James Luizzi
3 Things To Do Before Attending A Product Management Training Program
Product Management Training Programs Congratulations! You have decided that you are going to attend a product management workshop or training program to better yourself personally and professionally. That’s…
Land Your Dream Job With A Product Management Certification
When I was first introduced to product management certification, hanging on my colleague’s wall, years ago, I remember having one question: what does a product manager actually do? On my first day on…
Overcome Your Fear of Presenting (3 Steps Proven To Work)
Strategies to Help the Fear of Presenting I know people hate presenting, to the point where it is one of the top 5 most feared things and often number ONE! There is a higher number of people afraid of…
Questions Every Product Manager Should Be Asking Themselves
Manage Your Products as a Business Whether you practice agile or waterfall product development, or whether you have tangible or intangible products, it’s always critical to managing your products as…
The Trampoline Experience – Don’t Jump To Conclusions!
How Product Managers Give Feedback Level 1 – Unsolicited Feedback I gave it a negative review online Level 2 – Solicited Feedback If someone asked me about it, I would roll my eyes and say “Man what…
How To Look Like A Rockstar In Your Product Management Role
What does it really mean to be a Rockstar Product Manager? Have you ever compared a Rockstar and a Product Manager? Yeah, we haven’t either…until now. However, when we did, we learned how much these…
The Crime Of Meeting Overtime (3 Ways To Optimize Your Meetings)
We all have meetings, sometimes many in a day lined up back-to-back, and we ask ourselves “When am I going to get my actual work done?!” What often makes this more frustrating is when the day you…
Product Managers Must Put On Their Sales Hat (Among Many Others!)
In my past I have done everything from financial planning to teaching people how to be the best salespeople in the country. When I became a product manager many years ago I was amazed by the similarity…
The Oxymoron of Social Media (4 Points for Product Managers)
We have all read an email, or text, Facebook post or Tweet that made us think the author was mad, or upset, or being rude? Have you ever been completely wrong in those feelings once you had a conversation…