Communication Skills
In order to be persuasive, a professional product manager should have strong skills in both oratory and written communication. As a PM, you spend 1/3 of your time with each of reading/writing/speaking. 1. First, reading gives you the arguments to make your case. 2. Then, you write them down in a an extraordinarily clear and precise brief which presents airtight logic for why we’re doing this and why it’s important. 3. Finally, you must be able to speak extemporaneously to people about it.
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- 122.01.12 PM Skillset - Communication Skills to 122.01.03 PM Skillset - Influence without authority
- 122.01.12 PM Skillset - Communication Skills to 122.01.02 PM Skillset - Communication and the ability to influence is key
- 122.01.12 PM Skillset - Communication Skills to 116.048 Life Lessons - Define the problem clearly then focus on the solution
- 122.01.12 PM Skillset - Communication Skills to 116.047 Life Lessons - He who best defines the problem usually wins
- 122.01.12 PM Skillset - Communication Skills to 116.037 Life Lessons - Writing is a critical skill for a business person to have
- 122.01.12 PM Skillset - Communication Skills to 119.002 Conflict - More communication means more conflict
- 122.01.12 PM Skillset - Communication Skills to 119.014 Conflict - Memorialize your agreements
- 119.066 Communication - Lincoln used stories to communicate and teach to 122.01.12 PM Skillset - Communication Skills
- 122.01 PM Skillset - Skills and traits of a good PM to 122.01.12 PM Skillset - Communication Skills
- 122.01.03 PM Skillset - Influence without authority to 122.01.12 PM Skillset - Communication Skills
- 122.03.09 PM Responsibilities - Share learnings openly and often to 122.01.12 PM Skillset - Communication Skills
- 122.04.04 PM Communication - Ten pieces of communication advice from Marty Cagan to 122.01.12 PM Skillset - Communication Skills
- 122.11.007 User Story Maps - Always use a drawing for shared understanding to 122.01.12 PM Skillset - Communication Skills
- 128.001 Management - Communication is the number one job to 122.01.12 PM Skillset - Communication Skills
- 128.017 Management - Napoleon sent 15 letters per day to 122.01.12 PM Skillset - Communication Skills