Managing stakeholders as a Product Manager
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The 9th Amman Product Managers Meetup focused on revolutionizing access to education in the MENA region, aiming to empower 10 million learners through Arabic online and blended learning. Key themes included the importance of team trust, effective communication, and hiring top talent to foster a positive culture. Resources and strategies for improving meetings and decision-making processes were also highlighted.
Managing stakeholders as a Product Manager
- 1. 9th Amman Product Managers Meetup 11.26.16 Nafez Dakkak
- 3. Purpose: To revolutionize delivery and access to education across the MENA region in order to enable Arab society to fulfill its potential Mission: To empower 10 million learners across the MENA region with high quality Arabic online and blended learning.
- 4. +75,000 Certificates issued 26 +910K Registered learners +50 Courses +1.7M SM Footprint
- 7. CEO PM
- 8. X-Factor
- 9. The ability for a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people can pull together as a team.
- 10. A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.
- 12. “Culture is simply a shared way of doing something with passion.”
- 13. “When we delegate tasks we get things done. But when we delegate responsibility, others get done much more than we ever could”
- 17. The best thing you can do for employees—a perk better than foosball or free sushi—is hire only “A” players to work alongside them. Excellent colleagues trump everything else. - Patty McCord, Netflix
- 18. Openness Impact & Growth Diligence & Ownership Innovation & Creativity Collaboration & Diversity
- 19. “Don’t f*$! up the CULTURE!”
- 22. “A small communication breakdown is enough for everyone to be working on slightly different things. And then you loose focus”
- 24. “The truth of most truths is that they are perception and not, in fact, true.”
- 29. A significant part of communication is nonverbal. Body language is CRITICAL.
- 30. Vulnerability is the only bridge to build connection.
- 37. Meetings that don’t suck • Always have an agenda and clear purpose • Scenario planning • Check for decision makers • Kill the status update • The magic number 7
- 47. Endpoints OutcomesNot a shared to-do list
- 50. Resources
- 51. Netflix Culture: Freedom & Responsibility 51
- 52. Netflix Culture: Freedom & Responsibility 52 ”…may well be the most important document ever to come out of the Valley."
- 61. Appendix
- 62. Resources* • Stop saying Product Management is like being the CEO of your own product http://bit.ly/2fNxYEF • Netflix Culture Deck http://bit.ly/1WxSuIF • Start With Why http://bit.ly/2fNuT7D • Startup Lab workshop: Meetings that don't suck -‐ YouTube http://bit.ly/2fNCuTL • Meetings that don’t suck http://bit.ly/2fNGdAx • Estimate the Cost of a Meeting with This Calculator http://bit.ly/2fNCiny • How to Start a Startup http://bit.ly/1Oy1sQ1 *Tried to be as conclusive as possible but might have missed a few resources.