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Crossing the Canyon: Product Manager to Product Leader — Reforge
- Instead of focusing on titles, it is best to think about your role in terms of ownership, scope of product/solution, and influence.
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Mila Superstar added 3y ago
- You have to move beyond solving with the resources you have and begin to influence others in the org to solve problems outside your direct span of control. You need to start identifying the full set of things blocking your problem area, and influencing others in the org to do that work. In addition, rather than being given a set of resources, you b... See more
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Mila Superstar added 3y ago
- THE MANAGER DEATH SPIRAL
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- Going from APM → PM → SPM, you can keep doing similar things with deeper sophistication, more subject matter expertise, and better execution. But continuing to pursue those things will actually get you stuck at the Product Lead transition and you'll never break through to the next level.
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Mila Superstar added 3y ago
- what gets you to a senior product manager, won’t make you successful as a product leader.
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- Depth in one type of product work → Breadth across multiple types of product work
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- Everyone has natural strengths. We tend to lean on those natural strengths to generate great execution. But the things you understand the most naturally are the things that are the hardest to teach.
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- Gaining more individual scope → Creating more scope for the org
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- Not all product work is created equal. After initial product-market fit, there are four categories of product problems that need to be managed and sequenced:Feature Work - Creating and capturing value by extending a product's functionality and market into incremental and adjacent areas.Growth Work - Creating and capturing value by accelerating adop... See more
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