Five tough lessons I learned managing a remote team

In this session, Victor will discuss his journey from paper boy to on-premise, professional work environment to building and managing a remote team from his home office. The talk will discuss the challenges and successes of this transition and the lessons learned through lots of trial-and-error.

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1. 5 TOUGH LESSONS I LEARNED MANAGING A REMOTE TEAM https://mytalk.rocks/
7. GHOSTS `N GOBLINS
8. PAPER DELIVERY SUCKED • Lonely • No downtime • No relationships • No mentorship • In it for the money
9. LESSON 1 Meetings that don’t empower people kill productivity.
11. GOOD MEETINGS • Agenda with assigned items • Time limit • Stay on topic • Post-meeting tasks • 1-on-1 follow-ups • Shared meeting leadership
12. LESSON 2 One person’s vision is myopic.
15. Don’t let time nor ego be the enemy of great strategy.
16. LESSON 3 Good work culture can save your business.
18. GOOD NEWS A great work environment can even offset a lack of expertise.
19. GOOD CULTURE • Respect people/time • Mistakes are good • Remove bottlenecks • Meet in person
20. LESSON 4 Don’t let your tools reduce productivity.
22. LESSON 5 Text-based conversations can kill your culture.
24. 5 TOUGH LESSONS • Use meetings to empower • Create a vision as a team • Get the culture right • Use tools wisely • Talk face-to-face
27. @VicDrover vic@watchful.net CONTACT https://mytalk.rocks/