Emotional Intelligence
5 days ago • 6 min readEmotional Intelligence Read on my website / Read time: 4 minutes Product Management happens through people. As Product Managers, we know we have to influence without authority. Even product executives - VPs, SVPs, CPOs - can't dictate to the rest of the organization what to do, because they don't report to them. (Unless they are specifically in a P&L GM type role.) We have to deal with lots of people in different parts of the organization who don't report to us. But we have to influence them...
READ POSTJustifying Your Existence
13 days ago • 11 min readJustifying Your Existence Read on my website / Read time: 9 minutes Harsh truth: As Product Managers, we need to be generating 3x-50x returns on our compensation. If not, we'll find ourselves diminished to task-based delivery work, sidelined, ignored, undervalued. Ultimately, we risk losing our job and - worse - stagnating in our careers as we struggle to communicate our impact in job interviews. "But, Shardul," I can hear the protests now, "we're not sales or marketing, so we can't be...
READ POSTWhat's Your Language?
26 days ago • 3 min readTitle of Newsletter Issue Read on my website / Read time: 5 minutes Today, I'm going to share the #2 reason product managers don't get ahead. Every week, I talk to product managers across the world. In the US, Canada, India and South Asia, the UK, mainland Europe, Africa, South America, Australia - you name it. They come with all kinds of titles - Product Manager, APM, Technical Product Manager, Product Owner, Senior Product Owner, Senior Product Manager, Lead Product Manager, Lead Product...
READ POSTStakeholder Control
about 1 month ago • 5 min readStakeholder Control Read on my website / Read time: 5 minutes Thank you to our sponsors who keep this newsletter free for the reader: Want to Get In Front of 6K+ Decision Makers? Promote your product or brand to a passionate community of product leaders and innovators for one flat fee. No CPC, CPI, or CPM. Book Your Sponsorship Today Stakeholders with control issues. Let's be honest: They're so infuriating. They think they own the product. They think they're "customers" of the product. So,...
READ POST9 Habits of Millionaire Product Managers
about 2 months ago • 14 min read9 Habits of MillionaireProduct Managers Read on my website / Read time: 5 minutes Thank you to our sponsors who keep this newsletter free for the reader: Want to Get In Front of 6K+ Decision Makers? Promote your product or brand to a passionate community of product leaders and innovators for one flat fee. No CPC, CPI, or CPM. Book Your Sponsorship Today How do you have a successful career? For the purposes of this article, I'm talking about success in these terms: Career growth. Personal...
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