I'm gunning for my first genuine team lead role (outside of field promotions and informal leadership).

Any advice on how to approach this? It's an internal position, and I'm used to applying externally. Do I do something different here? A portfolio?

Essentially, looking to act as a tech lead of a small team within a large technical department. I've been in this team a little while, and I'm already doing some amount of tactical leadership informally.

There's an opportunity to make this formal.

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You mentioned that you have been doing this already for a while. I would suggest document each and everything which you have done for this role and share with your leaders. Build a strong ‘documented’ case for yourself so that they can piggyback on your notes.

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100% I'm going to use their own career scaffold to highlight the responsibilities of the role that I'm already covering and some ideas on how I want to address the remaining gaps.

This is pretty exciting! I guess the first question is, how do you feel about it this? I think a portfolio is good, or at least some kind of record all the things you've done, their impact andd what you've contributed. I'd also think about future visiion - it's not just about what you've done but what you THINK you can do and what you'd like to accomplish moving forward

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This is valuable advice! What are some good ways to present that? (Conversely, what are some bad ways/faux pas?)

I'm going to keep iterating over that over the Easter weekend. I'm expecting an interview in the next couple of weeks tbh.

Reach out to the team first let them know you want the honor to lead them and get ready for feedback

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