num_pages: 432
description: What is it about the top tech product companies such as Amazon Apple Google Netflix and Tesla that enables their record of consistent innovation? Most people think its because these companies are somehow able to find and attract a level of talent that makes this innovation possible. But the real advantage these companies have is not so much who they hire but rather how they enable their people to work together to solve hard problems and create extraordinary products. As legendary Silicon Valley coach--and coach to the founders of several of todays leading tech companies--Bill Campbell said Leadership is about recognizing that there's a greatness in everyone and your job is to create an environment where that greatness can emerge. The goal of EMPOWERED is to provide you as a leader of product management product design or engineering with everything youll need to create just such an environment. As partners at The Silicon Valley Product Group Marty Cagan and Chris Jones have long worked to reveal the best practices of the most consistently innovative companies in the world. A natural companion to the bestseller INSPIRED EMPOWERED tackles head-on the reason why most companies fail to truly leverage the potential of their people to innovate: product leadership. The book covers: EMPOWERED puts decades of lessons learned from the best leaders of the top technology companies in your hand as a guide. It shows you how to become the leader your team and company needs to not only survive but thrive.
language: English
title: Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products
publisher: Wiley