High innovation requires high creativity
With billions of people using its products every day, Google’s product managers seek to maintain the company’s high level of innovation and creativity. This hard-working team of high-performers bridge engineering and business to manage a product’s full lifecycle, from strategic planning to development and launch.
Google’s product managers look to improve communication and gain balance
In their quest for continuous growth, Google’s product managers expressed a need to improve their communication skills, collaboration, work-life balance, and span of influence. To keep them moving with the fast pace of innovation at Google, Lauren Kelley, Head of Learning & Development for Product Managers, sought a way to help each individual build the skills that would help them grow in resilience, increase Mental Fitness, and support well-being.
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“We’ve seen huge impacts in our PMs being less burnt out, which allows them to come to work more energized and to be able to focus more because they’re not depleted from de-prioritizing everything that renews their energy stores.”
— Lauren Kelley, Head of Learning & Development for Product Managers
BetterUp is deployed to build well-being, rest, and span of influence
Knowing that each product manager needs to develop in the particular way that meets them where they are, Google’s Learning & Development team provides individualized BetterUp® coaching to all PMs who would like a coach.
A dedicated Coach gives product managers an accountability partner to keep them on track for taking time for themselves, their well-being, rest, and work-life balance — activities that are connected to building strong Mental Fitness. They can also work on business skills like Executive Presence and Effective Communication, which helps them feel more confident in their roles and drive alignment across the business.
Going into their coaching membership, members take the BetterUp Whole Person assessment so they have an understanding of strengths and areas of opportunity before getting started: