Product Management and Micro Management

Hear the panel discuss the answers to our Monday question - How should a product manager deal with people who continue to micromanage their work? Including the importance of the soft-skills of communication and expectation setting.

Hear our conversation on our poll question: Which function is prone to micromanage product management the most? With a strong consensus on senior leadership, including me leaning toward switching my answer.

Get our answers to the open-ended question Are there situations where micromanagement may be needed?

Here our discussion on Micromanagement as controlling vs. Micromanagement as perfection, where most felt that controlling was the main reason, but we got a look into Steve's perfection side.

And get our Lightning Round answers to What is your best advice on how to avoid micromanaging others?

This week, Steve Johnson and I were joined by regular panelists Jason Vincelette, Anita Wood, Jon Gatrell, and Dharma Subramanian, along with first-time panelist Calvin Marshall.