It takes competent, passionate, skilled product people (and a cross‐functional product development team sharing the same characteristics) to deliver a successful product. And becoming this kind of a product manager takes time, effort, and commitment. It ́s a long journey and a hard one if you are not having a kind of compass that helps you find your way. Too few product people are having a line manager helping them with all of this and you're probably having to manage your own development and don't know where to start. Come to this session to learn how to take control of your own skill growth.

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DEVELOPING AS A PRODUCT
MANAGEMENT PERSONALITY
HOWTOPUTYOURDEVELOPMENTONTHEAGENDA
Petra Wille | @loomista | July 2020

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only about 25%of PMs
report that their company
values & supports self-
progression
According to a survey MTP did some month ago

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about 75%of all PMs are
not optimally supported

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It´s my mission to help HoPs to
become the best product
management coach their
employees ever had and to help
product people to take
control of their own
product journey.

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3 main ingredients 2 product people 1 framework

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Let´s do a quick poll
Results available here 
https://www.mentimeter.com/s/05a5f3d46e2ccb93b2f2f6317f8
c9004/759429c54d5d

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After this session
You will know
where to start!

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Time
It´s important to find the time for
personal development &
development of your PM skills

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I don´t know where to start.
I don´t know what to learn.
I don´t know it´s my job
(or I am waiting that my boss/company takes care
of that and.)
I don´t know how to find the time.

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Waiting for somebody else is a waste
of time
Waiting for others and hoping for
them changing you is like asking
somebody else to exercise on your
behalf.You don´t get the abs from
other people’s crunches!

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I know your schedules are busy... but
you are Product Managers.
You should know how prioritization
works.
So if you can´t find the time, work on
your prioritizations skills first and then
start prioritizing your personal growth.

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 Investing in yourself is completely portable.
 Invest early on.
Now is the perfect time.
 Consistency beats intensity
We overestimate what we can achieve in a week and underestimate
what we can achieve in a year.

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The various ways to learn something

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What are you already doing?

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Find the balance
that's right for you
&
If you like doing it, it´s
more likely it happens

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Time
Ally It´s impossible w/o an ally

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How to get a mentor
Gibbson Biddle
https://twitter.com/gibson
biddle/status/12580388024
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Go find these people!

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Time
Ally
Blueprint
It´s impossible w/o knowing what you could
be thriving for, w/o a blueprint, w/o a clear
idea of how the best product managers work

21. Petra Wille | @loomistaPhoto by Mika Korhonen on Unsplash

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the basics every
photographer
needs to
learn about
Specifics depending on the
type of photographer you
want to become but still
obvious

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Things you only know
about if you have
talked with other wildlife
photographers.
aka the unknown unknowns
https://medium.com/@andreamantovani/known-knowns-known-
unknowns-unknown-unknowns-leadership-367f346b0953

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What type of PM?
What do I need to learn?

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3 main ingredients 2 product people 1 framework

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Panel summary

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3 main ingredients 2 product people 1 framework

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Role Description

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Role Name
Purpose Why have we created this role in our Organisation?
Responsibilities: Decisions:
Main tasks: Skills and Know-How:
Goals & Mission:
Sharing with:
With whom are you working a lot, with whom do you
need to talk a lot to share information. Stakeholders,
committees, …
Tasks that are not part of this role:
Not responsible for:
What goals do I pursue with my work?
Which key figures or indicators can be used to measure the success of
my work?
For which products and results am I responsible?
What am I not responsible for?
What decisions do I make?
Knowledge, skills and previous experience that are essential to
perform this role
What tasks does my work involve?
Things that are explicitly not part of my role

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Development Areas
& Action Plan

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the PMWheel
Visit https://strongproductpeople.com/mtp
to download the full shebang

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Visit https://strongproductpeople.com/mtp
to download the full shebang

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Self-Assessment +
Peer/Manager
Assessment

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Development Plan
 How am I? What do others say
about me?
 How do I want to be, How others
should perceive me in my role
 All the little things I want to do to
get there (Consuming, Applying,
Reflecting, Contributing)
 Time frame
 Understand the problem
 Personal growth

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Before I’m doing a
recap plz share
your thoughts
Results available here 
https://www.mentimeter.com/s/05a5f3d46e2ccb93b2f2f6317f8
c9004/759429c54d5d

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Recap

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Recap
mindtheproduct.slack.com
 #mtpdigital2020strongproductpeople

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Time Find the time to consume, apply,
reflect, contribute
Ally
Blueprint
Find your ally helping you by
giving feedback, with getting to competence,
having a vision for you
Role Description for aligning expectations
PMWheel to identify development areas
future-self to foster change

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Download:
https://strongproductpeople.com/mtp

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Thanks#strongproductpeole

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“First we have to train our
technique and then we have
to put ourselves in the place
of most potential.”
Dewitt Jones, NationalGeographic photographer

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