“No. I received’t do it except my supervisor tells me to.”
I had been teaching a junior product particular person, and this was possibly our third 1:1.
Their staff was completely blocked, missing any readability on what they wanted to work on subsequent.
Regardless of being new to the function, the PM appeared to care and confirmed promise. Sadly, as a result of they had been principally caught in senior management conferences, they not often met with their staff.
And after they did present up, they had been utterly unprepared.
I managed to e-book time with the product supervisor’s super-busy supervisor.
An extended-time firm veteran, they boasted a robust monitor file with quite a few business achievements.
However once I requested about how they felt their PM was doing, their response was:
“The PM is spending an excessive amount of time with their staff. They should have extra face time with senior management.”
I attempted to cover my shock. Once I casually introduced up the PM’s lack of preparedness in main discovery, they pushed again, saying they didn’t see it as a part of the function.