Managing Remote Teams

Ali Greene and Tamara Sanderson go into the details of what remote fluency is and why it matters.

Listen to the book either on its own or as you read the book.

Do you know how to figure out if someone is burned out and what effects it's having on your team?

introverts require a specific light touch when being managed. Tune in to find out more.

Listening is a simple yet often overlooked skill that lies at the core of engagement and motivation. Paradoxically those who think they're good listeners are often the ones benefiting the least from it. Raquel Ark shares research-backed tips on how to listen effectively at work.

virtual whiteboards allow for a lot of flexibility when collaborating remotely

Liam goes into the mechanics of asynchronous management, and how it's helped him respond in a crisis that affects his team.

Just like the Eskimos have many words for snow, we need more words for work. This has major implications for productivity and feeling fulfilled.

Concert violinist Diane Allen shares her framework for entering flow individually and how it can be used with teams.

Mark Graban talks about process behavior charts and why they are really useful in a remote situation when you're managing with metrics.

how season 2 will work

A look back at how this podcast covered remote work's evolution since the beginning of the pandemic.

Flowcharts are a powerful tool when collaborating in or with distributed teams. Find out how Trevor uses them effectively.

Vasco Duarte and Luke Szyrmer discuss scrum in a remote setting, including how to adapt to remote even though scrum wasn't designed to handle it. This episode aired originally on the ScrumMaster toolbox podcast.

Axiology and value generation matter - a lot -when managing projects of any kind, including remote ones.

Carole Stizza on Visibility

How to combat difficult situations at work, especially when it already feels unsafe to do so...Jeff Harry uses improv comedy and theater to really get to the root causes.

Thibault shares his thoughts with no-holds barred on the practicalities of being CEO of a remote-first company.

How marketing teams collaborate when remote, and what it means for the entire company.

Healthy accountability works both ways, even when remote. Jonathan Raymond explains.

Joe Houghton gets practical with a lot of remote team setup tips, as well as insights from the academic literature on remote teamwork.

Mike Burrows discusses two of his practical tools he recommends to kick off large scale change initiatives.

Mike's idea of wholehearted organizations really gets at the heart of the strategy-implementation gap in companies.

Patty has techniques for creating psychological safety that help you make tough calls as a leader.

Effective boundaries are the key to getting remote teamwork right.

The Japanese martial art Aikido serves as a mindset to help address team conflict within a company.

Redesign your company culture using people data

The rise and rise of data when measuring individuals and company performance with Nigel Dias

How all managers from any industry can apply the management practices that helped Big Tech get big...not just technology.

Recruiting war stories and common traps to avoid from expert recruiter Nancy Slessenger.

Nancy is a world class hiring expert with a unique process derived from first principles that works--just as well when remote hiring just as well as in person.

Bringing a silicon valley mindset to facilitation, Arjun is building a new platform for meetings, to help managers bridge the facilitation skills gap they currently face.

Many companies get stuck in a rut, endlessly doomed to execute on goals that just maintain the status quo. Allan Kelly discusses how to break the entire company out of that mold.

Allan Kelly dives into how to use OKRs to delegate outcomes to teams, while still giving them autonomy to figure out the best way to achieve them.

Basking in the glow of hitting #1 in the Amazon charts for business teams, Luke gets interviewed by Ian Farrar of the Industry Angel podcast

What people need is the starting point for dealing with change, regardless of how massive or external it is.

Stefan goes picture about how work has changed this year, how his predictions in the early days panned out, and what to expect in the future.

This episode digs into how 2020 looked as remote went mainstream, albeit somewhat forcefully. Stefan is a writer and thinker covering remote work trends from before the pandemic and shares unique insights.

Ryan has a great set of techniques for behavioral interviewing, when meeting candidates, which he details here. He also has great advice for remote worker hiring, in terms of the most important things to check and screen for.

Ryan is a recruiter and marketer focused on blue collar hiring. We discuss hiring during the pandemic, impacts on blue collar industries, and how to become an employer that attracts great candidates. He also ties together how hiring strategy affects every other area of a service-based company, whether you are aware of it or not.

Implementing RACI helps you fix many of the potential weaknesses inherent in cross functional teams, i.e. the ones doing anything that customers care about. And it matters even more when remote.

Role clarity is one of the most common complaints of employees, especially when working across department lines. RACI expert Cassie Solomon details why this matters, and what to start doing about it.

Make sure you spend your time effectively in meetings. Listen to this episode to be sure you're getting the most out of the time you invest in them.

Meetings are a lot more complicated than meets the eye. Elise Keith, a world-class expert in meetings, gives some insight into how to run really effective meetings.

This episode goes into the team and company level impacts of burnout, and how address it as a manager who wants to help mitigate the problem and support everyone through this difficult situation.

