How to build trust and grow as a product leader | Fareed Mosavat (Reforge, Slack, Instacart, Zynga, Pixar)

Fareed Mosavat is the Chief Development officer at Reforge where he leads teams that help product managers in all stages in their career access tools to help them get even better. Fareed’s fascinating career began in engineering for Pixar, where he learned the art of storytelling and collaboration. In today’s episode, Fareed shares the most important skills to flex to earn the trust of your manager and co-workers, the four types of product work—and why you need to understand all four. He also provides solid examples of how to generalize your learnings, and explains why this will expand your options, make you a better PM, and boost your chances of moving into a leadership role.

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Where to find Fareed Mosavat:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/far33d

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fareed/

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Referenced:

• Naval Ravikant’s Twitter thread about specific knowledge: https://twitter.com/naval/status/1002104865919664128

• Merci Grace on Lenny’s podcast: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/merci-grace-ex-head-of-growth-at-slack-on-plg-interviewing-storytelling-building-a-diverse-team-hiring-salespeople-building-a-growth-team-and-much-more/

• Crossing the Canyon: Product Manager to Product Leader by Fareed Mosavat and Casey Winters: https://www.reforge.com/blog/crossing-the-canyon-product-manager-to-product-leader

• Casey Winter’s guest post on Lenny’s Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-sell-your-ideas-and-rise-within#details

• Casey Winters on Lenny’s podcast: https://www.podpage.com/lennys-podcast/how-to-sell-your-ideas-and-rise-within-your-company-casey-winters-eventbrite/

• Reforge: https://www.reforge.com/

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