The 7 Habits of Highly Effective PMs:
1) Be proactive
2) Begin with the end in mind
3) Put first things first
4) Think win-win
5) First understand, then seek to be understood
6) Teamwork & creative cooperation
7) Continuous improvement
Basically, the habits in the classic book.
1) Be proactive
2) Begin with the end in mind
3) Put first things first
4) Think win-win
5) First understand, then seek to be understood
6) Teamwork & creative cooperation
7) Continuous improvement
Basically, the habits in the classic book.
I know that many Product Managers will ignore this because they want something more advanced.
They have already read Covey's book at age 23, so there's nothing more & nothing new to learn from it.
They want an edge over others, so they seek & love esoteric advice & tactics.
They have already read Covey's book at age 23, so there's nothing more & nothing new to learn from it.
They want an edge over others, so they seek & love esoteric advice & tactics.
And yet, 9 out of 10 times when I am working with extremely smart & ambitious PMs who are struggling (not getting promoted, not getting the performance reviews they think they deserve, not executing well, etc.) it is because they have forgotten one (or more) of these 7 habits.
So while this short thread would almost certainly get a lot more engagement if I had instead recommended Peter Thiel's book or one of Ben Thompson's essays, I am happy to risk coming across as totally uncool and recommend that Product Managers internalize these 7 Habits first.🙂
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