Empowered teams can only succeed if the leadership team is on boardLeadership needs to be open and transparent when issuing a “must-do” edict to an empowered teamProduct leadership is continually striving for coherence of approach and clarity of purposeNot every team can and will work in an empowered wayAn empowered team needs the right set of skills to achieve the desired goalEmpowered teams can’t simply do whatever they likeAn effective, empowered team will recognise when they’re working with received wisdom and assumptionsAn empowered team should remain humble and realistic enough to know when they are reaching the limits of their own capabilitiesLeaders can offer pertinent examples and analogies to help the team unlock a different approach for themselvesEmpowerment means a team has to earn and maintain trust from their leaders