In this episode of the How to Succeed in Product Management Podcast, marketing professor Jeff Shulman and The Product Management Center advisory board members Red Russak and Soumeya Benghanem welcome Chris Chestnutt (Nike), Malaika Paquiot (Avalanche Insights), Raul Salcedo (Fluent Inc.), Andrew Nguyen (Bark), Pooja Tripathi (Salesforce), Gordon Ruby (Technical Safety BC), and Sandy Huang (Amazon) to talk about the lessons learned in the past year as they continue to give back to the community and share their knowledge and expertise to anyone and everyone who needs them.

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What to Listen For:

00:00 Intro
02:58 What have you learned this past year as PM?
07:23 Build relationships is not something we can rush
10:56 Don’t let naysayers throw you off track
15:57 What can you do to help the community grow?
23:57 Connect and get involved in the community
30:33 Flexibility as an employee, manager, or boss
35:22 Practice time boxing
42:00 Always ask a clarifying question
44:18 Concepts of truth and assumption are irrelevant at any given moment
48:42 What are you most proud of?

37: Top PMs Share Lessons Learned from the Past Year