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Empowered product teams - Andrew Skotzko on The Product Experience

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Balancing Autonomy and Accountability in Team Leadership

The speaker emphasizes the trade of autonomy for accountability in team leadership, where teams take on accountability for delivering outcomes in exchange for bounded autonomy. This trade is often glossed over, but bringing it into explicit conversation and unpacking it together can significantly improve team dynamics. The speaker also highlights the misconception of autonomy as 'doing whatever one wants,' emphasizing that true autonomy in an empowered team involves a balance between autonomy and accountability.

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