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Published May 3, 2019

Improving the Health of Your Hybrid Remote Culture with Oliver Weiss

Today we present the very real story of someone who tapped into remote work to build scalability into a business in the healthcare industry – one that’s not usually associated with remote. There are many challenges inherent to managing an hybrid remote team – one where part of the company operates from an office, and part from their homes or co-working spaces – and with a near 50/50 split, MeCasa sets a sterling example of how to do it.

Published April 18, 2019

From Chaos to Agility with Mark Kilby and Johanna Rothman

How can remote teams be Agile? Are there any tips, tools, strategies that can help communicate the Agile principles and implement them in distributed teams? There are. Many. And that’s a good thing, because no single one applies to all teams. Authors Mark Kilby and Johanna Rothman explain how their latest book is meant to pave the way for a new age of distributed work.

Published March 1, 2019

Running Metrics-Driven Remote Teams with Liam Martin

How can you figure out the best way to be metrics-driven when performance happens over several different disciplines? How to develop disciplined focus without stifling creativity? And what are the best ways for a remote leader to build a peer group online? TimeDoctor’s co-founder Liam Martin tells us all about his strategy.

Published February 22, 2019

The Remote Manager’s Manual with Katie Womersley

What’s a good blueprint for remote managers to follow if they want to delegate more responsibility and help their team members grow? How does a star manager solve team conflict and deal with the “brilliant jerk” scenario? Buffer’s VP of Engineering, Katie Womersley, talks to us about her management philosophy.

Published February 15, 2019

How to Work Together Anywhere with Lisette Sutherland

Welcome to the DistantJob Podcast, a show where we interview the top remote leaders, picking their brains on how to build and lead remote teams […]

Published January 4, 2019

Taking the Remote Work Red Pill with Victoria Haidamus

On this episode of the DistantJob Podcast, we’re proud to present Victoria Haidamus, Product Manager at Officeless and Startae.

Published December 21, 2018

Mailchimp’s Nassim Kammah on the Power of One Single Thing

Episode 09 – In this episode of the DistantJob podcast, we talk to Nassim Kammah. Nassim works at Mailchimp as their Engineering Manager, and is at the cutting edge of the conversation about remote leadership and working with a hybrid remote/co-located company.

Published December 7, 2018

Microsoft’s Joel Martinez on Building People, Not Kingdoms

On this podcast, Joel Martinez, a senior developer at Microsoft, talks to us about how to spot when teams are or aren’t ready to work remotely, creating the conditions for focused work, being flexible with tools, and ultimately, building people, not kingdoms.

Published November 30, 2018

Communicating to Thrive with Laurel Farrer

In this episode of the StaffITRight podcast, we talk to Laurel Farrer. We cover a wide range of topics during our conversation, including good stand-ups and bad stand-ups, how to be a leader instead of a boss, how to figure out if the remote approach is working for your business and specific conversation scripts that you can use to make clear to your remote employees what are your expectations of their work.

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