As product managers, there are some things we just have to learn through experience. You’ll never know what it really… Read →

Being a mentor to product managers is the ultimate form of paying it forward. When you’ve amassed years or decades… Read →

So, you’re a project manager interested in transitioning to a product management career. You’re not alone. We speak with a… Read →

For a product manager to be successful, they must be viewed as both credible and trustworthy. Without that confidence, product… Read →

It’s been nearly five years since Sundar Pichai took the reins as CEO of Google. How did this relatively unknown… Read →

When an employee leaves a company, there’s more walking out the door than a salary and a nameplate. They take… Read →

You can be a successful product manager without any tools. Unlike a maintenance worker, a carpenter, a lumberjack, or a… Read →

I’ve spent the past year as Marketing Coordinator at ProductPlan learning new skills, developing friendships, and working closely with a… Read →

Getting the green light to hire product managers is almost always a good sign. It means your company is growing,… Read →

Salary negotiation isn’t easy in any profession, but it can be particularly tricky in product management. Whether it’s because some… Read →

Product management is a role largely comprised of soft skills and strategy, which, at first glance, would make it difficult… Read →

Cultural fit is a relatively new concept in hiring and team building. While organizations have always had culture, the long-held… Read →

According to leading research on technical recruiting, the interview process for the Internet and Tech industry currently averages more than… Read →

As a product team grows from one or two individual contributors to a larger, more diverse team, it takes some… Read →

Considering the leap from being a product manager to a leadership role, but not sure what’s involved in managing product… Read →

Interviewing a product management candidate (and hiring product managers in general) is definitely more art than science. There aren’t many… Read →

Effectively scaling a successful product team requires more than hiring additional product managers. You also need to consider the big… Read →

As product management continues to evolve, many new practices have been put in place to optimize product teams. Agile, Kanban,… Read →