Page Comparison

Context

Hands on team lead

Managing small team

Managing multiple teams

Managing whole function

Strategy, Scope, Prioritisation & Process

• Setting direction and vision of company & team.

• Giving structure to thrive.

• Removing roadblocks.

• Empowering your team, OKR and functional team.

• Ensuring your team understand their role responsibilities, goals & how they can be successful.

• Setting up the right org structure for the team to thrive achieve their goals.

• Empowering your team to solve problems, learn independently and understand when to step in and remove roadblocks.

• Defining how the team work together and optimise their performance.

• Helps with process and delivery.

• Removes roadblocks.

• You navigate ambiguity and set scope and prioritisation for the team

• Anticipates roadblocks

• You are one step ahead

• Requires in-depth knowledge of the functional area, business strategies, and the company’s goals.

• Set department goals to tie into company goals

• You effectively coach others in SWS to articulate and translate company strategy into a concrete roadmap

Hiring & Onboarding

• Set team structure and deduct hiring needs

• Co-ownership of team onboarding with Operations.

• Can hire & part of interview process

• Onboards the team

• Set team structure and define hiring needs

• Onboards the team

• Manages overall budget & org design forecast.

• Hires Head of / managers.

Leadership

• Coaching others to unlock their potential.

• Providing feedback in a constructive way that empowers your team. 

• You oversee and hold your team accountable for the strategy, execution, and timeliness of delivery to company and team initiatives or OKRs.

• A portion of time is normally spent performing individual tasks related to success of the team.

• Generally supervises less senior team members.

• You lead a team of individual contributors at various levels and are accountable for their quality of execution, timeliness of delivery, impact, and personal and professional growth

• You build and lead multiple teams that move at a high velocity, produce high quality output, and communicate effectively within the division and cross-functionally.

• You oversee and hold teams and individuals accountable for the quality of strategy, execution, and timeliness of delivery to company and team initiatives or OKRs.

• You report directly to the board/CEO.

Interaction & Communication

• Being curious to find the why

• Listening & not assuming

• Influence decision making by asking great questions

• Leave things better than when you found them

• Good communicator

• Great communicator

• Great storyteller

• Inspiring storyteller

DE&I

• Building trust and psychological safety & inclusivity

• Ensure your team is heard and feels heard.

• Encourages diversity

• A strategic partner in advancing DE&I

• You lead and work to advance the team and company's DE&I initiatives

• You lead and work to advance the team and company's DE&I initiatives

Data

• Using data to make decisions

• Handle of main metrics, basic data literacy

• Uses data to make decisions

• Uses data for storytelling

•  Uses data for strategic decisions

Hiring & Onboarding

• Set team structure and deduct hiring needs

• Co-ownership of team onboarding with Operations.

• Can hire & part of interview process

• Onboards the team

• Set team structure and define hiring needs

• Onboards the team

• Overall department org design and participate in final interviews.

• Budget planning if no exec.

• Manages overall budget & org design forecast.

• Hires Head of / managers.