Coaching Product Managers

Scope

Covers

• Coaching a PM (direct report or mentee) to improve product craft, leadership, and decision quality
• Converting “be better at X” into a measurable development plan with weekly reps + follow-ups
• Defining what “good PM” means in your context and diagnosing skill depth using Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Building a coaching cadence that scales (coaching as the primary job of product leadership)

When to use

• “Coach my PM on strategic thinking / product sense / execution.”
• “Create a PM development plan / growth plan for the next 8–12 weeks.”
• “Assess a PM’s current level and decide what to coach next.”
• “Define what ‘good PM’ means here and align on expectations.”