EMPOWERED! Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products

Amy Cantin

Have you ever wondered what sets innovative companies apart from their competitors? The answer may lie in how these organizations allow employees to take ownership of their work.
This month's OFF THE SHELF selection, EMPOWERED! Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products by Marty Cagan and Chris Jones asserts

that success does not only lie in hiring the best and brightest of candidates, but in the way these organizations empower ordinary individuals results in creating outstanding products.

Wiley, copyright 2020

From the Skillsoft Book Summary:

"Much has been written on empowerment in the workplace, but EMPOWERED offers readers more than just a superficial look into the subject. The authors take the lessons learned from decades of working with product teams and present them in bite-sized sections of pragmatic wisdom. Each main consideration is cleverly interwoven with personal anecdotes and profiles of successful leaders, smoothly translating theory into practice. The universal truth that the book manages to drive home so unequivocally is that the reason for a company’s lack of innovation or success doesn’t lie with underqualified staff; it lies with the tendency of leaders to underestimate the potential in their staff, and their unwillingness to roll up their sleeves and do the hands-on work of coaching that turns potential into reality. By combining practical advice with inspirational passages about the relationship between empowerment and leadership, this book invites you to consider the potential inside every member of your team. And then find the key to unlock it."

EMPOWERED! is available on Percipio as a digital book, audiobook, and book summary. Check it out today!