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Building Trust in Remote Teams

Kelvin Gobo
September 24, 2019

Building Trust in Remote Teams

Remote work is becoming more and more popular. This talk covers some of the things I've learned from working remotely. It addresses some myths about remote work, the benefits of working remotely and provides helpful resources to companies looking to explore it.

Kelvin Gobo

September 24, 2019
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  1. @slightlynerd A Little About Me • Kelvin Gobo • Frontend

    Developer @Appyclan Technologies • Mentor @ALC @DSCUniport
  2. @slightlynerd 1 What is remote work? “ Remote work is

    a type of setting where employees work outside a traditional work environment… during company specified work hours ”
  3. @slightlynerd 1 What is remote work? In remote teams, communication

    and collaboration happens ONLINE and ASYNCHRONOUSLY
  4. @slightlynerd 1 What is remote work? Communication: Slack, Zoom, Hangouts,

    Gmail Collaboration: GitHub, InVision, Figma, Trello, Jira, Dropbox
  5. @slightlynerd 3 Benefits of working remotely Less time commuting Working

    from wherever you like gives you more time to do valuable work
  6. @slightlynerd 3 Benefits of working remotely Fewer sick days, More

    satisfaction Remote workers at high-trust organizations experience 13% less sick days and 29% more satisfactions with their lives
  7. @slightlynerd 3 Benefits of working remotely Increased productivity Healthy and

    happy workers means more productivity… 50% more productive!
  8. @slightlynerd 5 Useful resources • https:/ /open.buffer.com/trust-remote-team/ • https:/ /auth0.com/blog/we-are-thankful-for-these-benefi

    ts-of-working-remote/ • https:/ /www.invisionapp.com/inside-design/4-rules-of-re mote-design/ • https:/ /about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/ • https:/ /qz.com/work/1289444/automattics-secret-to-suc cessful-remote-work-is-having-everyone-meet-in-person/