TEI 188: What product managers should do and not do when transitioning

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: Learning how to
best work with a product team or organization requires taking the
right action and avoiding mistakes. Your opportunities to a make a
good first impression are limited, so you need to make the most of
them. Most product managers will work with a new team from time to
time and many will change organizations. It turns out the tips for
managing these transitions also apply to your daily work –
tips to help you be a better product manager. To explore
transitioning well, Gavin Feuer joins us. He is now a senior
product manager for T-Mobile, recently making the transition from
Amazon. Gavin brings a strong entrepreneurial mindset to the role
of product manager, which you’ll hear in the interview. His Amazon
colleagues shared that his superpower is the ability to “think
big.” He’s happy to help people who have a really big idea think
more deeply about it. He also is a volunteer mentor to
undergraduate students at the University of Washington, always
willing to take on the right motivated mentee that is new to
product management.