DistantJob Podcast

After devoting a significant portion of his life understanding the financial industry Oliver Weiss pivoted his career into healthcare, which he found to be his calling, by becoming the founder and CEO of MeCasa. MeCasa (https://www.mecasa.de – English version coming soon) aims to provide excellent home care by connecting the best professional caregivers with the people who need them the most, and their families.

In this episode, we talk about how Oliver takes an active role in conceiving and creating a healthy company culture. A lot of people mention the importance of culture, but few get into the practical specifics and examples like Oliver does! We talk about communication ( Why complicate? Telegram is enough!), we talk about how remote work provides the opportunity for scaling, we talk about planning and leading bookclub-like workshops with the team.

Emídio do Sacramento has one of the most amazing origin stories of any podcast guest, ever, so we'll leave it to you to find out where he came from – he is currently the founder and CEO of Zebiometrics (https://www.zebiometrics.com), and is working hard to establish a new paradigm for online security and virtual identity.

In this episode, we talk about why Emídio believes remote work was a crucial factor in building the team to bring his vision to life, and why it's great to be able to tap into different cultures when doing so. We also talk about what the future of online identity looks like and what are some technological advances that you can tap into to be sure that the person on the other side of the screen really is the person you hired.

Emidio also points out that as good as video conversation is, it's possible to build a world-class product just by text chat, and he tells the story of how that happened for him.

In this episode, we talk about a wide variety of topics with our founder Sharon Koifman, but fundamentally: finding the right people for your team.

Sharon is a big advocate for remote work and one of his core beliefs is that if you treat your team like family, it will pay off in the long run. However, there is one key quality that his team needs to have in order to be able to work remotely.

Welcome to the DistantJob Podcast, a show where we interview the most successful remote leaders, picking their brains on how to build and lead remote teams who win. Jo Palmer is the Founder of Pointer Remote, a platform to connect professionals in Australia who are physically isolated from roles in which they are qualified, or may have held in the past to roles that can be filled remotely. She loves witnessing the amazing things that happen when people are connected to each other. In this episode, we talk about a wide variety of topics, but fundamentally: hiring and managing the best global talent. What does it take to run a global team? What are the challenges? What should we look for when hiring a remote candidate? And, which tools can we use to make our remote team work more efficiently. ———————— Want to continue the conversation with Jo? LinkedIn: Jo Palmer Twitter: @pointerremote Facebook: Pointer Remote Business: Pointer Remote (pointerremoteroles.com.au/ ) Book Recommendations: Remote: Office Not Required (by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier) www.amazon.com/Remote-Office-Not-Required/dp/0804137501 ———————— As always, if you enjoy the podcast, we humbly ask that you leave a review on iTunes or your podcast syndication service of choice – and if you could share it, that would be even better! Need that one incredible employee to bolster your team? Get in touch at https://distantjob.com/contact/ and we'll find you who you need.

Welcome to the DistantJob Podcast, a show where we interview the most successful remote leaders, picking their brains on how to build and lead remote teams who win.

Jo Palmer is the Founder of Pointer Remote, a platform to connect professionals who are physically isolated from roles in which they are qualified, or may have held in the past to roles that can be filled remotely. She loves witnessing the amazing things that happen when people are connected to each other.

In this episode, we talk about a wide variety of topics, but fundamentally: hiring and managing the best global talent. What does it take to run a global team? What are the challenges? What should we look for when hiring a remote candidate? And, which tools can we use to make our remote team work more efficiently.

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Want to continue the conversation with Jo? 

LinkedIn: Jo Palmer

Twitter: @pointerremote

Facebook: Pointer Remote

Business: Pointer Remote  (pointerremoteroles.com.au/ )

Book Recommendations:

Remote: Office Not Required (by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier) www.amazon.com/Remote-Office-Not-Required/dp/0804137501

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As always, if you enjoy the podcast, we humbly ask that you leave a review on iTunes or your podcast syndication service of choice – and if you could share it, that would be even better!

Need that one incredible employee to bolster your team?  Get in touch at  https://distantjob.com/contact/ and we’ll find you who you need.

Everyone talks a good game when discussing leadership, but what about some real, practical advice? That’s what Luís gets over some drinks with the man who taught him that being a leader is about becoming a good host for the people working with you. 

Welcome to the DistantJob Podcast, a show where we interview the most successful remote leaders, picking their brains on how to build and lead remote teams who win.

Craig Brown is a veteran of software product development that has experience leading and managing global software product development teams spanning four continents, 8 cities and hundreds of team members. His new baby is the Everest Engineering team, a modern software product development consultancy that delivers innovation capability out of India to the Australian tech industry.

In this episode, we talk about a wide variety of topics, but fundamentally: leadership. What should cultural and language differences mean for leaders of distributed teams? Once you get down to it, what are the Agile and Scrum principles that really matter? What should your remote team do when they have a crisis on their hands? And why and how should leaders ask stupid questions? And teach others to do the same!

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Want to continue the conversation with Craig? 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigwbrown/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/brown_note

Blog: http://www.betterprojects.net

Business: https://everest.engineering/

Book Recommendations:

Managing (by Henry Mintzberg): https://amzn.to/2IrctZM

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As always, if you enjoy the podcast, we humbly ask that you leave a review on iTunes or your podcast syndication service of choice – and if you could share it, that would be even better!

Need that one incredible employee to bolster your team?  Get in touch at https://distantjob.com/contact/  and we’ll find you who you need.

Is it possible to build a successful company while putting your life and family (and that of your employees) first? Adii Pienaar believed so, and that’s what he did with his second business, Conversio. Did it being a fully remote operation play a part? You bet! 

