Are you in this perfect product team?

What happened this week?

As I prepare for our upcoming offsite meeting next month, one of the key topics on my agenda revolves around cultivating a top-tier product team. I've dedicated extensive time to this pursuit, drawing insights from multi-year research I've come across on various online sources.

Google's extensive research identified two key factors critical to highly effective teams: team dynamics and psychological safety. These factors surpass individual intelligence and team composition, emphasizing the importance of an environment where every team member can freely share ideas and take calculated risks without fear.

I'm eager to cultivate this environment within my team and encourage you ambitious PMs to explore these concepts in your respective teams as well.

Let me now share how I've put these ideas into action over the years for you to apply in your own teams or share with your leadership.

What’s in there?

1. Team Dynamics by Fostering Collaboration

2. Psychological Safety for Risk-Taking

3. Composition and Intelligence come second

Team Dynamics - Fostering Collaboration

Through my experience, I've come to validate that team dynamics are all about the intricate dance of interaction, collaboration, and communication among PMs. It's not just a concept but a real-life orchestration of skills and personalities that can make or break a team's success.

• 📋 Clarify Roles and Expectations: Define team member roles and responsibilities clearly. So you can operate within a safe perimeter.
  

• 🤝 Encourage Diverse Perspectives: Actively seek out and appreciate diverse viewpoints within the team. Encourage team members to share their unique insights and experiences. This can lead to more creative solutions and a stronger team bond to deliver great releases.
  

• 🗣️ Encourage open sharing: Promote diverse viewpoints and unique insights within the team. At the end of the meeting, I strive to ask opinions from the PMs who do not talk much.