DistantJob Podcast

During this episode, our guest, Gary Walker, gives a brushstroke around many of the processes that surround remote work. He reveals tips to help leaders boost their employee’s performance and strategies to build a healthy culture, and more importantly, he explains why getting rid of office-based management is crucial.

Remote work keeps continually transforming. There are new tools to have efficient meetings and a better workflow, all to increase productivity. However, one of the major challenges teams keep facing is to build connection and the right company culture virtually.

In this episode, Corine Tan shares insights on the importance of leading with empathy when you have a distributed team. She also highlights why culture is crucial when starting a company and that leaders should never take it for granted.

Cultural competence is one area that requires the most work because leaders need to understand that having a diverse team is also about understanding their backgrounds. In this podcast episode, Theresa Sigillito Hollema shares how to increase cultural competence remotely and how to be a better virtual leader for your team.

Nowadays, there are new symptoms related to remote work. For instance, the so-called zoom fatigue is something many remote workers experience because of the boring and lengthy meetings. So, if that is your case, Maryellen Stockton shares how to make virtual meetings more productive and remote work fun during this episode. 

During this podcast episode Rachel Korb shares her experience building connection in remote teams and establishing the right communication processes. She also reveals the importance of intentionally building culture and letting employees feel they have a voice.

Chris Dyer has been working remotely for more than two decades, and during this podcast episode, he explained how shifting to remote work made his company 40% more productive. He also shared the best ways on how to measure productivity in virtual teams without being a micromanager.

In this podcast episode, Ali Greene shares her insights on the importance of leadership in building and nourishing connections in remote teams. She shares strategies on how remote companies can engage their employees and support them in a digital setting.

In this podcast episode, our guest, Megan Eddinger, shares the best communication practices for remote teams. She also reveals the role of leadership in guiding a distributed team, and how they have a crucial part in establishing transparent communication.

In this podcast episode, Radina Nedyalkova shares from her experience why building a diverse workforce is a game-changer for businesses. She also reveals that remote workers need to develop a new set of skills, such as empathy and cultural awareness, to succeed.

In this podcast episode, our special guest, Jennifer Dowling, reveals how to build a sense of purpose in remote teams and why establishing connection among all team members impacts how they perform and feel in a company. She also shares why managers have a key role in helping remote employees keep a healthy balance between work and life.