1  ---
  2  title: Responsibilities of a lead
  3  slug: responsibilities-of-a-lead
  4  date_published: 2019-08-02T14:01:35.000Z
  5  date_updated: 2021-06-02T18:58:02.000Z
  6  tags: Team lead manual, #Import 2023-01-03 20:04
  7  draft: true
  8  ---
  9  
 10  1. 
 11  #### Swarm performance
 12  
 13  1. 
 14  Continuous improvement (holding retrospectives etc.)
 15  
 16  2. 
 17  Setting, prioritising, tracking and accountability for milestones, team roadmap and deliverables.
 18  
 19  3. 
 20  Make sure there are clear goals for the swarm
 21  
 22  4. 
 23  Responsible for improving the quality and output of the swarm
 24  
 25  5. 
 26  Coordination of team's efforts
 27  
 28  2. 
 29  #### Resourcing
 30  
 31  1. 
 32  Engaging people necessary to successfully achieve the goals of the swarm
 33  
 34  2. 
 35  Lateral leadership and influencing across Status
 36  
 37  3. 
 38  Managing headcount
 39  
 40  4. 
 41  Identifying hiring needs
 42  
 43  5. 
 44  Hiring ([see Hiring Guide](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FJJpuPleu6_EAdgf1_XOQFBAbBBewQmWWOl9oy96d_I/edit#))
 45  
 46  1. Once you've identified a hiring need, work with PeopleOps to determine the type of hire that you need (the candidate profile, full/part time, salary estimate, etc)
 47  
 48  3. 
 49  #### Finance
 50  
 51  1. 
 52  Compensation
 53  
 54  1. 
 55  We try to balance giving leads ownership of compensation matters with also having an overall fair and equitable distribution of salaries across Status as a whole.
 56  
 57  2. 
 58  As a Lead, you'll be involved in compensation discussions at certain points:
 59  
 60  1. 
 61  Upon hiring a new contributor.
 62  
 63  2. 
 64  During any regular cycle of compensation review we hold (expected once per year).
 65  
 66  3. 
 67  If you believe an  ad-hoc compensation adjustment is required (i..e increased salary, one-off bonus) you'll need to bring it up with Carl/Jarrad who serve as the maintainers over the overall distribution.
 68  
 69  4. 
 70  For smaller bonuses, and rewards, use the Kudos dapp to reward your team.
 71  
 72  2. 
 73  Budgeting
 74  
 75  1. Finance will provide you with a team budget to manage, and set up a monthly budget call to review progress.
 76  
 77  3. 
 78  Approving expense requests within the team budget
 79  
 80  4. 
 81  #### People development
 82  
 83  1. 
 84  Giving feedback (both informally on the job, and working with People Ops to hold feedback rounds)
 85  
 86  2. 
 87  Create clear process and expectations for swarm members.
 88  
 89  3. 
 90  Mentorship to the team
 91  
 92  4. 
 93  Supporting onboarding, helping new joiners find their feet
 94  
 95  5. 
 96  #### Being a figurehead
 97  
 98  1. 
 99  Comms (giving Town Hall updates at least monthly, posting to Discuss, updating Wrike/Pivotal weekly)
100  
101  2. 
102  Managing and communicating lifecycle of a swarm properly.
103  
104  3. 
105  Being in an interface to the rest of the world.
106  
107  ## Tools/resources
108  
109  1. 
110  Wrike, Pivotal tracker and/or GitHub: Used for milestones/tracking/roadmap
111  
112  2. 
113  Team lead guide (this page)
114  
115  3. 
116  [Greenhouse](https://app.greenhouse.io/dashboard): hiring
117  
118  4. 
119  [Kudos DApp](http://kudos.statusnet.eth): recognition
120  
121  5. 
122  People Ops policies: useful to be aware of these for team member requests, e.g. travel
123  
124  6. 
125  [BambooHR:](https://statusim.bamboohr.com/login.php) team availability calendar
126  
127  7. 
128  [Feedback rounds](__GHOST_URL__/what-is-feedback/): template for setting up bi-annual feedback gathering
129  
130  8. 
131  Team budget: leads can use their budget allocation to e.g. approve conference attendance requests, or give pay increases.