Teammate Apart Podcast

On the season two finale of the Teammate Apart Podcast we have special guest Vanessa Tierney. Vanessa is a Remote Tech Entrepreneur with expertise in leading global remote teams, co-working, and international remote sourcing models in technology. She is the founder and CEO of Abodoo, the smart work platform where talent meets opportunity. Abodoo is a two-way street that helps both employers and prospective employees discover the best opportunities, people, and companies worldwide. She is also co-author of the very popular book Your Company with No Walls available now on amazon.com.

Here to talk about remote work, matching people and companies to opportunities around the globe, heat mapping talent, and so much more, please join me in welcoming Vanessa Tierney to the show.

Welcome back to the show. This week we have special guest Tom Ross. Tom is the CEO and founder of Design Cuts, a community of more than half a million broadly distributed creative people building affordable design assets to support artists, and creatives around the world.

In addition to his company, much of his time is dedicated to helping his fellow creative people to improve their marketing to build better businesses. He does this via his widely read email newsletter, his social channels, and on his podcasts, the Honest Designer Show, and the Biz Buds podcast, that he co-hosts with creative industry legend Michael Janda

Here to talk about remote leadership, adaptation amid pandemic, finding and hiring candidates from around the world, the gig economy, and so much more, please join me in welcoming to the show Tom Ross.

Today’s special guest is co-founder and director of Na’amal, Lorraine Charles. Lorraine is an expert in the political economy, education, and the development of digital livelihoods for refugees in the Middle East. She is a research associate at the Center for Business Research, University of Cambridge, and the Geneva Center for Security Policy on their Syria Transitions Challenges Project.

Additionally, Lorraine is the project manager for Basmat Amal, a volunteer education and livelihood project that provides support to vulnerable Syrian families in Abu Dhabi. She has worked as a consultant with NGOs, INGOs, and government entities as well as in academia and the private sector. Here to talk about leveraging remote work as a way to support refugees and other vulnerable populations, issues surrounding finding opportunities for them, and motivation for employers trying to find the right people, with the right skills, right now, please join me in welcoming Lorraine Charles to the show.

Welcome back to the Teammate Apart Podcast. Today’s special guest is a remote work expert and industry staple, Lisette Sutherland. Lisette is a facilitator, author, speaker, and remote-working champion for individuals, teams, and managers. She is the founder of Collaboration Superpowers — a remote work consultancy that bridges the gaps between people and companies — and the author of the best-selling book “Work Together Anywhere.”

Lisette was kind enough to have featured me on the Collaboration Superpowers podcast back on episode 254, and here allowing me to return the favor with an amazing discussion about the impact of COVID-19 on remote business, setting intentions, adaptability, and resilience, and the future of work, please join me in welcoming to the show, the incredible, Lisette Sutherland.

Welcome back to the teammate apart podcast. Today’s special guest is executive and performance coach, and HR & Operations Manager at Aragon One, Monica Zeng. Monica is a people-first HR professional in the Crypto space with an international background specialized in strategy, management, and executive coaching for startups and founders. She joins us today to discuss her innovative, fully remote, hiring process, coaching team members on soft and leadership skills, onboarding at a distance, and the importance of self-assessment and evaluation. Calling in from Madrid, Spain, please join me in welcoming to the show, the incredible, Monica Zeng.

Welcome back to the Teammate Apart Podcast. This week’s special guest is Pilar Orti. Pilar is a well-known part of the remote work landscape and one of the masters of it. She is the director of Virtual, not Distant, a consultancy that helps teams adapt to new ways of working through webinars, management coaching, and direct work with your team to establish processes and modify behaviors to foster a happier and healthier work life.

She is also the host of the popular 21st Century Work Life podcast where she interviews the biggest and best names in remote work.

Here to talk about the mindset shifts required to be successful in remote work, “visible teamwork” being seen when working apart, the importance of community for virtual workers and so much more, please join me in welcoming to the show, our guest, Pilar Orti.

Hey everyone and welcome back to the Teammate Apart podcast. This week we have special guest Angelique Slob. Angelique is a future of work catalyst, people and culture strategist, speaker, and founder at Hello Monday — a consultancy that helps HR and Business leaders lead strategic discussions and drive workplace transformation.

As a remote work advocate, Angelique believes that remote working should not be the goal in and of itself, despite some major strategic advantages, but is rather a consequence from a results-driven, autonomous workplace design that is actually essential for knowledge workers and innovation.

Here to discuss the shift from the Industrial Age to the Information Age, how management styles must adapt when they rely on the workers' expertise, introducing flexible working conditions, developing a culture of trust, and so much more, please welcome to the show, our guest, Angelique Slob.

Welcome back to the Teammate Apart Podcast, today's special guest is Alistair Davis. Alistair is a voice actor and professional communicator who believes strongly in using the power of our voice to become better leaders, presenters, and negotiators. Alistair’s passion lies in teaching professionals how to leverage their voice to make better connections with clients, prospects, and colleagues.

In addition to his work as a voice actor, Alistair spends his time coaching entrepreneurs about the many aspects of both verbal and non-verbal communication and helps them hone their voice to achieve more. He does this through his voice and sales training consultancy, Jabba, and also through his very popular podcast How to Rock Virtual Engagements.

Here to talk about selling ourselves and demonstrating confidence, developing our voice, the role of listening in communication, and the big 5 factors that make up verbal communication done well, please join me in welcoming our guest, Alistair Davis.

Welcome back! Season two of the Teammate Apart Podcast kicks off now!

Today’s special guest is Sandra Thompson. Sandra is a customer experience expert with a specific interest in emotional intelligence. As a customer experience educator, she teaches the topics of people management and leadership, customer experience, and professional behavior at Pearson Business School in London. Additionally, she runs a certified postgraduate course in Applied Customer Experience and Emotional Intelligence. Sandra recently became the UK's very first Emotional Intelligence Coach to be trained by EI pioneer Dr. Daniel Goleman and will be giving a TEDx talk on the subject in the near future.

For a great conversation about being more accountable for our own health and well-being in the workplace, emotional intelligence, and how we as leaders and team members can get better at it, and how EI uniquely manifests itself in distributed organizations please join me in welcoming Sandra Thompson to the show.

Today’s special guest is Wesley Anne Little. Wesley is a relationship therapist certified in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Wesley helps people to understand what is actually happening in their relationships—and in themselves—to help them realize they have much more power in interaction and outcome than they think. Here to discuss creating deeper connections with ourselves those around us, developing curiosity and _real_ empathy, fostering trust in professional relationships, our employer's role in our mental health, and so much more, please join me in welcoming to the show, Wesley Little.