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Why Being The Product Expert Sucks Your Productivity
And what you can do about it
Application Failures: Thanks But No Thanks
Why Applicants Didn't Get An Interview To Join My Team
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Robert Drury
Motivation, Exploratory Testing, User Behavior, and more ...
Wide-ranging topics relevant for product managers
Hybrid Working: Perfect for Product Managers?
Why pure remote or pure office based might not work in a product career
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Robert Drury
February 2022
Internships - Can they support your career?
An internship is a period of work that gives you the opportunity to gain new skills and experience in a profession you want to get into. Can they also…
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Robert Drury
Is career coaching that is something for you?
It can be quite daunting to think about your career and not quite know where to go next, and it often helps to talk it through with someone. Rachel…
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Robert Drury
Why hiring a product coach for your team might make all the difference
Whether it's due to a lack of experienced team members, or a lack of available time, sometimes supplementing in-house product skills with an external…
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Robert Drury
Internal Transition Is The Most Frequent Way To Start A Product Career
Product Managers come from all walks of life, and wherever people are in their careers now, there are routes into product management. One of the most…
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Robert Drury
January 2022
Tools for planning your career
If you're looking to plan out your career, then there are some basic areas you need to investigate, and here are some tools that can help you put the…
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Robert Drury
Is now the time to chase your dream job?
If your dream job turned up today, what would it look like? What type of organization is it? What type of product will it be? What responsibilities will…
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Robert Drury
Non-linear careers are now the norm
The days of careers where you progressed gradually up the career ladder, step-by-step, are behind us. We're in a world where career breaks, side steps…
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Robert Drury
Give yourself a career assessment
Sometimes it's important to look at where your career is and make sure that it is where you want it to be. That's where the career assessment comes in…
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Robert Drury
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