AA160 - Onboarding New Product Managers

Arguing Agile Podcast

Onboarding New Product Managers
In this episode of Arguing Agile, hosts Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel dive into the challenges and best practices around onboarding new product managers.
Topics include:

• Communicating the company vision, mission and goals
• Mapping key players, stakeholders and decision-making processes
• Aligning the new PM's goals to organizational objectives
• Building and owning the product roadmap
• Understanding customers, segmentation and building empathy
• The importance of mentorship and coaching for new PMs

Whether you're a product leader looking to optimize your onboarding or a new PM wanting to hit the ground running, this episode provides actionable tips to set up PMs for success from day one!
Roman Pichler's Stakeholder Management Article referenced in the podcast:
https://www.romanpichler.com/blog/stakeholder-management-tips-for-product-people/
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章

1. AA162 - New PM Onboarding (00:00:00)

2. Topic Intro: Onboarding (00:00:17)

3. General Onboarding (00:00:53)

4. Mission, Vision, & Other Missing Things (00:02:41)

5. Mapping Players & Processes (00:05:32)

6. How Do Decisions Get Made? (00:08:38)

7. PM or GM? (00:11:35)

8. Brian Hates on "Meet Them Where They Are" (00:13:24)

9. Alignment & Goal Setting (00:15:54)

10. Product Leaders (00:17:12)

11. Back to Alignment & Goals (00:20:57)

12. Building a Roadmap (00:24:31)

13. Business Agility Concerns & Output-Based Roadmaps (00:28:58)

14. Product Finances (00:31:53)

15. Customer Experience, Segmentation, & Empathy (00:34:06)

16. Mentorship & Coaching (00:37:00)

17. Shadowing (00:41:27)

18. Mentor vs Coach (00:43:53)

19. Wrap-up (00:49:44)