Welcome to the DistantJob Podcast, a show where we interview the most successful remote leaders, picking their brains on how to build and lead remote teams who win.

Adii Pienaar is the founder of  Conversio  and lives in Cape Town, South Africa. Prior to Conversio, Adii was the co-founder of WooThemes /  WooCommerce . Today Adii is a family man (which is why Conversio is a life- and family-first company) who enjoys running, reading and wine.

In this episode, we talk about the philosophy of leading from first principles. We explore how to act in order to prevent your employees from burning out (more common than you think in highly motivated remote teams) and how a leader can be consistent while still striving to learn and being open (even eager!) to change his or her opinion. And for the people who want to up their hiring game, we discuss the questions and tests that enable Adii to hire for culture and value.

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Want to continue the conversation with Adii? 

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/adiipienaar/

Twitter: @adii (https://twitter.com/adii )

Blog: https://adii.me

Meet Him At Running Remote: https://runningremote.com/?utm_source=distantjob (use code distantjob on checkout for a 20% discount)

The Books We Discuss:

Siddhartha: https://amzn.to/2Mhholc

The Prophet: https://amzn.to/2MkXp54

Adii’s Recommended Tool:

reMarkable: https://remarkable.com

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As always, if you enjoy the podcast, we humbly ask that you leave a review on iTunes or your podcast syndication service of choice – and if you could share it, that would be even better!

Need that one incredible employee to bolster your team?  Get in touch at https://distantjob.com/contact/  and we’ll find you who you need.

Is the remote work world biased against older and more experienced professionals? Or is it a problem with startup culture? DistantJob founder Sharon Koifman and podcast host Luis discuss how to fight ageism and embrace the wisdom that comes with experience in this special episode. 

Welcome to the DistantJob Podcast, a show where we interview the most successful remote leaders, picking their brains on how to build and lead remote teams who win.

Sharon Koifman believes every company, from the biggest enterprise to the newly-launched garage startup, should have access to world’s top talent. That’s why he used over 10 years of experience in tech industry recruitment & HR to create DistantJob. 

This episode is a free-flowing conversation where Luis and Sharon discuss the age barriers that new companies erect and what they should change to avoid missing out on some seriously talented older professionals. We talk about lessons from Sharon’s father, and we finish with Sharon dispensing some leadership advice to his younger self, that little whippersnapper!

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Want to continue the conversation with Sharon?  Poke him on Twitter through our official account: 

https://twitter.com/distantjob

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As always, if you enjoy the podcast, we humbly ask that you leave a review on iTunes or your podcast syndication service of choice – and if you could share it, that would be even better!

Need that one incredible employee to bolster your team?  Get in touch at https://distantjob.com/contact/  and we’ll find you who you need.

When does it make sense to have an office, even if you support remote work? How can a leader be up to speed on what’s happening when your company’s divisions are in different countries? These are just two of the questions we tackle with the CEO of Shufti Pro. 

Welcome to the DistantJob Podcast, a show where we interview the most successful remote leaders, picking their brains on how to build and lead remote teams who win.

Victor Fredung is a seasoned fintech innovator with multiple years of experience in the payment sector, and currently serves as the CEO of Shufti Pro ( http://www.shuftipro.com/ ), leading the charge to offer better, AI-powered Identity Verification technology.

In this episode, we talk about how he works from home while managing several facets of a tech company spread across three countries and timezones while simultaneously dealing with US clients. We explore the importance of getting FaceTime when hiring and why it’s important to find a time in the day for the whole company to sync, even if only briefly. And, among other things, we speculate on how AI could help us verify the experience and skill set of potential hires.

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Want to continue the conversation with Victor? 

Find him on  LinkedIn: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-fredung-n-3a69819a

Check out Shufti Pro:

http://www.shuftipro.com/ 

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As always, if you enjoy the podcast, we humbly ask that you leave a review on iTunes or your podcast syndication service of choice – and if you could share it, that would be even better!

Need that one incredible employee to bolster your team?  Get in touch at https://distantjob.com/contact/  and we’ll find you who you need.

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It’s hard to be innovative. New ideas are scary, especially when it comes to finding and committing the resources necessary to turn dream into reality. Our guest today tells us how tapping into the global remote talent pool was the path to build his dream team and ultimately create products that big businesses said were impossible. 

Welcome to the DistantJob Podcast, a show where we interview the most successful remote leaders, picking their brains on how to build and lead remote teams who win.

Emídio do Sacramento has one of the most amazing origin stories of any podcast guest, ever, so we’ll leave it to you to find out where he came from - he is currently the founder and CEO of Zebiometrics (https://www.zebiometrics.com), and is working hard to  establish a new paradigm for online security and virtual identity.

In this episode, we talk about why Emídio believes remote work was a crucial factor in building the team to bring his vision to life, and why it’s great to be able to tap into different cultures when doing so. We also talk about what the future of online identity looks like and what are some technological advances that you can tap into to be sure that the person on the other side of the screen really is the person you hired. 

Emidio also points out that as good as video conversation is, it’s possible to build a world-class product just by text chat, and he tells the story of how that happened for him.

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Want to continue the conversation with Emídio? 

Find him on  LinkedIn: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/emidiosacramento/

Check out Zebiometrics:

https://www.zebiometrics.com

Recommended Book:

Le M’Tier D’Homme (available in both English and French): https://amzn.to/2PVUVII

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As always, if you enjoy the podcast, we humbly ask that you leave a review on iTunes or your podcast syndication service of choice – and if you could share it, that would be even better!

Need that one incredible employee to bolster your team?  Get in touch at https://distantjob.com/contact/  and we’ll find you who you need.