Levi C Lorenc

Yes product managers get bullied too, no it’s not okay, and no the person that is bullying most likely won’t stop. Getting bullied on the job sucks. The whole experience makes you question your self-worth and causes constant anxiety, but you shouldn’t have to be the one to leave. You have done nothing wrong, so why should you have to go look for another job? Here are some proven tips to make your bully stop. Come check out my new YouTube Video “How to Avoid Bullying in Product Management with Venmo PM” Happy Hunting! #productmanagement #careeropportunities #AIProductManager #LeaveNoProductManagerBehind

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The product manager role is ambiguous by nature. I’m often the PM tasked with the most ambiguous area where there’s no documentation and it’s an adventure to find any answers. I then document and relay across teams, depts, & clientele. I’m trusted to “figure it out” & I usually do 🤝 I work backwards, I read API docs, I read internal docs, I scour slack messages & threads, sales & customer calls, reviews, renewal surveys, talk to SMEs, asking “why” a lot - I do whatever it takes. I then gather and present. Form my own hypothesis & opinions. Get feedback and buy in. Then we innovate. I simply do not give up and there’s some magic in digging deep to find the gold in your market, your teams, and in your industry.

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Gotta love lunchtime conversations around my house. These were just from today! This is what happens when you have two product people under one roof. - How to handle WCAG compliance recommendations - Dealing with scope creep - How to document assumptions around R&D for quarterly planning

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As a Product leader who has been devastated and stressed by unemployment in recent times I’ve invested a lot of my time in learning latest methodologies/principles by following thought leaders and influencers in industry. Unfortunately it’s led to me feeling more inadequate than informed. This post by Apoorva Mishra in Harvard Business Review nailed it for me. Simply, “influencer advice can overlook the day-to-day realities.” If you have a different take I’d love to hear it. https://lnkd.in/gC9tti3X #productmanagement #productleadership #realworld

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📢 Announcing a New Community for Product Leaders When I was a Chief Product Officer (CPO), I often felt isolated, without anyone to share my struggles and insights with. Upon transitioning out of that role, I coached many others facing the same challenges. To address this, four years ago, during the pandemic, I gathered six fellow CPOs, and together we founded the Skip Community. The Skip Community facilitates conversations that you simply can’t have anywhere else. Discussions like: - How do I navigate working with my boss, who is also the founder? - I’m starting my job search… what interesting positions are you seeing in the market? - How should I manage a layoff? - I’m about to hire a second-in-command, has anyone worked with her before? - I had a huge win at work, can we celebrate together? - I’m concerned about the management team’s culture, should I consider leaving? - Is it worth exercising this stock? - How should I evaluate these three job offers? - Should I double-down on my core product or split part of my team to innovate? - Has anyone run an M&A process before? - Ugh… today was a tough day… While there are many valuable product communities, ours is unique due to the trust between our members. We prioritized quality over quantity, slowly growing by adding a few heads of products each quarter for several years. Last spring, we realized that many of the up-and-coming PMs we knew could benefit from a curated, trusted community. Could we expand our close-knit group and retain the quality of conversation, but accelerate the next wave of leaders? Although we are still only 1% complete, I’m thrilled to share that we now have over 75 Skips in our community, adding new members each month. Visit us here at https://skip.community One of the many products that Skip will eventually deliver is a community for every tech professional. None of us should feel alone in our jobs. We all face questions and challenges that others have already solved. Connecting with the right people at the right time can make all the difference. While we are growing the group slowly to maintain trust, we maintain that trust is crucial, even if it we desire to expand to thousands. If you want to join and know an existing Skip member, connect with them for a nomination. We prioritize referrals and manage a waitlist. And if you can’t join Skip yet, I encourage you to create your own support group. Having a network to support you on both good and bad days is a key unlock to your career. Let’s build this together. #ProductLeadership #TechCommunity #SkipCommunity

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I've been a fan of the idea of Lean UX since Jeff Gothelf's book came out in 2013, but don't seem to have ever really worked on teams that fully embraced the process. I've also worked on teams that focused so much on using it to get a product out the door that our products had no real long-term vision. What's been your experience using Lean UX methodology? Thumbs up? Thumbs down? And why? #userexperience #UXD

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