What do you see as the most important hard/soft skills to be a successful product management professional?
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Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Strategy and Planning • 3y
My personal acronym for the skills that make product managers succesfull is H.A.C.K. H for Humility. There are two particularly important benefits of humility. First, hu...
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Atlassian Vice President / Head of Product - AI • 1y
The “soft skills” are often what separate the good from great product managers. In particular:Curiosity - An insatiable curiosity about your customers, partners, fellow t...
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the ability to ask questions and synthesize - customers often tell you what they want to see happen in the product, but that may not be the most scalable solution for al...
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Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Strategy and Planning • 3y
Thank you for asking. Here is my answer to that from an earlier Sharebird AMA: https://sharebird.com/h/product-management/q/what-do-you-see-as-the-most-important-hardsoft...
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Bluevine Senior Director of Product Management | Formerly Xero, Practice Fusion • 1y
Problem solving, collaboration, and communication are critical to being a successful Product Manager. Being proficient in hard skills like user experience, data analytics...
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Vera Solutions Director of Product Management • 2y
In one of my early interviews with a potential candidate, I asked the person what he thought makes a good product manager. I believe his reply aptly summarizes a key attr...
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