AMA: Skilljar SVP, Product, Tammy Hahn on Product Management Skills
January 23 @ 10:00AM PT
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Switching back to product management
For someone who used to work in product management but switched to product marketing for the last 8 years, why is it so difficult to get back into product management at Cisco?
Ignition SVP, Product | Formerly Cornerstone OnDemand, Groundswell, Skilljar, Gainsight • 1y
While I am not familiar with Cisco in particular, I would say that my biggest concern as a hiring manager for someone that hasn't recently worked in the Product Managemen...
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Ignition SVP, Product | Formerly Cornerstone OnDemand, Groundswell, Skilljar, Gainsight • 1y
Must have skills that are difficult to gain and develop: Building alignment on objectives across multiple, high level stakeholders Making all stakeholders feel like they...
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Ignition SVP, Product | Formerly Cornerstone OnDemand, Groundswell, Skilljar, Gainsight • 1y
First of all, you have to truly believe that feedback is a gift and that there is always room for improvement. That doesn't mean that it's always easy to hear and digest ...
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Ignition SVP, Product | Formerly Cornerstone OnDemand, Groundswell, Skilljar, Gainsight • 1y
Are you committed to working on this known gap? If not, then I would say this is a deal breaker for becoming an effective Product Manager. A Product Manager's role is to ...
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How do product management skills change as you get more senior in the role?
I'm a technical product manager now and I find that the execution piece of my previous roles is not as desired in my current role and I am trying to balance what I deem as PM fundamentals with what my new role expectations should be.
Ignition SVP, Product | Formerly Cornerstone OnDemand, Groundswell, Skilljar, Gainsight • 1y
A year ago, I would have said that the more senior you get, the less execution-oriented you will get and more problem/opportunity-oriented focus. It will become expectati...
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Ignition SVP, Product | Formerly Cornerstone OnDemand, Groundswell, Skilljar, Gainsight • 1y
Unfortunately, this is more common than not. A solid understanding and ability to execute project management tasks is important in the overall role of a Product Manager g...
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