Influencing the C-Suite

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Poorvi Shrivastav
Poorvi Shrivastav
Meta Senior Director of Product ManagementApril 19
Three best habits to follow 1. Clear communication strategies on why you are meeting, what problem you are trying to solve, what is the solution in your mind and the reasoning behind it. At the end of the day, they'd want to know how they can help so make it explicitly clear. 2. ......Read More
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Devika Nair
Devika Nair
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Director of Product ManagementNovember 2
That is a hard one to answer because there is no one-size-fits-all. There could be launches where the product rarely evolves and checking in with stakeholders once in a few months might suffice, at other times it could be daily or even multiple times a day. You would also want to increase the che......Read More
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Poorvi Shrivastav
Poorvi Shrivastav
Meta Senior Director of Product ManagementApril 19
1. Establish connections with your team - a mutual shared understanding of individual values and drivers is important to building a cohesive team. The first step towards that comes from building connections by getting to know more about your team members. 2. Be empathetic but also e......Read More
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Natalia Baryshnikova
Natalia Baryshnikova
Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise AgilitySeptember 11
"The audience wants you to succeed". Those are the words my very wise friend shared with me that he learned back in acting school. We often step into a "presentation mode" being ready for a fight. A fight against audience, that is. However, if you empathize with people who have gathered to listen......Read More
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Linh Lam
Linh Lam
Lattice Group Product ManagerFebruary 16
Influence is interesting because it's very much a function of if others are willing to accept your influence. Here are some things I'd recommend doing to get started, but ultimately, your influence depends on the openness of others:  * Gain trust from others. To me, this comes from doing your ......Read More
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Sanchit Juneja
Sanchit Juneja
Booking.com Director-Product (Data Science & Machine Learning Platform)May 11
Unlike our parents' generation, it is highly unlikely we are going to have 40 years of continuous career in a single org. Also , unlike our parents' generation, skill-sets and job definitions are highly dynamic in the industry, hence being in a state of always learning is a neccesity. Being abre......Read More
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Mike Flouton
Mike Flouton
GitLab VP, ProductJuly 11
My first principle when it comes to roadmaps is “transparency.” Being transparent about priorities, what’s being prioritized, what’s not being prioritized and WHY makes a massive difference. There are plenty of SaaS solutions that are great for this, but in the old days we used a simple Excel ......Read More
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Poorvi Shrivastav
Poorvi Shrivastav
Meta Senior Director of Product ManagementApril 19
I did not explicitly schedule meetings for the sake of meeting. I looked for opportunities to come my way when I was invited to be a part of a discussion or presentation and focussed on nailing down those 5-10 minutes. I always prepared a question or two on strategy or vision to ask if provided a......Read More
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Preethy Vaidyanathan
Preethy Vaidyanathan
Matterport VP of ProductJune 14
Your strength is being the leader in product and technology. Your superpower is connecting this to how they solve customer problems and drive business results. Top three things to consider:  * Start with the why including customer problem and business goals * Understand company priority (this ......Read More
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Poorvi Shrivastav
Poorvi Shrivastav
Meta Senior Director of Product ManagementApril 19
I interact with c-suite in my current role across a variety of forums - 1:1 meetings, business reviews, off-sites, brainstorming and problem solving forums etc. In my 1:1s - I focus on two aspects. Growing the business and any areas that I need help on and my own team/ my own career and where ......Read More
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