Help! My Company Does Not Understand Product Management

I recently offered some advice to product managers lacking executive support. When I was reading through some of the comments on social media, one stood out to me. And it caused me pain. “Leadership at my company does not even understand what product management really is.”

The painful reality is that this murky understanding of product management is not that uncommon.

It is also not uncommon for other groups within the organization to have final say on product decisions — which basically is...