Part of building a great product career is identifying new challenges to enhance your skills and expand your ability to create new products.

Joining startups enable product managers to apply skills learned at large companies to create a new product culture.

Product managers benefit from great managers who are respected within the organization and exercise personal empathy.

Drawing inspiration from industry leaders can enhance your career roadmap, from modeling career trajectory to developing new skills.

Assessing the current state of your skills will help solidify your career roadmap to leverage strengths and identify areas for improvement.

Alignment on product design roles and priorities requires a structured approach with clear responsibilities.

Gaurav Hardikar formerly of Trulia, Zillow Group, Shopkick, and now Brilliant, breaks down Execution, Strategy, and Emotional Intelligence .

Soft skills help product managers go from good to great. Here are soft skills every product manager needs, according to a VIP product leader.

Xiaodi Zhang is a product executive who has climbed the product ladder from project manager to CPO. Before you reach the top of your career path, you need to set a foundation for success. Drawing from personal experience, Xiaodi provides insight into the daily routine of a CPO – along with words of wisdom about not getting too carried away with receiving a promotion.

Xiaodi Zhang is a product executive who has climbed the product ladder from project manager to CPO. To advance your career, it’s important to recognize when it’s time to move on to new opportunities. As Xiaodi explains, there are a number of factors that determine how to take on new challenges – from learning new skills to working with leaders who share your values.

Johnathan Lucky discusses empathy and why he wanted to immerse himself in the user experience and help improve the product.

Kirsten Butzow explains why branding yourself as a product is crucial today because your job simply doesn’t come with a guarantee anymore.

Rich Mironov on why established companies and startups alike need a Head of Product, a single point of leadership within the organization