DistantJob Podcast

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.

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 who win.

Today’s guest is Katie Womersley, a champion of remote work from Buffer, where she works as VP of Engineering. Her writing about management and tech leadership has been featured in The Next Web, Inc Magazine and Fast Company, to name but a few.

Over the course of our conversation, Katie lays out a masterclass in leadership and management, touching subjects as diverse as: dealing with workplace conflicts, knowing when to delegate and when to educate, how to protect your team from bullies up and down the chain of command,  and how to to focus on deep work while still communicating as much as possible with your team.

Want to continue the conversation with Katie? 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/katie_womers

Website: http://katiewomersley.com

Medium: https://medium.com/@kawomersley

Other Resources:

Blog posts on Slack Hygiene:

— https://stories.buffer.com/i-turned-slack-off-for-a-week-heres-what-happened-6b6a764febc

— https://medium.com/@nkammah/slack-quiet-hours-experiment-d7ab9405b703

Rands Leadership Slack: http://randsinrepose.com/welcome-to-rands-leadership-slack/

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What does it mean to be “remote first?” Would you drop your new employee, on her first day of work, on an empty cubicle without any instructions and not even a chair? Some companies do the digital equivalent of that, and Lisette Sutherland, the mastermind behind Collaboration Superpowers, talks to us about how to avoid this pitfall and many others!

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 who win.

Today’s guest is Lisette Sutherland, remote work advocate extraordinaire and the driving force behind Collaboration Superpowers. Lisette’s superpower is the ability to give multiple options to tackle the most grievous of remote work challenges, and she has compiled them all on her excellent book - “Work Together Anywhere.”

Our conversation with Lisette goes from hiring to onboarding to how to get experience in the remote work arena, even veering at times into the weird and wonderful world of video-gaming and virtual reality. All of this with her book as the background.

Want to continue the conversation with Lisette? 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lightling

Collaboration Superpowers Blog /Podcast / Resources: https://www.collaborationsuperpowers.com

Work Together Anywhere (Kindle E-book/Print) on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2EeORXD

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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.

Do leaders need to hold themselves to a higher standard in written communication? How can you make sure everyone on a team is making their ideas heard? Christian McCarrick shares his experience as the VP of Engineering at globally distributed Autho0 in this week’s episode of the DistantJob Podcast 

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 who win.

Todays’ guest is Christian McCarrick, VP of Engineering at Auth0 and host of the Simple Leadership Podcast. Christian has been a technology leader for almost two decades, and through his Simple Leadership Podcast, has learned from dozens of the best in the industry. 

We dive into topics as varied as how to make sure to hear the opinions of introverts in your team, how to write like a leader and beat the Slack “rumor mill,” what’s the difference between brainstorming for discussion and brainstorming for a decision, and much more!

Want to continue the conversation with Christian? 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/cmccarrick

The Simple Leadership Podcast: http://simpleleadership.io

Books Christian recommends:

Thanks For The Feedback - https://amzn.to/2a2biRH

Crucial Conversations - https://amzn.to/2GmtXYX

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.

What does it look like when a company is naturally born remote? Gonçalo Silva, the CTO at DoIst - makers of ToDoIst and Twist - tells us about this, how it influenced his career path, hiring approach, and much more in this week’s episode of the DistantJob Podcast 

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 who win.

Todays’ guest is Gonçalo Silva, CTO of DoIst. Obviously, we dig into the importance of checklists and process in managing remote teams, but we also talk about a lot of other things, including, but not limited to: how to test potential employees for remote skills; what are some good ways to document decisions in a way to have a single source of truth; and what an 80-year-old book can still teach us about management, even when it comes to the Future of Work.

Want to continue the conversation with Gonçalo?

You can always get angry at him on Twitter: twitter.com/goncalossilva

Or check out his contributions on GitHub: github.com/goncalossilva

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.

