Petra Wille
14 statements across 1 episodes · 9 bullish · 4 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 27, 2022 by Petra Wille · across every show →
On the record as a speaker too: Petra Wille's record, appearances and statements → this page counts the times other people say the name.
Everything said about Petra Wille, oldest first
Nov 27, 2022 positive
Internal communities are cheaper for talent development than external coaching
“It's actually a pretty cheap way Of doing people development because trainings are expensive, conference tickets are expensive, getting an external product coach expensive. But helping people to learn from each other by making room for that and giving them a b…”
Nov 27, 2022 positive
Nov 27, 2022
Crafting a product narrative takes two weeks of daily preparation
“So I think if you, let's say you want to explain the rest of the company what you're You and the team are up for the next three to four months, so to say. And then I think that's two weeks of work, not eight hours a day, obviously, but two weeks of work, maybe…”
Nov 27, 2022 positive
Consistent weekly PM coaching beats infrequent, high-intensity review cycles
“Consistency beats intensity. So really the smaller time investments on a weekly basis, and that applies for The PM's time investment is learning new things, and it applies to the product leads investment and helping their people to grow.”
Nov 27, 2022 negative
Nov 27, 2022 positive
Internal product communities boost retention and reduce manager coaching workloads
“One impact definitely is stickiness. So people tend to stay with companies where they're learning and growing and can, yeah, get to mastery. So to say, hello, Daniel Pink. So that is really something that people are thriving for. And if they find this in a com…”
Nov 27, 2022 negative
Non-PM managers force PMs to reinvent solved solutions
“As the line manager has no clue about the product community out there and the craft of product management, they often struggle to point them in the right direction to say like, Hey, I think that's a problem somebody else already had. So maybe you could watch a…”
Nov 27, 2022 positive
Pre-defining quarterly challenges helps managers spot growth opportunities
“Creating such a list once a quarter, for example, you block yourself an hour in your calendar, you write down the names of your direct reports, and then you just think about, okay, what would be this next bigger challenge for them? It's not always the case tha…”
Nov 27, 2022 negative
T-shaped skill profiles are insufficient for product managers
“People tend to talk about T-shaped employee profiles. But T-shaped is so not enough for a product person, right? We want them to understand underlying problems of the business and the users, finding solution for those, getting things out of the door with the t…”
Nov 27, 2022 positive
Product leaders should create local team competency frameworks
“Grade your compass and encourage your peers to grade their compass and a bit down the line. It might make sense to harmonize some of that, but it's better to start helping your product folks and giving them some orientation than being totally paralyzed by the …”
Nov 27, 2022 positive
One-on-one coaching should focus on incremental gains over perfection
“So it really focuses on Incremental improvements, not crazy stressing everybody out improvements, not what it, what could I do to make it a 10. It's more really how could I improve your situation, really build rapport, really be there for your product folks.”
Nov 27, 2022 positive
PM competency rubrics must be heavily customized, not copied
“Don't use it just by copy paste because sometimes you have just rather technical VMs in your organization, and then all these assessment points about user interviews and discovery are maybe not that applicable in your situation, right? So use one template that…”
Nov 27, 2022 positive