Vision is the guiding light for product management.
The single act of stopping and taking a step back saves team morale and weeks of backtracking in development.
As a product manager, the job isn’t just to execute but to get people to believe in that larger goal and make them passionate about achieving it.
Product management is about making decisions in the fog.
Leadership requires having the courage to make a call and then take responsibility for it.
As a product manager, you don’t have authority over most people you work with. All you have is influence.
The best PMs hop on sales calls, fill in for engineering managers, and do customer research.
The intersection of product management and leadership demands staying true to your spirit of curiosity and getting your hands dirty to execute when you have to.
Leadership in product management is about taking others on the journey, often into the unknown. It’s about making people feel seen, valued, and motivated.