Recently, I had a chat with a PM who had just moved into management, and they were asking me how I made certain decisions when it came to hiring, staffing, coaching, etc. The conversation prompted me to think through my latent product leadership principles (and biases) that I’d accumulated and refined over the years, which I’ll be sharing here today.
Nov 26, 2023·edited Nov 26, 2023Liked by @ibscribe
Excellent summary of PM leadership principles. Each one is interrelated with each other.
- #2 and #3 especially rings especially true and exactly how I approached PM as an IC.
- #7, 8 and 11, are the attributes that less experienced PM often lacks, especially those coming from non Engineering, DS or Operation background, based. on my own hiring / managing experiences.
---- Fluidity, I interpret as capability to navigate ambiguous and being adaptive, is likely will come with experiences. It all comes down to one-way-door vs. two-way-door decision making.
- The "2nd brain for CPOs" is an excellent product idea that I may dive into deeper for my pet project :)
The latter parts seem to be easier for most organizations, while the former parts require more thinking, especially second-order understanding of people systems.
Excellent summary of PM leadership principles. Each one is interrelated with each other.
- #2 and #3 especially rings especially true and exactly how I approached PM as an IC.
- #7, 8 and 11, are the attributes that less experienced PM often lacks, especially those coming from non Engineering, DS or Operation background, based. on my own hiring / managing experiences.
---- Fluidity, I interpret as capability to navigate ambiguous and being adaptive, is likely will come with experiences. It all comes down to one-way-door vs. two-way-door decision making.
- The "2nd brain for CPOs" is an excellent product idea that I may dive into deeper for my pet project :)
The latter parts seem to be easier for most organizations, while the former parts require more thinking, especially second-order understanding of people systems.