CREATING TARGETED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR PRODUCT MANAGERS

James Joyce once wrote, “I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.” There are others who write of the benefit of experience. No doubt, you have your own favorite quotes and your best experiences. These make for great stories that extend your earned wisdom to others. Many of my best experiences were, in fact, my worst mistakes. To extend this to another Joyce quote: “A man’s errors are his portals of discovery.”

Ultimately, it will be the managers of product managers and leaders across organizations who will contribute to the efficacy of Product Management. You will accomplish these strides forward through the targeted development of product managers. In the same way that you wouldn’t introduce a product if you didn’t know your target market segments, it can be a great benefit to know where the developmental needs of the product managers in your company are and how to cultivate and shape them to allow for the growth that is beneficial to all.