Developing as a Product Manager #MTPCon

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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1. Petra Wille | @loomista DEVELOPING AS A PRODUCT MANAGEMENT PERSONALITY HOW TO PUT YOUR DEVELOPMENT ON THE AGENDA Petra Wille | @loomista | July 2020
2. Petra Wille | @loomista only about 25%of PMs report that their company values & supports self- progression According to a survey MTP did some month ago
3. Petra Wille | @loomista about 75%of all PMs are not optimally supported
4. Petra Wille | @loomista 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.
5. Petra Wille | @loomista 3 main ingredients 2 product people 1 framework
6. Petra Wille | @loomista Let´s do a quick poll Results available here  https://www.mentimeter.com/s/05a5f3d46e2ccb93b2f2f6317f8 c9004/759429c54d5d
7. Petra Wille | @loomista After this session You will know where to start!
8. Petra Wille | @loomista Time It´s important to find the time for personal development & development of your PM skills
9. Petra Wille | @loomista 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.
10. Petra Wille | @loomista 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!
11. Petra Wille | @loomista 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.
12. Petra Wille | @loomista  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.
13. Petra Wille | @loomista The various ways to learn something
14. Petra Wille | @loomista What are you already doing?
15. Petra Wille | @loomista Find the balance that's right for you & If you like doing it, it´s more likely it happens
16. Petra Wille | @loomista Time Ally It´s impossible w/o an ally
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18. Petra Wille | @loomista How to get a mentor Gibbson Biddle https://twitter.com/gibson biddle/status/12580388024 94316544
19. Petra Wille | @loomista Go find these people!
20. Petra Wille | @loomista 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 | @loomista Photo by Mika Korhonen on Unsplash
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23. Petra Wille | @loomista the basics every photographer needs to learn about Specifics depending on the type of photographer you want to become but still obvious
24. Petra Wille | @loomista 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
25. Petra Wille | @loomista What type of PM? What do I need to learn?
26. Petra Wille | @loomista 3 main ingredients 2 product people 1 framework
27. Petra Wille | @loomista Panel summary
28. Petra Wille | @loomista 3 main ingredients 2 product people 1 framework
29. Petra Wille | @loomista Role Description
30. Petra Wille | @loomista 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
31. Petra Wille | @loomista Development Areas & Action Plan
32. Petra Wille | @loomista the PMWheel Visit https://strongproductpeople.com/mtp to download the full shebang
33. Petra Wille | @loomista Visit https://strongproductpeople.com/mtp to download the full shebang
34. Petra Wille | @loomista Self-Assessment + Peer/Manager Assessment
35. Petra Wille | @loomista 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
36. Petra Wille | @loomista Before I’m doing a recap plz share your thoughts Results available here  https://www.mentimeter.com/s/05a5f3d46e2ccb93b2f2f6317f8 c9004/759429c54d5d
37. Petra Wille | @loomista Recap
38. Petra Wille | @loomista Recap mindtheproduct.slack.com  #mtpdigital2020strongproductpeople
39. Petra Wille | @loomista 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
40. Petra Wille | @loomista Download: https://strongproductpeople.com/mtp
41. Petra Wille | @loomista Thanks #strongproductpeole
42. Petra Wille | @loomista “First we have to train our technique and then we have to put ourselves in the place of most potential.” Dewitt Jones, National Geographic photographer
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45. Petra Wille | @loomista Petra Wille | @loomista | petra-wille.com