Dear Melissa - Answering Questions About Scaling Up Teams, Defining User Value, and Workplace Burnout
August 10, 2022
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa answers subscribers’ questions about scaling up a whole junior product team at once, how a listener can align her team’s KPIs to user value, and why product managers are more susceptible to experience burnout.
Q: What’s a successful approach to scaling up a team of junior PMs without leaving stragglers behind? [3:47]
Q: How can a team responsible for security set measurable goals that show whether we're delivering real value to users when we're so far removed from the user value? [9:08]
Q: What makes product people seemingly have a higher potential to experience workplace burnout? What can we do to proactively prevent or combat this? [13:19]
Resources
Melissa Perri on LinkedIn | Twitter
MelissaPerri.com
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa answers subscribers’ questions about scaling up a whole junior product team at once, how a listener can align her team’s KPIs to user value, and why product managers are more susceptible to experience burnout.
Q: What’s a successful approach to scaling up a team of junior PMs without leaving stragglers behind? [3:47]
Q: How can a team responsible for security set measurable goals that show whether we're delivering real value to users when we're so far removed from the user value? [9:08]
Q: What makes product people seemingly have a higher potential to experience workplace burnout? What can we do to proactively prevent or combat this? [13:19]
Resources
Melissa Perri on LinkedIn | Twitter
MelissaPerri.com
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