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Simon is a Product Expert, Writer, Singer and New Yorker.
He talks about:
- His journey into Product Management.
- What does a typical day in your life look like?
Becoming a PM
- Which parts of your education best prepared you for a career in PM?
- What do you think about product certifications?
- How did you grow from being a PM into being a leader of people?
- What are some of the most important skills you acquired along the way?
- What type of person should consider a career in PM?
Measuring Success
- How do you track and measure success, meaningfully? Are there any metrics that you value more than others?
- Being measured by outcomes vs output? How do justify to yourself your efforts as a PM and then your direct manager about your contribution to the business?
Personal Brand and Communication
- How did you take to writing about PM and what would you suggest to someone starting out with ambition to write like you do?
- How important are your communication skills to your success in PM
- Does your having a passion other than building products help create your communication style and develop your personality?
Leading Product Teams
- What are some of the greatest challenges of being a product leader, and why?
- Building Product Teams: Is it hard? If so why?
- What are your successful hiring strategies?
- Hire for Attitude, Train for Skill?
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