Maria Gutierrez – A Clear-Eyed Look at Distributed Teams (Turing Fest 2017)

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1. A clear-eyed look at DISTRIBUTED TEAMS HELLO my name is María Gutiérrez VP Engineering @ FreeAgent @mariagutierrez
2. A clear-eyed look at DISTRIBUTED TEAMS HELLO my name is María Gutiérrez VP Engineering @ FreeAgent @mariagutierrez
4. “How did I freelance for 10 yrs without @freeagent? Bookkeeping a breeze, auto invoice chasing and my support email answered in 32 minutes” @tomcopy
6. Committed to build a DIVERSE, HIGH PERFORMING, AND HAPPY TEAM
11. 1/3 engineers WFH
15. 2000 2001
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18. 2000 2001 2004 2008 2011
19. ~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
20. 2000 2001 2004 2008 2011 2016
21. 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
22. Show your COMMITMENT
23. CRITICAL MASS Avoid snowflakes
24. Break through GLASS CEILINGS
28. Treat on-site and remote FAIRLY NOT EQUALLY
31. @mariagutierrez Communicate INTENTIONALLY
32. Patrick Lencioni, “Five dysfunctions of a team”
34. COLLABORATE daily to build trust
36. being visible being honest and open being responsive delivering being consistent
37. SHOW YOUR WORK
42. ETIQUETTE Permission to play values
43. WATCH THE WORK not the worker
44. DO YOUR HOMEWORK Budget, law, expectations
48. Strengthens your company COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
53. Angela Senior Software Engineer Staffordshire 1 month
54. Thomas Head of Infrastructure Cambridge 6.5 years
55. Anup Mobile Team Lead Sutton 4 years
56. Eva Software Engineer Edinburgh 1.5 years
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