How to Help Your Team Take More Ownership

Getting your product team to take full ownership can feel like an uphill battle. It’s not just about giving instructions but about changing mindsets. Here’s how to help your team step up, take charge, and own the outcomes—inside and outside their usual boundaries.

Squads Done Right: Mastering Modern Team Dynamics

Many companies find the promise of empowered product teams compelling. They see the problems in their existing structure and strive to adopt modern best practices. But changing structure alone won’t help; if done too bluntly, it can do more harm than good. Here is how to balance autonomy and flexibility with stability and structure.

Empowerment Is Not the Opposite of Management

In the effort to create empowered teams, many managers struggle with their role in the process. It is easy to think that an empowered team requires less guidance, but it’s far from the truth. It requires a different kind of guidance, but your management and leadership are still required nonetheless. Here is the right kind of guidance to bring to the table.

Two Pitfalls of Great Managers

Great managers empower their people. They give them the freedom and their full trust to simply show their greatness and shine. But there is a thin line between empowerment and too much freedom. Too much freedom doesn’t work for them as much as it wouldn’t for you, even if you are not willing to admit it. Here is what you need to be aware of if you want to keep being a great manager, not just in your head.

Insight From Marty Cagan’s Coach the Coaches Workshop (Part 1)

Last month I had the privilege of participating in SVPG’s ‘Coach the Coaches’ workshop in Europe. After 3 full days of meaningful discussions, I took the time to reflect and share with you my thoughts and insights.