Wow!!!, special thanks to Interswitch Group , Cassiel Obaedo (respect) and the entire team.
We had a great time today with Cassiel Obaedo , where we dive into this topic
" How Do I Build Trust & Alignment as Product Manager?".
The key highlights are:
As a Product Manager;
1. Know the Product - No one should be able to explain the Product more than yourself.
2. Know your customers - this will help you identify their unique pain point and serve them better.
3. Know the Data, market, industry, revenue, volume and value - everything will enable you position your product better.
4. Know the company strategy/Business model - this will enable you align the goals and product properly.
5. Listen to understand - learn to give everyone audience, listen to understand their pains, concerns, provide quality solutions options and maintain an open mind always
6. Show Commitment - Show commitment to the organization and to the success of your products, keep in mind that the difference between good and great product managers is the extra mile effort put in.
Note: As a Product Manager, learn to ask an open ended question to draw insight or validates an opinion.
e.g., Should we paint this house black or White?.
But rather ask this way,
What color should we paint this house?.
This will enable everyone opinion being considered with reasons to validate the task ahead.
Remember to give credit to whom credit is due to openly, seek other departments opinion, don't do it all alone.
Once again, thank you Cassiel Obaedo for this wonderful session, thank you Shamsudeen Aliu, PHRi™ for coordinating the session and thanks to Interswitch Group for giving us this opportunity.
Retired: Vice President QA and User Documentation at Advanced Digital Data, Inc. - Retired
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