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…it is not at all uncommon for the self-assessment to expose some significant differences with how the product manager assesses her own capabilities.
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004 |
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…a product manager must be an expert user of her product in order to be trusted.
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006 |
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…honest, constructive feedback is the main source of value you provide as a manager.
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007 |
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…to get the critically important work of a product manager done, you need on the order of four solid hours a day.
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008 |
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…it’s no surprise that one of the most common, and most important, coaching topics is helping a new product manager learn to manage her time.
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008 |
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Your highest order contribution and responsibility as product manager is to make sure that what the engineers are asked to build will be worth building.
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008 |
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…the annual performance review should never be the primary feedback tool. If it is,… you have utterly failed as a manager.
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016 |
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…the primary purpose of the 1:1 is not for the manager, it is for the employee.
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016 |
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The most basic skill required for a competent manager is the willingness and ability to provide honest, timely, and constructive feedback to employees.
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016 |
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Design is far too important to be run as an internal service. It needs to be a first-class member of the product team, just as the product manager and tech lead are.
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