03. Become Credible

Become Credible

How can you become credible?

Key Points for Becoming Credible

As a new Product Manager who just joined the company, you will be excited, overwhelmed with a lot of mixed emotions. To prepare for the interview, you had done your fair share of homework on the company, product and probably some of their competitors.

So as a new employee you will have lots of questions and some great suggestions for improvement. But you first need to build trust and become credible in order to have your ideas taken seriously.

To become credible, use your first few weeks in the new job as the perfect opportunity to seek answers to your questions, validate your assumptions, and know who the competitors are. Use the opportunity to gain information about the company, the market it is trying to serve and the product.

In other words:

• Know your company
• Know your market
• Know your product

There is no end date to stop learning but definitely use the initial 2-6 weeks after joining the company to learn the above.