[TuringFest 2017] A clear-eyed look at distributed teams

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1. A clear-eyed look at DISTRIBUTED TEAMS HELLO my name is María Gutiérrez VP Engineering @ FreeAgent @mariagutierrez
3. “How did I freelance for 10 yrs without @freeagent? Bookkeeping a breeze, auto invoice chasing and my support email answered in 32 minutes” @tomcopy
5. Committed to build a DIVERSE, HIGH PERFORMING AND HAPPY TEAM
10. 1/3 engineers WFH
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18. ~180 engineers worldwide ~80 in my team DC, Portland, Boulder, All over the US, Scotland, India, Australia, Brazil I was working from my house in Scotland for ~5years Travelling to DC or other offices once a quarter
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20. MIKAELA NOGLE DEJLIGE GADE ODENSE DENMARK DEAR MIKAELA, THE WEATHER IS FAB AND WE ARE HAVING AN AMAZING TIME ON HOLIDAY. CAN’T WAIT TO SHOW YOU ALL THE PHOTOS! LOVE, MARIA BARCELONA 10 JUNE 92
21. Show your COMMITMENT
22. CRITICAL MASS Avoid snowflakes
23. Break through GLASS CEILINGS
27. Treat on-site and remote FAIRLY NOT EQUALLY
30. @mariagutierrez Communicate INTENTIONALLY
31. Patrick Lencioni, “Five dysfunctions of a team”
33. COLLABORATE daily to build trust
35. being visible being honest and open being responsive delivering being consistent
36. SHOW YOUR WORK
41. ETIQUETTE Permission to play values
42. WATCH THE WORK not the worker
43. DO YOUR HOMEWORK Budget, law, expectations
47. Strengthens your company COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
52. Angela Senior Software Engineer Staffordshire 1 month
53. Thomas Head of Infrastructure Cambridge 6.5 years
54. Anup Mobile Team Lead Sutton 4 years
55. Eva Software Engineer Edinburgh 1.5 years
56. “I rarely think about looking for a job at another company” “I see myself still working at FreeAgent in two years time” “My manager genuinely cares about my wellbeing”
57. “I rarely think about looking for a job at another company” “I see myself still working at FreeAgent in two years time” “My manager genuinely cares about my wellbeing”
60. BE INTENTIONAL srsly!
61. THANKS! @mariagutierrez I’ve got Winston stickers, come and say “Hi!” Illustrations by the amazing FreeAgent designers