Qualities of a good Product manager - Mentorship Session with Gokul Rajaram
Here are the lessons that anyone interested in product development should be thinking about :-
Judgement/ Decision Making -
It is inevitable that as a product manager you would be faced with hard challenges. And problems would not have a clear solution. At times like those, the product manager has to consider many factors like externalities, team feedback, economics, etc and has to make the decision. It seemed to me that making such trade-offs or judgement calls is more an art than a science.
Leading with influence rather than authority -
Good product managers build personal rapports and credibility over time with their teams. They invest not only in the products but in people as well. I am fortunate to have people in my office who lead with influence and I am proud to work with them.
Always Over-communicate -
It seems very obvious but sometimes overlooked, meetings are the heart beats of a company. All meetings should be documented and there always should be objectives behind having a meeting, list of action items after having the meeting.