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What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

Harvard Business Review

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Self-management: Being a PM can be incredibly stressful. Company Fit.

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How to Manage Your Former Peers

Harvard Business Review

This is especially true if you are now managing people who used to be your peers. It's tough," says Robert Sutton, a professor of management science and engineering at Stanford University and the author of Good Boss, Bad Boss and The No A **e Rule. Talk to your current boss or with HR about how to manage it.

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Grassroots Leadership through Social Power

Coaching Tip

I don't think it's crazy to ask if your CEO is the next Mubarak," says Gary Hamel, one of business' most eminent theoreticians of management. 1 national infrastructure priority," says Roy Norton, the nation's consul general in Detroit. It's got to be the money-in-politics issue in Michigan this year." . This is Canada's No.

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There’s a Word for Using Truthful Facts to Deceive: Paltering

Harvard Business Review

Take politics, where candidates all too frequently employ such distortions to influence voters. ” It is not unique to politics. An HR manager has one worthy candidate for a particular position in the organization. Many of these lies are harmless: e.g., giving a spouse or friend a compliment we really don’t mean.

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How Fox News Created the War on Christmas

Harvard Business Review

Earlier this week, President-elect Donald Trump’s former campaign manager declared that it was once again safe to say “Merry Christmas,” reflecting Trump’s campaign promise that, if he won, every store would say “Merry Christmas,” and “Happy Holidays” would be out.

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