I am a team leader in Yonder
The Team
Adriana Neagos
Alexandru Badea
Alexandru Kocsis
Cristian Pojar
George Ene
Voicu Moldovan
Context
How do I engage the people around me?
How do I measure the results?
How do I prepare my team for new initiatives?
No clear role and responsibilities
No knowledge sharing
No context for them to get together
Overall fuzzy concept
TLA
Some trainings on related topics
Idea!!
YTL
Yonder Team Leaders
Two meeting types
- Small ad-hoc get together
- Large organizational and planning meeting
Complex procedures for each meeting
Rotational ownership
Planned some initial topics
Involved over 30 people
Learning community
Support groups
Promoter of best practices
Ambassador of product mindset
Two way channel
Mentorship for future Team Leads
Lessons learned
Start small
Ownership
Geo segregation
Time
Current status
- how to demo
- how to feedback
- client relations/product mindset
Held presentations and trainings for our own teams
Took mentees
Ideas about improving TLA
- prep candidates for next year
- mentor participants as they go next year
- offer practical support for the course from our own experiences
Small leaders community already started!
Minimal approach oriented on big impact
Gather every two weeks
Evaluate and plan actions for next two weeks
The future
Grow
?