Performance Support Series: Featuring Prezi animations in our Learning framework to supplement online training. In this article, I will share a case study on how we have used Prezi (a presentation tool) to create an innovative learning aid. Shortly, this will be a part of our upcoming Performance Support Solutions.
Product Management could be your key to move out of a stagnating career.
At times many of us may feel that we are stuck in a profession, in a job role, or in an organization that is not for us. It may feel like it is not our true calling.
Well, then why waste time? Make a career switch into a career of your choice.
Muster the courage and make the move.
If Product Management is your likely choice, then this is the right blog for you. If not, then why not explore what is it like to be a PM! (Product Manager not Prime Minister)
So, what would you be doing as a PM? Wearing multiple hats.
As a Product Manager, you have to wear different hats at different times.
Be a Psychologist - Embark upon a journey to empathize and understand consumer needs and challenges
Be a Consumer Behaviour expert - Leave no stone unturned to mine latent consumer insights
Be a Marketeer - Use frameworks to gauge the perfect product-market fit
Be a Diplomat - Negotiate with and influence relevant stakeholders to obtain desired results
Be an Architect and an Interior Designer - Build and design products that address consumer pain-points effectively and transpires into a practical and scalable solution
Be a co-ordinator - Guide and Direct cross-functional teams to deliver timely results in sync with the overarching objective
Be a crisis manager - Diagnose the situation, identify hurdles and be agile in resolving them while the product is being tested in the market
Be a Relationship Manager - The duty of a PM does not end as soon as the product is launched. It extends further to keep creating and nurturing a delightful experience for the customer.
Now, you're aware of the roles you are likely to perform.
What about the skills required to fulfil them efficiently?
Well, most experienced PMs emphasize on soft skills being the differentiator between a good and a great PM. Let's have a look at the most essential hard and soft skills required to be a product manager:
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The opportunity we now have is to use technology to move from an event-based learning model that we know to be ineffective, to a more distributed and contextualized environment that elegantly spans the continuum from formal learning to performance support. And this is not science fiction - we have the tools we need now. Even if we didn't, we should be preparing our thinking for this capability."