From product manager… to a venture capitalist? Let’s state the obvious first: Historically, that has not been the typical career… Read →

Continuing education plays a crucial role in long-term career success in just about any profession. Product management is certainly no… Read →

No matter how much we love our career, we all have some days when we’d rather stay in bed. So… Read →

Promotions are considered the ultimate form of recognition that you’re doing a great job, and your company values you. It… Read →

I’ll admit it, in the past, I’ve wrestled with needing to control uncertainty. For years I thoroughly planned most everything… Read →

What’s the secret to happiness? We’d tell you if we knew. But when it comes to finding happiness in your… Read →

In our fifth annual Product Management report, communication ranked the most important skill absolutely essential to the role of product… Read →

Product management isn’t for everyone. For example, some product managers might love hearing product management is “responsibility without authority.” For… Read →

Happiness can be hard to find, especially in the workplace. Yet product managers generally love what they do and find… Read →

In computer programming, context switching refers to storing an active process in its current state so the system’s CPU can… Read →

We write a lot about the skills that product managers need to be effective. The skills are wide-ranging, from ruthless… Read →

If you lead a product management team, you know firsthand just how challenging it can be — balancing being a… Read →

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 →