Traits and abilities of the Successful Product Manager -- viewed through a pop culture lens. It's Product Management Meets Pop Culture in slide form!

1. The Successful Product Manager
presented by
Christopher Cummings

2. The successful Product Manager...

3. Understands the big picture

4. Assesses the market

5. Boldly goes
where no one
has gone
before.

6. Gets inside customers’ heads

7. Seeks effective
elegant
customer-oriented solutions

8. Understands the problem...
...before proposing the solution

9. Rejects product narcissism

10. Searches for anomalies...
...that could lead to new opportunities

11. Relies on knowledge and experience...

12. but
trusts
their
gut

13. Makes hard choices

14. takes
calculated
risks

15. Strikes.
Decisively.

16. Knows when to get a bigger boat

17. Positions first.
Develops second.

18. Assembles the right team for the job

19. Provides context

20. Balances competing interests

21. Doesn’t discuss business
at the dinner table

22. Gives thanks.
Often, and with feeling.

23. Celebrates
success

24. Learns from mistakes

25. Leads

26. Empowers

27. Inspires.

28. Manages
Conflict

29. Shields
the team
from harm

30. Holds people accountable
Self included

31. Negotiates
to a point

32. Creates credible, fact-based
status reports

33. Tells a compelling story

34. Is politically savvy

35. Promotes
Transparency

36. searches
for
truth
Strikes.
Decisively.

37. Has
The
Touch

38. Analyzes wins and losses
Strikes.
Decisively.

39. Fights for the future
fights for the future

40. Manages the backlog

41. Manages
the brand

42. is sales friendly

43. Prices
effectively

44. Doesn’t give up

45. Maintains their sense of humor

46. Stays open to
possibilities

47. Has the heart
of a champion

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Meets Pop Culture at
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respective
owners.
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Marc Maron on Stage: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianbroyles/159217048/