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What is the most underrated soft skill of a high performing PM?

Bhaskar Krishnan
Meta Product Leadership - Ads, Commerce & AI | Formerly Stripe, Flipkart, Yahoo3y
Empathy and the ability to connect with people across the board is the most under-rated skill for high-performing PMs. Empathy enables PMs to connect dots, build relation...
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Clara Lee
PayPal VP, Product | Formerly Apple, Automattic, Deloitte3y
Sharp communication skills that enable proactive stakeholder management. This doesn't just mean blasting memos and updates to everyone, everywhere – it means: Speaking ...
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Milena Krasteva
Walmart Sr Director II, Product Management - Marketing Technology3y
I'd love to answer this in a slightly different way: The single most important skill, that cannot be rated highly enough is Communication. Many other soft skills are fund...
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Mamuna Oyofo, MBA
Shopify VP of Product4y
I personally believe this to be communication. Often times, we as PMs dive heads down into a problem with understanding that we need to have a time with us to do the work...
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Tara Wellington
BILL VP of Product, Product Platform2y
Storytelling. Communication is a prerequisite for any PM, but storytelling is communication with impact at its core. When you move from just communication into storytelli...
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Lexi Lowe
Hex Head of Product | Formerly Fivetran1y
Effective communication - this is extremely hard because you have to communicate with so many different kinds of people to build clarity and alignment. It is not a one si...
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Aindra Misra
BILL Director, Product Management (Data, AI, DevEx, Identity) | Formerly Twitter/X1y
Ability to tell the story and connect the dots. As a PM, if you are not able to tell your story in a crisp and clear manner with the right amount of details, and tailored...
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Aleks Bass
Typeform Chief Product Officer3y
The most underrated soft skill of a high-performing PM is the ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with stakeholders. This includes the following: Ability...
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