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What pointed recommendations do you have on gaining influence as a new member of an organization or as a junior product management team member?

Natalia Baryshnikova
Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Strategy and Planning3y
Your ability to create value quickly will depend on how quickly you can identify the problems and gaps in ways your organization operates today, and demonstrate progress ...
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Jamil Valliani
Atlassian Vice President / Head of Product - AI1y
I find that there are 3 basic traits that a team looks for a product manager to provide in any project:Create Clarity - Does the product manager have the ability to disen...
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Nicolas Liatti
Adobe Senior Director of Product Management, 3D Category1y
The job of PM relies on influence, not on ideas.As a young PM, I always suggest to focus on building influence small steps by small steps. Get small wins. So as a PM star...
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Jesse Tremblay
HubSpot Director of Product1y
I think the most important thing to think about when you think about influence is you can only influence people based off of things that they actually care about. So how ...
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Subu Baskaran
Splunk Director of Product Management2y
If you are a new PM in an organization, my advice would be the following:Be curious - learn as much as possible about the customers, users, features, and the system. Talk...
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Melissa Ushakov
GitLab Group Manager, Product Management3y
Before gaining influence, you have to gain your team's trust. One question I love to ask when I join a team is: "What are the biggest challenges the team experiences? How...
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Suzie Prince
Atlassian Head of Product, DevOps1y
Ultimately you need to have impact and demonstrate to those around you that you can create value for the organisation. You should identify a problem or opportunity, creat...
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