On this episode of the DistantJob podcast, we have a conversation with Marcello Bonatto, co-founder of Re:Coded, where we talk about cultural differences, the value that remote work can bring to struggling communities, and how to set up your remote employees for success.

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 who win.

Todays’ guest, Marcello Bonatto, leads Re:Coded, a non-profit that helps people from war-torn countries learn the craft of IT and work remotely with Western enterprises, bringing value into their lives and communities.

But don’t be fooled into thinking that we’re going all touchy-feely about how remote work is helping to turn the world into a better place. There’s plenty of that, but there’s also some very practical advice about how to invest in your employees' education, and how to account for cultural differences when hiring and managing remote workers. As usual, the podcast goes into a lot of different subjects, so start listening and find out what can YOU apply to your business, today.

Want to continue the conversation with Marcello?Fin him on Twitter @marcellobonatto

And check out Re:Coded ( https://www.re-coded.com ) to learn about how you can contribute to their cause, through donations or mentorship.

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 second season fo the DistantJob podcast - a show where we interview the top remote leaders, picking their brains on how to build and lead remote teams who win.

To kick off this season, we’re back in touch with DistantJob’s president and founder Sharon Koifman. Sharon talks about a very important topic: how to create a work environment where people are happy enough that you won’t run the risk of them being poached away from you.

We’ve heard from some of our friends in the crypto and blockchain space that this - employee retention - was a major problem in 2018, so take this podcast as a list of actionable advice on how to avoid it!

Want to continue the conversation with Sharon? [email protected] is the best way to do it!

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.

As we start our 2019 shows, here are the highlights from the previous year, all packaged and contextualized for your listening pleasure. If you have any friends that you'de like to share the DistantJob Podcast with, consider this the perfect 15-minute sampler / extended trailer. Or maybe you just want a concentrated shot of the best wisdom from our guests up to the present day - this is it, as well. 

Thank you so much for supporting the show - we already have some great guests lined up for 2019!

Hungry for more? Find us at www.distantjob.com/blog/podcast for subscriptions and show transcriptions.

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

Victoria talks to us (among many, many other things!) about what top performers come looking for when they consider joining your company; the importance of virtualizing small workplace rituals; and how to build and benefit from a company with a network structure, as opposed to flat or hierarchical. (DJ Podcast drinking game: have a drink whenever Luis mispronounces “hierarchical”! Such is life.)

And if you would like to receive the transcript of this episode and previous episodes to read, annotate and love forever and ever (creepy!), subscribe at https://distantjob.com/blog/category/podcast/

Want to continue the conversation with Victoria? You can reach her by following her on Twitter ( @vhaidamus ) or LinkedIn ( www.linkedin.com/in/vhaidamus/  ).

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.

In this episode of the DistantJob Podcast, we take a holiday break from learning how to build and lead remote teams. But fear not, there’s still an audible delicacy for you - a dramatic read of one of our blog posts. Be warned, bad acting incoming!

Happy holidays! Our regularly scheduled programming resumes last week.

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.

This episode touches on how the importance of treating remote employees just as if they were regular, co-located employees; how negative emotional states can be more prevalent during online communication and how to manage them; and on the best formula to get honest, actionable feedback from your team members. But that’s not all, of course - this is one of the wider-ranging DistantJob podcasts ever!

And if you would like to receive the transcript of this episode and previous episodes to read, annotate and love forever and ever (creepy!), subscribe at https://distantjob.com/blog/category/podcast/

Want to continue the conversation with Nassim? You can reach him by following him on Twitter ( www.twitter.com/kepioo ) or LinkedIn ( www.linkedin.com/in/nassim-kammah-b6033a2/ )

Nassim’s recommendation for your remote office? The Webaround. ( www.thewebaround.com )

And for more information on the leadership frameworks he mentioned, check out  Paloma Medina’s BICEPS model ( www.palomamedina.com/biceps/ ) and Lara Hogan’s work ( www.larahogan.me/blog/ )

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.