What are the most important soft skills for product managers? I think most of us intuitively understand that soft skills are important for product managers. But, given that, let’s drill down a bit.
Soft Skills For Product Managers Read More »
Greg Prickril has been coaching and training PMs for many years. He started noticing that product managers, on the whole, were not putting as much attention into their careers – their professional development – as they could be. And that simply applying product management skills and techniques could make a big difference for PMs’ career outcomes.
Greg Prickril on Managing Your Product Management Career Like A Product Read More »
There’s so much we could do as product managers – but we don’t have time to do it all. So you have to know where to apply your leverage, how to prioritize your time investment. You’ve heard of the 80/20 rule – what is the 20% you must do to get 80% of the value?
The Minimum Effective Dose of Product Management Read More »
In this episode I share an important mental model I learned from Brian Kurtz, from his book Overdeliver, about his career in direct marketing, and his advice for anyone doing marketing of any kind.
The 40/40/20 Rule: A Direct Marketer’s Secret Weapon Read More »
Retrospectives are a great, cheap tool your team can use to rapidly improve their effectiveness. Here’s how to do them, how to sell your organization on them, and, as an example, a retrospective of this podcast’s 2019.
Retrospectives Should Be A No-Brainer Read More »
Product management suffers from tool problems – we don’t have a system of record. In this episode I describe the problem, its impact on us, and how to cobble a basic system of record together using tools and materials you probably have lying around the house.
The Product Management System of Record Read More »