Book Titles

Empowered
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products

By Chris Jones, Marty Cagan

Year Published: 2020
ISBN-13: 978-1119691297
Categories: Empowerment, Products, Teams

51 Quotes Found

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Empowered:

Empowering means creating an environment where your people can own outcomes and not just tasks.

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Empowered:

Many, if not most, people are not aware of their own potential. As a coach, you are in a unique position to help them see it.

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Empowered:

It’s through pushing through discomfort that people overcome their fears and realize what they’re truly capable of.

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Empowered:

Always remember to praise publicly but criticize privately.

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Empowered:

…trust grows whenever a working relationship is humanized.

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Empowered:

…it is not at all uncommon for the self-assessment to expose some significant differences with how the product manager assesses her own capabilities.

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Empowered:

There really is no substitute for getting out of the office and visiting users and customers.

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Empowered:

…a product manager must be an expert user of her product in order to be trusted.

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Empowered:

…honest, constructive feedback is the main source of value you provide as a manager.

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Empowered:

…it’s no surprise that one of the most common, and most important, coaching topics is helping a new product manager learn to manage her time.

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