | Sophia on This One Time, At Product Camp… Kudos on organizing a p-camp. I went to the one in San Francisco bay area (http://sophiaperl.com/?p=301). My 2nd ... |
 | Mack McCoy on Service Management For Product Managers Nice post! I've been a product professional in telecom for a long time. I've been trained in Six Sigma (DMAIC ... |
 | KK on Service Management For Product Managers Great post but a few comments: Sometimes service providers expertise isn't the only part of a decision making process. Service ... |
 | Stan on So You Got the Product Manager Position – Should you take it? Very useful and informative read. Thank you David. The more special case of this article is that if you have ... |