Getting Onto and Moving Up the Product Management Career Ladder
This remote talk on “Getting Onto and Moving Up the Product Management Career Ladder” was hosted by SVPMA When: January…
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Product Coaching and “Show, Don’t Tell”
I sometimes find product management teams composed entirely of first-timers, where not a single person has any previous experience as…
We’re In A Product Candidate’s Job Market
Every CPO/VP Product I talk with is in a battle for product talent. It’s even harder than normal…
Hiring a Head of Product
Over the last three decades, across 10 full-time jobs and 180 consulting clients, I’ve headed up product teams 18…
Lying To Customers
I have a narrow, somewhat puritanical view about product manager conversations with customers and prospects: we should never lie to…
Delegation for Product Leaders
A topic that’s come up several times recently in my product leader coaching sessions: how much to delegate to…
Product Consequences and a Product Code of Ethics?
Prompted by discussions with Jumana Abu-Ghazaleh, Phil Wolff and John Sebes, I’ve been thinking about tech products that are…
The Product Leadership Career Ladder
In addition to my formal coaching of product leaders (Directors, VPs and CPOs who directly manage teams of product managers)…
Videocast: Moving Up into a Product Leadership Role
Mike Belsito of Product Collective hosted this half-hour live Q&A about product management organizations and careers. This is…
Metrics for Product Career Schools?
December 6th’s Wall Street Journal called out that some of the Valley’s largest firms have delayed reporting metrics…
What Do Recruiters Look For in a Product Management Resume?
(originally posted on Quora) Q: What Do Recruiters Look For in a Product Management Resume? A: It’s important to…
Eight Mistakes You’ll (Probably) Make in Your First Product Management Job
Here are some mistakes that I expect most first-time product managers to make – even after coursework, certificates, and online tutorials.…