Anybody can burn out. Listen to Jules' story about how burnout almost cost him his life, and what his takeaways are from the whole experience.

Starting from where you are, it might feel like a big change to move towards a results only work environment. Tune in to this episode for useful tips on how to start shifting towards a results only environment, including first steps you can take in that direction.

What happens when you focus company culture on results? Turns out, quite a lot...and there's a lot of unexpected side effects. So much of everyday corporate life is just a coping mechanism for not having enough clarity about intended outcomes.

Here we get actionable, with specific format examples, and also suggestions about how to introduce this into a larger company, as well as what it can do to help break down silos.

There are patterns of offline and online collaboration which can supercharge your ability to run interactive meetings. Dig into peer learning as a collaboration tool with Bart Dooerenwert.

Team agreements are a practical way to create a positive remote team culture. Piotr Zagorowski, a remote team manager with 4 years experience, explains the ins and outs of this approach.

Detailed actionable tips from Dean Waye on how to deliver online presentations, both in a sales context and within organizations. Dean has been helping professional speakers deliver content online for close to a decade.

Even though we can't rely on human cues when delivering remote presentations, some people are just killing it. Dean Waye has been helping professional speakers deliver online content for close to a decade. He goes into how to persuade effectively when remote, for sales and operational purposes.

How to Present Online (pt 1)

Even though we can't rely on human cues when delivering remote presentations, some people are just killing it. Dean Waye has been helping professional speakers deliver online content for close to a decade. He goes into how to persuade effectively when remote, for sales and operational purposes.

About Dean Waye

Dean Waye is the owner of awneo.com, a coaching and membership site that helps people create their best ever B2B presentations and webinars. He also works in Product Marketing and Sales Enablement at Openet/, a global B2B software company.

updates from my end, including a few words about the book as well as publishing date change announcement

Transcript

Hello. Hello, thanks for tuning in yet again. I am just putting this episode out to thank everyone for listening in, it's been a great ride so far, somewhat of an experiment on my end as it's a slightly different topic than I'm usually talking about namely innovation. however, I have been iterating quite furiously on this podcast.

And I think you may have noticed a couple of tweaks here and there, over the last few weeks. the main reason that I want to record today is to let you know that I am thinking of moving the date from Thursday to Tuesday, in terms of the regular weekly publishing date of the podcast, we have a great one lined up.

it is going completely against what, the game storming episode was about. Namely, Presentations, remotely. And, I've got a great expert lined up for you there and yeah, beyond that, if you are keen on, getting something this week, I would highly recommend taking a look at, either the ebook or the audio book of align remotely itself. both are still a work in process, but I think getting to the point where, they are useful. You can very much participate if you wish, ask questions, and interact with me, if you find it helpful.

Thanks for listening to the show. I would really find it helpful if you do leave reviews on whatever podcast platform you use. I think iTunes is the one traditionally that people have paid attention to. if you are an Apple person, please use that. Otherwise, whatever app you use, that's great.

I'm personally starting to use Spotify most recently. this is important it really helps in terms of getting the word out. Essentially all of these platforms really pay attention to reviews when they do choose to, promote podcasts. So if you're finding it helpful, please leave a good review, good as an honest, and also, Do tell anyone who you think might find any particular episode helpful. Thanks for listening and see you on Tuesday.

Working visually and with games and playfulness can help you achieve your company's goals and outcomes...even more effectively than when you don't. And it works online as well as offline.

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About Dave Mastronardi

Televised in both Koreas, Dave has over 15 years experience at the intersection of business, technology, and communication, helping companies rethink and change the way they do business. Employers include SaaS start-ups and Fortune 50. Industry experience includes: telecommunications, finance, management consulting, travel and entertainment, professional sports, industrial manufacturing. He's been Gamestorming since before it was cool. Before GG, Director of Global Digital Strategy at Samsung. Sprinklr before that. Dachis Group before that. Raytheon and EDS long ago.

This episode covers how to adapt a business during the pandemic, including tips on hiring and firing during the pandemic, especially what matters most, and how to plan ahead, when you don't know how the recovery will look.

James Newson discusses activity based working, and using technology as a way to redesign work, both in-office and distributed on larger corporate teams.

Actionable takeaways about working during lockdown and how to think about work life after lockdown, based on input from hundreds of leaders.

Visit DataTruth at https://www.datatruth.co.uk for the full report or request a copy from Tristan on LinkedIn.

Tristan Neagle and Rashmi Ray from DataTruth have interviewed close to a hundred and surveyed several hundred managers about how they are dealing with lockdown. And they share a lot of useful patterns they've discovered, which no one else sees just sitting at their home office desk.