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What do you think junior PMs struggle with the most in regards to working with executives?

Derek Ferguson
GitLab Group Product Manager1y
I think the biggest struggle for junior PMs when working with executives is understanding the fundamental differences in communication and decision-making that happen at ...
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Shahid Hussain
Google Group Product Manager, Android1y
Communication. Keep it tight, don't feel that short answers are bad. Assume that the exec knows what the heck they are doing. If you can, do the pre-work to minimise any ...
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Yasmin Kothari
Peloton Senior Director of Product Management2y
Junior product managers can face challenges when working with executives around: Communication - articulating complex ideas concisely. To combat this, think through what...
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Sirisha Machiraju
Level AI VP of Product2y
The areas that junior PMs struggle with the most when working with leadership are: 1) communication - An IC PM is in the weeds of their specific charter but not the exec...
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James Heimbuck
ATG Group Product Manager | Formerly Doppler, GitLab, Twilio/SendGrid1y
The biggest struggle I have seen is providing too much detail in their update and not linking their project to larger business goals. Executive stakeholders DO care about...
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Neha Aggarwal
Commonwealth Financial Network VP, Product Management | Formerly Amazon Web Services5mo
Junior PMs struggle the most with communicating the context in the right size and framing the "Why should you care about this?" for executives.A few things to remember ar...
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