Applying PM Skills to Leadership
summary
Covers three concrete leadership moves: how to onboard a first direct by share written expectations and interview working style; how to handle an urgent roadmap ask by decompose the roadmap problem into short (MVP deliverable), medium (relationship/lead time), and long (define the road‑map game) pieces; and how to handle negative feedback about a teammate by stopping the defensive pitch and practicing structured giving and receiving of feedback (e.g., Radical Candor). Includes company context: 2.3M subscribers, ~60 PMs, hardware + software portfolio.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 3:15First direct report challenge
- 9:54Road map pressure from leadership
- 16:36Handling negative feedback on team
- 20:47Summary and closing
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