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Success with Virtual Teams Working in a Distributed Context Chris
Lema @chrislema
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
Fully " Virtual " 2015 Partially " Virtual " 2015
N=1074
EVERYBODY’S DOING IT
Distributed Companies Distributed Partners Distributed Clients Remote Consultants Remote Vendors
SO HOW DO WE DO IT RIGHT?
PLAN FOR FAILURE – USE IT
INTRODUCE “DONE DONE”
FOCUS ON CULTURE CREATION
CONTINUALLY PROVIDE CONTEXT
HONEY I SHRUNK THE CHANGE
LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY (no need to dress up though)
YOU MUST WEAR A SHIRT I don’t care about pants.
NOT TRAINED TRAINED ASK FOR HELP…
…OR YOU’LL END UP HERE.
@CHRISLEMA I blog daily over at chrislema.com.