National politics might dominate the headlines and dinner table conversations. But office internal politics impact your everyday life in a… Read →

When we’re new at something, we turn to trusted experts. Sure, we also glean all we can from the resources… Read →

Hiring product managers is one of the most challenging and important tasks for product team leaders. There’s no perfect template… Read →

Hiring a good product manager is hard to do. Think about how lucky your company is to have you! Augmenting… Read →

Product management is one of the least-defined roles in the professional world. But you can identify many of the skills… Read →

Think being a product manager requires a lot of strategic thinking and long-term planning? You’re right. But you’ll need to… Read →

No matter how far into your career you might be, you’re never too old for imposter syndrome to make an… Read →

We are excited to welcome guest writer Carlos González de Villaumbrosia to the ProductPlan blog. Carlos González de Villaumbrosia is… Read →

Often here at the ProductPlan blog, you’ll find us writing about why it’s great to be a product manager. But… Read →

Product managers receive a lot of advice. You should prioritize this feature. Here’s a new market worth investigating. Some of… Read →

In product management, there’s no universal measure of your worth and accomplishments that speaks for itself. If you want credibility… Read →

With broad, sometimes ambiguous responsibilities and high expectations, the product manager role is constantly evolving. Product managers are continuously learning… Read →

As a product leader, face time with the company’s executive team is to be expected. Although product managers may not… Read →

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 →

So, you’re scaling your product management team. Congratulations! Your company is clearly doing something right if you need to bring… Read →

The product management landscape is constantly in flux. And today, it’s evolving faster than ever before. Agile principles have infiltrated… Read →

When you find yourself wondering if it’s time to scale your product team, you have what we’d call a high-quality… Read →

The beginning of the new year marks an exciting time for many product organizations. New goals, new roadmaps, new initiatives…. Read →

Can introverts be successful as product managers? No matter what you may have heard, we believe the answer to this… Read →