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Chapter 15: how to hold company meetups

Chapter 15: how to hold company meetups

One mistake people make when considering a work-from-anywhere model is assuming that meeting up in person is out of the question. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, every single leading remote-first company I can think of (i.e., Zapier, Automattic, GitLab, etc.) would meet up in the real world at least once

Chapter 14: How to stay aligned

Chapter 14: How to stay aligned

Similar to accountability and trust, alignment is a vague word that means different things to different people. When I think about alignment, I think about a sports team. The coach is responsible for coordinating the entire group and achieving a high level of performance, but each player has a specific

Chapter 13: how to build trusted work relationships

Chapter 13: how to build trusted work relationships

Now, let’s talk about another pain point that you may feel but may not want to admit - trusting your team. You may read advice on how you need to build trust with your team when working remotely. What does this even mean? Does this mean you should do

Chapter 12: How to create accountability from afar

Chapter 12: How to create accountability from afar

As your organization learns to work-from-anywhere, you may wonder how you can create a sense of accountability. You want to believe that your team will work on the most important things and that you can be hands-off. At the same time, you need to create an environment where everyone feels

Chapter 11: How to feel connected to your team

Chapter 11: How to feel connected to your team

Another issue you will need to confront is feeling disconnected from your team. Before, you could walk into the office and feel the energy as you walked around. Now, you may try to engage the team through Zoom and it feels different. Sometimes you may try to be engaging on

Chapter 10: How to build company culture from anywhere

Chapter 10: How to build company culture from anywhere

The number of ping-pong tables at the office does not create a healthy company culture. In a remote-first world, a Slack channel where employees can talk about their pets is not your company culture either. If we want to truly understand how to build a strong company culture when remote,

Chapter 9: how to cut internal meetings in half

Chapter 9: how to cut internal meetings in half

If you consider a flexible workplace where your team can do its best work at a time that makes the most sense for the individual, one of the biggest roadblocks in our way is unnecessary meetings. External meetings tend to be higher value conversations as you are working with a