Lexi Galantino at LeadDev West Coast 2023

Team members who feel passionate about their work are an excellent asset to a team, but over time even passion, met with an endless backlog of important tasks, can slip into burnout.
As leaders, we must guide the workload of our teams to fuel employee passion in a sustainable way. Based on my experience in building software for social good I’ll share strategies for organizing a backlog where everything feels urgent and important.
With these tactics, we can minimize the threat of burnout while we sustain high levels of enthusiasm and engagement.
You will leave this talk with knowledge on:
How to evaluate competing priorities and how to communicate that to your team
How to have a sustainable incident response system
How a team can support each other when the stakes are high