Success with Virtual Teams

My Miami WordCamp Talk 2013

1. Success with Virtual Teams Working in a Distributed Context Chris Lema @chrislema
2. VP Software Engineering, Emphasys Software I’ve managed remote teams since ‘96 I’ve worked with WordPress since ’05 I’ve been coaching startups for 10 years
3. Fully " Virtual " 2015 Partially " Virtual " 2015 N=1074
4. EVERYBODY’S DOING IT
5. Distributed Companies Distributed Partners Distributed Clients Remote Consultants Remote Vendors
6. SO HOW DO WE DO IT RIGHT?
7. PLAN FOR FAILURE – USE IT
8. INTRODUCE “DONE DONE”
9. FOCUS ON CULTURE CREATION
10. CONTINUALLY PROVIDE CONTEXT
11. HONEY I SHRUNK THE CHANGE
12. LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY (no need to dress up though)
13. YOU MUST WEAR A SHIRT I don’t care about pants.
14. NOT TRAINED TRAINED ASK FOR HELP…
15. …OR YOU’LL END UP HERE.
16. @CHRISLEMA I blog daily over at chrislema.com.