STRONG - A Complete Guide to Growing Great Product Managers

by Petra Wille – preliminary outline. Further adjustments and changes are likely

This page shows the table of contents for the book STRONG product people. A book for all product leaders out there who want to up their people development game. If you are managing product managers and haven't heard about the book here's some more context and information on what it´s all about.

Forewords by Marty Cagan and Martin Eriksson
Introduction: Strong

PART I: WHAT PRODUCT MANAGERS DO—DEFINE YOUR GOOD

Chapter 1: Your Role in This Game
Chapter 2: A Quick Team Assessment
Chapter 3: The Role of Product Managers
Chapter 4: Defining Your Good

PART II: MANAGE YOUR TEAM—FIND YOUR VOICE

Chapter 5: Being a Great Boss
Chapter 6: Identifying and Closing Product Manager Gaps
Chapter 7: The Power of Coaching
Chapter 8: Monitoring Performance and Giving Feedback (read this chapter)
Chapter 9: Motivation Do’s and Don’ts
Chapter 10: Building Individual and Team Alignment
Chapter 11: How to Find the Time? (read this chapter)

PART III: FIND AND RECRUIT GOOD PRODUCT MANAGERS—ATTRACT THE BEST PEOPLE

Chapter 12: Where to Find Great Product Managers
Chapter 13: Interviewing, Assessing, and Hiring Candidates
Chapter 14: Effective Onboarding

PART IV: DEVELOP YOUR EXISTING PRODUCT TEAM—TRAIN FOR EXCELLENCE

Chapter 15: Help Your Product Managers Create a Product Vision and Set Goals
Chapter 16: Hypothesis-Driven Product Development and Experiments
Chapter 17: Balancing Product Discovery and Product Delivery (read this chapter)
Chapter 18: Time Management for Product People
Chapter 19: Working with the Cross-Functional Product Development Team
Chapter 20: Communicating Directly and Openly
Chapter 21: Planning and Prioritization
Chapter 22: Increments and Iterations
Chapter 23: Product Evangelizing and Storytelling
Chapter 24: Keep the Senior PMs Engaged

PART V: CREATE THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT—BUILD A GREAT CULTURE

Chapter 25: The Product Organization’s Location in the Company’s Org Chart
Chapter 26: Change from Within
Chapter 27: Foster the Agile Mindset
Chapter 28: Handling Conflict

A Final Note
Acknowledgments
About the Author