TEI 292: The essential skills for product manager doers

Global Product Management Talk is pleased to bring you the next
episode of... The Everyday Innovator with host Chad McAllister,
PhD. The podcast is all about helping people involved in innovation
and managing products become more successful, grow their careers,
and STANDOUT from their peers. About the Episode:  Product
managers are doers. We make change happen. We are mini-CEOs after
all, right? Here is the big difference between being a product
manager and a CEO; CEOs actually can make change happen. They have
the authority to do so. Us product managers, no so much, and yet we
are doers and we still bring about change. We have to sell our
ideas, overcome roadblocks, and get others to join our cause. It
helps if we love the work we do. Our guest is going to help us
accomplish these things. She is a doer herself, with a history of
helping organizations create technology products to solve problems,
including being a Product Manager Director at IDEO, Senior Director
of Innovation at Autodesk, and a Mentor at Stanford Latino
Entrepreneur Leaders Program. Most recently, she has codified the
steps for being a doer in an organization in her book, Start
Within: How to sell your idea, overcome roadblocks, and love your
job. Her name is Karen Holst and she’ll share some of these steps
in this discussion to help you excel as a product manager.