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Product Management Coaching

Tailored coaching and mentorship to support new, growing and established product managers

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Organizations are expecting more and more from their Product Managers. You'll need a large suite of skills and qualities to stand out from the crowd.

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Throughout our coaching relationship, we'll utilize product management tools, skills and models with the framing of your career as the product.

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You'll have the opportunity to learn new things, practice using existing knowledge and be the PM of your own life.

Our Approach

Good coaching relies on getting the fundamentals right. We never lose sight of the magic five.

Focus

Define and focus on your desired goals

Analyze

Explore your situation using more beautiful questions

Ideate

Brainstorm your potential courses of action

Plan

Decide on your course and develop an action plan

Deliver

Execute your plan, stay accountable, reflect on learning

Our Results

Our clients build successful careers at a diverse range of organizations.

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Working with my coach was an impressive experience that provided immediate value from the very first conversation. It was clear that Andre's background in tech meant we could jump right into the problems I was facing. We were able to evolve my thinking right away, making the investment more flexible and affordable than I imagined. My favorite thing is the way he pushes you to think differently, helping you see the problem from a new angle or addressing a higher-level need. He is super sharp and can quickly add value by pulling from his extensive management and professional experience and a toolbox full of frameworks and exercises. In the end, you are in the driver's seat, but he is expertly helping to navigate.

Caylee B. - Product Design Manager - Facebook

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My time working with Andre was truly joyful. Having someone with an outside perspective who could also delve deeply into context was a definite benefit. We would often conclude a session with a very actionable, straightforward set of tasks that I could complete before the subsequent session. This approach was excellent and had a very real impact on the quality of my work. He helped me stay focused on what I love about product work by balancing concrete, highly applicable strategies with healthy introspection. Andre's perspective was fresh and highly relevant to product work, owing to his experience leading product engineering teams. Our work together was joyful, interesting, intriguing, and always made space for reflection while helping me keep my eyes on the prize.

Evan S. - Senior Product Manager - TaskRabbit

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I started working with Andre when I wanted to accelerate my growth trajectory at my current company. I was immediately struck by how skillful a listener he is, quickly distilling the issue at heart and identifying concrete actions I can try to make the changes that would have the impact I am seeking. Andre brings in numerous frameworks and approaches to the mix, allowing me an array of new approaches to experiment with. Thanks to our work together, I am significantly more comfortable navigating difficult conversations and being more self-aware of my own strengths and blind spots.

Shradha B. - Sr. Product Manager - GoDaddy

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The coaches at PeopleStorming supported me moving from an undesirable, draining work situation to a Senior Product Manager role at my dream company. They were my go-to resources for a range of challenges. From advising me through tough management conversations, to reviewing my resume, to running through mock product and engineering interviews, they coached me through it all. They supported me whilst also challenging me when needed, ensuring that I stayed focused and confident.

Cam - Senior Product Manager - Google

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Striving constantly to make the world better for everyone - this is what it truly means to steward the why and the how.

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Your Challenges

We coach clients through a broad range of challenges.

Personal Challenges

  • Overcoming imposter syndrome
  • Resolving workplace conflict
  • Managing engineering and design relationships
  • Becoming a PM thought leader
  • Improving meeting culture
  • Communicating effectively
  • Reduce context switching
  • Overcoming isolation
  • Navigating performance reviews
  • Prioritizing your time
  • Delivering and receiving difficult feedback
  • Managing overload and preventing burnout
  • Unlocking innovation and creativity

Team Challenges

  • Driving cross-functional team alignment
  • Managing team burnout
  • Collaborating in a remote first world
  • Driving ownership and accountability
  • Defining vision, mission, stratgies, and goals
  • Developing coaching skills
  • Collaborating cross-culturally
  • Managing roadmaps and deadlines
  • Scaling a Product Management department
  • Navigating a toxic corporate culture

Role Challenges

  • Breaking into Product Management
  • Navigating your first 90 days
  • Clarifying roles and responsibilities
  • Designing scalable processes
  • Transitioning to leadership
  • Optimizing your tool stack
  • Building a Product Management professional network
  • Making trade-offs and difficult decisions
  • Being a first-time manager
  • Managing up
  • Transitioning into Product Management
  • Leading product teams
  • Preparing for Product Management interviews

Our Tools And Methods

We combine research-backed, proven and effective tools, models and methods to support you in almost any work-related circumstance.

Career Tools

  • Professional self-branding
  • Resume improvement
  • Negotiation
  • Personal values mapping
  • Effective 1-on-1s
  • Goal setting
  • 30-60-90 on-boarding
  • Interview preparation and practice
  • Personal skills mapping
  • Personal development plans
  • Role clarity

Craft Tools

  • Powerful question design
  • Roadmaps
  • Product engineering alignment
  • Storytelling
  • Agile methods and rituals
  • Metrics and OKRs
  • Tech debt management
  • Strategic planning
  • Quarterly planning

Self-Improvement

  • Feedback conversations
  • Empathy and listening
  • Time and focus management
  • Boundary-setting
  • Creativity and play

Leadership Growth

  • Prioritization
  • Decision-making
  • Presence and influence
  • Mission and vision
  • Trust-building
  • Conflict management
  • Facilitation
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Coach Spotlight: Andre

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A seasoned and dedicated coach who draws on over 20 years of leadership in high-performance, product-oriented technology teams. He got his start as a software developer at an ISP, where he turned his experiences into a technology book.

He was the Director of Engineering for a 400-person engineering team at Riot Games, a core systems team at Facebook, and an advertising product group at LinkedIn. In those roles he led product engineering across many domains and gained deep experience with growing leaders, designing cross-functional organizations, managing performance, scaling development processes, and leading product and technology strategies.

It is this experience that allows Andre to build deep empathy with new and seasoned professionals alike. He's taken the journey they're on and is never happier than when helping them get to their destination.