How do you effectively split your attention between contributing individually and coaching your PM's? Do these two priorities ever conflict with each other?
Cisco Director of Product Management • 1y
Of course they do! It's always a balance between those two sides. Mixing personal contributions with coaching other product managers can create tension if you’re not min...
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HubSpot Director of Product • 1y
I'll be honest - this is something I still struggle with. While I try to establish clear ownership boundaries between my responsibilities and my teams', overlap is inevit...
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Carta VP Product, Upmarket & Private Equity • 2y
It depends on the role you want to play and the need of the company. In my current role given the size of my organization I cannot be an IC on any feature. So you need to...
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GitLab Group Manager, Product Management • 3y
Contributing myself and supporting my team can be at odds with each other. Coaching and supporting my team is always my number one priority. There are times when I simpl...
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Coaching my PMs takes priority, people management is a force-multiplier if done correctly/effectively.I make individual contributions only if truly needed - a PM backfill...
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Atlassian Director of Product Management (Confluence) | Formerly PayPal, eBay, Intel, Verizon • 2y
As a PM leader, it is imperative to balance individual work and managing teams of PM's.There are some key tasks I would focus on as an IC such as setting up the right vis...
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Noname Security Director of Product Management • 3y
As a manager for PM's, splitting your attention between contributing individually and coaching your product managers can be a challenging task. However, it is important t...
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