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What has been the greatest accomplishment made when you’ve had to influence others without authority and did it make things easier for you when you needed buy in on other projects?

Mary Sheehan
Adobe Head of Lightroom Product Marketing | Formerly Google, AdRoll2y
As a startup PMM, I often had to forge my own authority. This is a constant struggle : People don't know what PMM does, you rarely have a budget, and have a small team or...
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Sherry Wu
Gong Senior Director, Product Marketing | Formerly MaintainX, Samsara, Comfy, Cisco2y
This question is related to a previous one about navigating politics. At the end of the day, influencing others IS about navigating politics. When trying to figure out ho...
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Daniel Waas
AppFolio Vice President Product Marketing4y
My biggest accomplishment was in a prior role at a different company for a SaaS product. I was able to persuade the product and executive leadership team to invest in a r...
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Jackie Palmer
ActiveCampaign VP Product Marketing | Formerly Pendo, Demandbase, Conga, SAP2y
It's never an easy task to get buy in from stakeholders if you are still working on building up authority and respect but what goes a long way is having an open mind and ...
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