Managing remote teams effectively
Luke Szyrmer wrote the book on managing remote teams. And he hosts a podcast on the subject as well. Learn about creating an “operational heartbeat” and more!
Category Archives: Management
Get control of your time
John Sindelar has created a new way of looking at how you spend your time: a calendar app called Dayback. We talk about the elusiveness of time, the challenges of software and…surfing.
Taste the podcast on Pod Buffet
We’re thrilled that WorkLife@Home was featured on Pod Buffet! Host Steve Heatherington features 5-minute tastes of an eclectic mix of new podcasts from around the world. It’s a cool idea that exposes podcasts to new audiences, and audiences to new podcasts. Steve is one of
“Inventing” Work from Home at Chiat/Day
Zach Rosenberg helped launch remote working in 1993 at the famed ad agency Chiat/Day. Now he’s marketing brands in outer space. Find out how the biz really works. And doesn’t. And what you can do to market your own services.
Stay visible and valued while working remotely
Leah Ryder writes extensively about working remotely. As the Brand & Content Marketing Lead at Trello with its international team and its 35 million registered users, she knows a thing or two about staying visible.
Digital campaigns for movies
Love movies? Me, too. And you’ve probably seen the campaigns that promote them during Oscar season. Which means you’ve seen Andrew Stachler’s work. High pressure creativity. Near-instant turnaround. Coordinating teams in the U.S., Manila and Buenos Aires. How can they do that while working from
Mudslides, fax machines and philanthropy
What happens when disaster strikes your community and the local workers lose their jobs? If you’re one of my oldest friends, Ron Blitzer, you roll up your sleeves and raise $180,000 in 5 days. From home, of course. Find out how this serial entrepreneur and
Should all agencies be working from home?
One of the most successful social media content studios in the country is run by Seth Sliver from his home high in the mountains above Los Angeles. Social Control is the go-to social content resource for some of the nation’s biggest ad agencies, getting attention for
Large teams, managing for diversity
How do you run a 300-person team from your desk at home? And how does that team manage to function in this time of quarantine? Erika Abrams, lately of Encore VFX, has some answers. Her take on the weirdness of Zoom meetings, the need for
Shape Up: Stop running in circles
One of my heroes is Jason Fried, co-founder of Basecamp, the project management system we have used for over a decade. Like us, he and his company have been working almost entirely remotely for years, and he’s written a book about it call “REMOTE: Office
Online learning systems
How do you sell cloud-based learning systems on four continents while managing a remote team — all from home? Adam Berns and I discuss that and more in a deep dive into online education, home schooling, coping with time differences and learning from video games.