As a product leader, and even PM, you can multiply your impact by helping constructively improve your team’s ability to deal with: 1. Unblocking themselves2. Signing up for Action Items (AIs) they won’t complete3. Being product, not feature, teams 1. Unblocking themselves Teaching your team how to translate strategy into implementation without you multiplies your […]
Years of school taught us to apply ourselves across all subjects so that we can get straight A’s. What this instills in us is that we must apply ourselves equally across all areas. In PM, this isn’t true. In fact, this behavior can hinder your success longer term and lead to burnout. “Always put in […]
In the tech world, there are really 3 types of “product teams,” from most to least common:1. Delivery Teams: Non-cross-functional dev teams2. Feature Teams: Output focused cross-functional (XFN) teams3. Product Teams: XFN groups empowered to achieve outcomes As Marty Cagan explained in his seminal piece on Product vs Feature Teams, while feature teams and product […]
As a PM, delivering quality products and results is not enough. You need to singularly improve the company’s trajectory through the products you work on. This is one of the defining differences between good and great PMs. How do you do it? Here at Product Growth, we have been studying many successful examples. What would […]
I’ve trained 100s of PMs. The 50% who are below average share one trait: They don’t lead well. Sean McVay, the winningest active NFL coach, is a must-know example about leadership for PMs. Here are 10 lessons from his leadership style to focus on: 1. Lead by example As Sean says, leadership, team culture, strategy […]
So, you want to become a PM. But, you haven’t coded, and you didn’t go to a brand-name school. You’re not sure you can do this. Are you curious and hardworking? Then you can. Here’s your process:1. Develop a long-term plan2. Put in the extra work3. Develop PM experience 1. The first thing you need […]
Brian Armstrong just bought one of the most expensive homes in the state of California. For $133M, his modern Bel Air mansion is now one of the priciest single-family home transactions ever. The self-confessed “on the spectrum” (of Autism) CEO has managed to become one of the world’s richest entrepreneurs, as well as one of […]
Product Twitter is one of the most underrated resources to improving your PM career. Every list has a bunch of men on it. Women built PM and are responsible for pushing it forward. 15 of my favorite follows: @jackiebo: The woman who has gotten millions into product. Author of Cracking the PM Interview and previously […]
Have you ever told a relative what you do, only to receive a puzzled look? Product management, as a field, is new. Our parent’s generation didn’t even consider it. Your average non-techie has no idea what it is even about. How did Product Management as a job come to be? Has it always been around, […]
It’s so easy to focus on shipping exciting new features that sometimes we forget the importance of completing tech debt stories, and creating minimal technical (tech) debt along the way. This is true for engineers, designers, product managers and builders of all stripes. In fact, in my experience, it is hardest for CEOs. It is […]