The Currency of Product Managers

Trust

It's the currency of product people. Without trust your relationships will struggle and your ability to execute the product vision will falter. I don't claim to be the best at building trust, but I have reaped many benefits by improving this skill. Frances Frei shared this career changing advice years ago. It changed how I operate as a product manager in a very good way. Please watch this if you want to start dealing in the most valuable currency a product person can acquire.




When we apply this thinking to our stakeholders, customers, engineers and peers we will begin to make the vision real. As a product person you embody the product vision, without trust you will struggle to get others aligned and motivated towards this vision.

Start with trust.

This is the best advice I can give you. Take a look at this related article to learn more about how trust can bolster the 3 most important skills for product managers.


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