Introduction
Leading
Remote teams
Handbook:
The tech industry is reliant on the ability to pivot fast and evolve in an ever-changing landscape. The COVID-19 pandemic challenged that adaptability like never before. Every single business entity had to quickly stabilize, revise and rebuild to survive in a totally new reality.
For a massive number of organizations, that meant shifting to remote work on a scale and with an urgency that left many reeling. All of the sudden, it didn’t matter whether you were celebrating or dreading the idea of managing a WFH team. The pros, cons and ROI calculations of a fully remote team debated and discussed in the past went out the window too. Shutting office doors became the only option to keep many company doors open.You may still be getting your remote-work feet under you. Maybe you’ve settled into a groove and you want to learn how to level up the remote culture for your team. Or maybe you’re returning to the office but want to build resilience into your organization for the next unforeseeable but inevitable pivot. In any of those cases, this is your survival guide. It offers actionable guidance for building and refining a remote work format along with insights from engineering leaders across the globe on the whys and hows of leading from home. Use it to reap the benefits—and avoid the pitfalls—of managing a distributed team.
Lay the groundwork for a mentally healthy remote team
• Set remote boundaries
• Create psychological safety
• Practice what you preach
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Section One
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Give your team what they need
Section TWO
• Make listening a priority
• Test new communication paths
• Rebuild the structure to suit the team
• Create room for creativity and focus
• Bend, break and replace the old rules
• Lead by listening (to your data and your team)
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Learn to improve, and improve by learning—constantly
Section Three
• Increase visibility across the organization
• Keep your toolkit sharp
• Audit and edit your approach