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Communicating with the CEO

Communicating with the CEO

From the course: Communication for Product Managers

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Communicating with the CEO

- As a product manager, you will be responsible for most of the communication to stakeholders outside of the product team. And that's a big role because in most modern organizations, the work that the product team is accomplishing is core to the organization. So, you'll be communicating with everyone from the CEO down to the customer service team. But I really want to focus on those communications you'll have with the C-suite. The product manager is responsible for understanding the needs of the business from senior leadership and bringing it to the product team. At the same time, the product manager is responsible for effectively communicating how the work of the product team is aligned with the company's vision and goals. Let's look at a scenario where Ray, our product manager, is talking to the CEO, John, about the product roadmap. - Ray, what's the product team focused on next quarter? - Our product roadmap has us focus on how we onboard new users into the app. Our goal is to make…

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