Reimaging the company offsite remotely

Spending time together as a team is incalculably valuable, but it’s logistically much harder when your team is remote and spread across multiple timezones. So, we experimented with a ‘virtual offsite’ and it worked!

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1. Reimagining the company offsite remotely @GRobilliard @GRobilliard
2. rawpixel.com Blog.lookahead.com.au
3. rawpixel.com
4. James Graham, NY Times
5. Aristotle project • Dependability • Structure & clarity • Meaning • Impact • Psychological safety
6. NY Times
7. Hackman’s 5 (2002) • Real team • Compelling Direction • Enabling Structure • Social Support • Coaching
11. Oleksandr Pidvalnyi
12. 78% Australians want to work remotely at least part time
13. 70% people work remotely at least once a week 53% people work remotely half the week
14. US 23% organisations allow people to work remotely full- time
18. VALUES
19. VIRTUAL OFFSITE
20. 2 days
21. Completely online
22. 19 people
23. 11 locations
24. 4 timezones
25. 4pm - 7pm AEST 2pm - 5pm AWST 8am - 11am SAST 7am - 10am BST Tuesday & Wednesday
29. Big picture company strategy Day 1
30. Team communication Day 2
31. Thank you team Day 1
32. Past, present & future direction of business Day 1
33. Objective Key Results Day 1
34. Team communication Day 2
35. Emotional Intelligence Wellbeing Mindfulness Day 2
36. TALENTARY instagram.com/talantary TALENTARY
37. Communication styles & feedback delivery Day 2
38. pexels.com - Buro Millennial
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41. FEEDBACK
42. What worked •Everyone was present, everyone collaborated •Content •Balance between whole team and small groups •Snacks! •Finished on time
43. What didn’t work •Timing is harder virtually •Microphone per person required •OKR collaboration needed follow up** ** actually positive
44. TEAM EFFECTIVENESS
45. Real team, Impact, Meaning THANK YOU TEAM
46. Structure & Clarity, Compelling Direction PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
47. Structure & Clarity, Enabling Structure, Dependability OBJECTIVE KEY RESULTS
48. Psychological Safety, Social Support MINDFULNESS
49. Coaching, Social Support COMMUNICATION & FEEDBACK
50. Coaching, Social Support, Impact, Meaning BUDDY INTROS & POC
51. We’re doing it again!
52. Oleksandr Pidvalnyi
53. @GRobilliard THANKS @GRobilliard
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