Articles by Siddharth Arora
- What no one tells you about writing effective emails
Sid provides an example of an email written poorly, and then upgrades it to a well-written one. The well-written version includes: • Know your audience • Subject with clear urgency • Concise summary with goals and next steps • Links for easy access to more details • Precise next steps with timelines • Clear expectations on next update • Clarification of ownership
- 18 tricks to deal with unhelpful stakeholders
Sid outlines four different types of unhelpful stakeholders that product managers often encounter and provides advice on how to work with them: 1. the one who is never transparent 2. the one who thinks they know-it-all 3. the arrogant and authoritarian one 4. the one who is always negative.