Relationships are fundamental to us as humans to lead a healthy and happy life. In four stories, I tell of how relationships are critical to us as Product Managers as well, with examples from my own company, LinkedIn.

1. Giovanni Iachello
LinkedIn
International and Data Products

2. Photo: Courtesy Mass General Hospital

4. Photo: Courtesy Mass General Hospital

5. Photo courtesy: Wayne Miller @ Magnumphotos.com

7. Photo: Courtesy Marcus Kazmierczak

8. Photo courtesy: Wayne Miller @ Magnumphotos.com

9. Photo: Courtesy Computer History Museum

10. Photo: Courtesy Carolyn Caddes and Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries.

11. Photo: Courtesy Coupa Cafe

13. Photo: Courtesy Robyn Twomey

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15. Connect the world’s professionals
to make them more productive
and successful
Mission

16. 26M+
BRAZIL 4M+
SOUTH AFRICA
8M+
AUSTRALIA
37M+
INDIA
2M+
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
6M+
INDONESIA
4M+
PHILIPPINES
3M+
MALAYSIA
1M+
SINGAPORE
2M+
SAUDI ARABIA
1M+
NEW ZEALAND
23M+
CHINA
9M+
MEXICO
1M+
JAPAN
5M+
RUSSIA
3M+
CHILE5M+
ARGENTINA
5M+
COLOMBIA
1M+
HONG KONG
3M+
PERU
12M+
CANADA
130M+
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
2M+
VENEZUELA
1M+
THAILAND
1M+
REPUBLIC OF
KOREA
Over 450 M professionals
107M+ EU-28

17. Europe Sales
US East Sales
APAC Sales
Product &
Engineering
Finance
US West Sales
Analytics
India
Customer
Support
Brazil
LinkedIn employee data current as of April 2, 2015

24. LinkedIn Placements V2…
 Connect directly
recruiters with students
 Leverage LinkedIn’s
recruiter relationships
 Completely online
assessments

25. Photo Courtesy: axelstehle.de

30. CEO and VP Product
CEO
Chief Product Officer
EIR
VP Product
VP Product
VP Product
Chief Product Officer
Product Director
SVP Product
VP Product

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— George Vaillant
(longest serving lead of the Grant Study)
“The only thing that really matters in life are your
relationships to other people.”