Be the Greatest Product Manager Ever: Master Six Proven Skills to Get the Career You Want

by Lewis C. Lin

A new book from Lewis C. Lin, an Amazon.com best-selling author and world-famous product management expert

Be the Greatest Product Manager Ever is the playbook on how you can move up the PM career ladder. This book is suitable for PMs of all levels from individual contributors to senior executives.

Features the ESTEEM Method™, six proven skills to get the career you want

Be the Greatest Product Manager Ever features Lewis C. Lin’s brand-new career management framework: the ESTEEM Method™. The ESTEEM Method™ details, for the first time ever, the six core competencies you need to move up in your PM career:

Execution

Superior Communication Skills

Tactical Awareness

Extraordinary Mental Toughness

Exceptional Team Builder

Moonshot Vision

Unlike other books, Lin explains not only why but also how. In other words, Lin will reveal his secret frameworks, tools, and wisdom to strengthen your ESTEEM™ competencies including:

How to Start Every New Job How to Start Every New Job How to Figure Out What to Do How Stuff Gets Done: System 1 and 2 How to Sound Authoritative Like a Professor How to Establish Your Value How to Get Others to Do What You Want How to Play Office Politics The One Interview Question You Need to Ask Explain Why Your New Direct Reports Will Struggle How to SCAMPER Your Way to a Moonshot Vision Why the Best Visionaries Get into Technical Details

If you've ever wondered what you need to do move up the PM career ladder, Lin provides the secret tools, frameworks, and wisdom to make it to the top from PM to CEO.

Genres: Nonfiction

154 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 6, 2019

Reviews

[Boui · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some good information here. Nothing ground breaking but fantastic pointers that we often forget.

[Yiyang · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's an easy read (I read physical book this time) by Lewis C Lin (who is famous for PM interview prep books) and he introduced new ESTEEM framework. Good book (though expensive for $18.62 price and 159 pages in total) and useful for PMs to get to next level. Sometimes I do feel like these are just compilations of blog posts? The most interesting part is toward the end about onboarding new PM and how to build long-lasting teams and give feedback / take criticisms . Maybe I will re-read it sometime in the future once I become a people manager.

[James La Vela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lin's frameworks for career advancement are helpful for those working in any function, not just product management. He tailors his examples to be PM-relevant and largely applicable to those working in large or corporate environments. Lin intentionally designed the book to be a "playbook" and one that you will want to refer back to again and again.

[Megan Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little too anecdotal but some useful insights

[Ryan McDonald · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great read

Awesome clearly define techniques, insight, approach to problem solving and team building. This read made me self reflect and really try to find major growth areas.

[bookwormProductmind]

Extremely meaningful and practical advice