In support of Leading The Product, Ivy Hornibrook and I did an hour-long interview that Brainmates turned into three linked posts:
[1] Rich Talks About Bad and Good Product Management includes discussion of
- Not tolerating bad management if it’s making you miserable
- Senior executives who help too much and frequently interrupt their own teams
- Australia’s shortage of seasoned product managers and mature product culture (but we’re improving!)
[2] Rich Spills the Beans on How to Progress Your Product Management Career touches on
- A product leader’s need to delegate product-specific decisions in order to free up time/energy for leading the team
- Building constructive cross-functional relationships
- Looking first at bad organizational structures, before assuming that individuals are poor at their jobs
[3] People Need Reminding that Shipping Isn’t the Mark of Success covers
- Product Managers need to learn how to skillfully manage executives
- Sometimes, a product leader has to stand on a chair and shout that “This is bad for customers, this is bad for the company, this is bad for the product.”
- Sales-led companies run into the wall in a very predictable way
Thanks Brook McCarthy for turning my ramblings into something readable.