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Product Management Skills
Martin Eriksson defines product management as the intersection between business, technology, and user experience. He believes that a good product manager must be experienced in at least one of these areas and passionate about all of them. But what exact skills does a product manager need? From communication and strategic thinking to prioritisation and analytical skills, the list is long. This content looks at product management skills in different ways. Assess your product skills today If you'd like to assess your own product skills, check out our free Product Skills Toolkit. Designed to help you assess your skills and take the next step on your product learning journey, the toolkit includes a PDF download, video tutorials, and an email series.
SUNDAY REWIND: Humility and personal resilience in product
This week’s Sunday Rewind is a look back to two talks from our 2022 Hamburg conference, MTP Engage, in which product leaders share two different perspectives on the mental qualities you need as a product manager.
Eira Hayward
The product guru complex
It's time to ditch the dogma and introduce a strong dose of pragmatism if product management is to avoid an existential crisis, argues Becky Yelland.
Beks Yelland
February's top product management reads
From an in-depth look into the multitude of different ways to teach yourself about product management to tips on how to overcome job fatigue and handle office politics, here’s a look through the most popular content among the MTP community in February.
Eira Hayward
Product leaders in the C-suite: tips for dealing with execs
Product leaders in the C-suite struggle to get their organisations to innovate and understand the value of experimentation, according to recent research. What actions can they take to get other execs to change their approach to Product?
Eira Hayward
How do the best product people manage their time?
We speak to three different sorts of product people to find out what tricks they employ to manage their time effectively.
Eira Hayward
SUNDAY REWIND: Storytelling for product leaders by Peter Fletcher-Dobson
This week’s Sunday Rewind is a ProductTank Wellington talk from Peter Fletcher-Dobson, then Chief Digital Officer at BCITO, on storytelling for product leaders.
Eira Hayward
Decoding learning paths for product managers
The range of educational possibilities for product managers has exploded in the last few years. We take a closer look at what's available and the best ways to learn.
Eira Hayward
SUNDAY REWIND: Quick read: Learning to negotiate — when, why and how
This week’s Sunday Rewind looks back to a post that outlines why negotiation is such an important skill for product people to master and at how you can improve your ability to negotiate with confidence.
Eira Hayward
SUNDAY REWIND: A well-rounded personal growth plan
We look back at advice from Mind the Product’s managing director Emily Tate on how product people might develop a personal growth plan in this week’s Sunday Rewind.
Eira Hayward
Burnout in product managers: Don't let it happen to you
New year, new you? If you’re in the business of making resolutions then one you should certainly put at the top of your list is that you’ll take care of yourself and avoid burnout.
Eira Hayward
SUNDAY REWIND: How can you nurture a day-one mindset?
In this week’s Sunday Rewind, Michael Morris offers a few tricks and tips to help you accomplish a day-one mindset and perform at your best.
Eira Hayward
What does 2024 hold for product managers?
If 2023 - broadly - has been a year of generative AI, layoffs and questions about the future of product management, what lies ahead in 2024?
Eira Hayward