In this first episode of 2021, we’re excited to share our conversation with Steli Efti. Steli is a longstanding remote work advocate, and the team at Close has been fully remote for six years with 40 people in 13 different countries. Close is a leading sales automation CRM for inside sales teams.

We talk about many things in this conversation, but the most important insights we get into are the details of leading a company through a crisis and how Steli and the management team responded and supported their co-workers. We are fortunate to be able to chat with leaders across many companies, but Close is certainly one of the companies that many of our many job seekers are always excited to work for and learn from. Chatting with Steli, it is clear that the team at Close took the right approach, didn’t make panic decisions and navigated thoughtfully.

We dive into transparency, content production, leadership and much more.

Steli’s recommended reading: “Wherever You Go, There You Are” from Jon Kabat-Zinn

Close is hiring on WWR! Find them here: https://weworkremotely.com/company/close.

We couldn’t recommend Close highly enough. They’re culture is based on these fundamental values:

🏡 Build a house you want to live in

🥇 Strive for greatness

💪 Discipline equals freedom

🚫 No BS

🤝 Invest in each other

Thanks so much for listening!