Empowered
by Marty Cagan with Chris Jones
Inspired's sequel on leadership: coaching product people, staffing, team topology, product strategy, team objectives, and the difference between feature teams and empowered product teams. Opinionated and aimed at product leaders.
Read it if…
you lead product teams and want them to own outcomes.
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Skip it if…
you are an individual contributor; see Inspired.
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Three things you will actually use
- Empowered teams own problems, not features.
- Coaching is the manager's main job.
- Strategy is focus plus insight.
Do this first
Read the coaching chapters and write a plan for one report.
Our verdict
Product leadership.
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