Empower team members

Not every team has a product manager, so you have to be realistic about your ability to plan a project. Planning can feel overwhelming. Leverage the power of your team by tapping into the different passions each person has showcased. Encourage them to lead portions of projects they’re excited about and will excel with.

Doing it yourself might seem easier, but it’s a great opportunity for others to invest in a project. Empowering team members also helps a project maintain momentum since they’ll run with the takeaway tasks. If you tackle every project in a silo, the burden of knowledge sharing a project falls entirely on you. This habit can allow details to fall through the cracks.

Beyond project responsibilities, empowering others can also mean simply keeping others informed. Knowledge is empowering. Share often and as thoroughly as needed. You don’t have to write a treatise with every update, but communicate regularly, over-communicate even, with your team.