How do you influence the C-Suite to get more resources?
6 Answers
BILL Director Product Management • 9mo
I think the first thing to acknowledge is — the C-suite doesn’t have infinite resources. At BILL, we’re growing fast, and that means there’s always a long list of valuabl...
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Matterport VP of Product • 3y
Start with the customer and business problem you are trying to solve and get alignment on the priority to solving this problem. Oftentimes, the root cause of the disconne...
1326 Views
Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Strategy and Planning • 3y
By bringing clear plans, having a track record of driving results, and not being known as a person who asks for resources to "build an empire". - I expanded on what a "c...
489 Views
Boxford Capital Managing Partner | Formerly Barracuda, SilverSky, Digital Guardian, OpenPages, Cybertrust • 3y
Here’s where you need to shift into an executive mindset. Good executives think in terms of costs and benefits and business outcomes they want to drive. And I’m not just ...
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Adobe Senior Director of Product Management, 3D Category • 2y
Before asking for more resources, you should wonder if you really need it?Usually we think we believe that with more resources we will achieve more, but I truly believe t...
418 Views
Square Product Lead • 2y
Ultimately c-suite needs to allocate resources that generate business value. So I think the best way to influence that is to make sure what you are working on produces th...
429 Views
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