How do we connect as a remote-working team? 🍸 TLDR: Zoom happy hour isn’t the answer. Here’s what socializing looks like for our team around the world. 👀 Want more? Read the link in the comments! #TeamActivities #RemoteTeam

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Sometimes... You just have to do what you have to do. Guy behind me: "Are you recording on the plane? And how did you get your face on screen with your slides like that?" Me: "mmhmm" #madewithmmhmm #asynchronous

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👩‍💻 Our team is 250 people strong. We all work remotely. ⏰ And we've been doing it since we started in 2014. 📝 We're not perfect. We have improvements to make – "Sorry I'm on mute," anyone? – but our learnings can be gold nuggets for startups and companies new to the remote work journey. Here are 7 tips that are crucial to us to get it right.

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Growth; something we know all about here at Graphy 🌱 Our small but growing remote-first team is going to change the way teams work with and visualise data - there are big things to come! 🌳 We'll never forget our roots though, and if you join us today you'll be part of the core team who sees our product through to fruition 🍏 Have we planted the seed of interest in your mind yet? Take a leaf of faith and apply for a role at Graphy today 🌿 graphyapp.com/careers (Yes, we love a pun).

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The past 18 months have reshaped how we connect and ushered in a new world of work. Today we announced that Canva will continue to foster a hybrid model and we won’t have any strict requirements for the number of days spent in an office. Instead, we’re empowering teams to determine the balance that works best for their unique needs. #futureofwork

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Shoutout to everyone going remote these days. We used the past 4-5 years practicing being remote and over 50% of Contractbook is already remote every day. This morning we took the rest of the team remote and wanted to share this tool we found along the way.

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In a world where COVID-19 forces us to think about distributed- and remote teams, cross-functional teams would work for a lot of businesses. Contractbook was borne distributed, i.e. we have an unfair advantage right now. This, however, doesn't mean that we're not working hard on making it work. We live by certain "rules" and always focus on including those located outside of our main office hubs. We would always love to share our thoughts on this, so just reach out if you need hands-on experience. #distributedteams #remotework #futureofwork

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Remote can work, but it only works if management is intentional about making authentic connections with their team on a regular basis. If you don’t do this, you will only have transactional relationships with your team members. Your team will feel it and the culture will suffer. At my previous job I was one of several managers. We were managing a group of about 20 teammates across two offices. When COVID hit, we became a remote company overnight. When I realized we were remote for the long haul, I felt the culture becoming more transactional. I worried that teammates would start to feel burned out and not appreciated. I decided to start having one on one meetings with all of our teammates, across both offices. I did three or four a week so that I could connect with each teammate every five to six weeks. Sometimes we talked about work, but many times we just talked about life. Ironically, as a result of these one on ones, I grew closer to all of my teammates than ever before. Forcing people to go into an office may make human connection easier, but if your management group doesn’t take time to connect with their team in a remote environment, they certainly won’t take the time to do it in person either.

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As a working mom of 2 little ones, flexibility at work is critical to the life/work balance that works best for my family and me. And thankfully, at HubSpot, we don't believe required office days help people do their best work. Having the choice to work from home, the office, or a hybrid of both gives all folx the flexibility to decide what works best for them. Learn more at hubspot.com/hybrid P.S. We're hiring! #hubspotlife

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I'm sure many can relate, but there is nothing quite like the hotel room setup for a customer video call. I'm really stress testing the OOO lifestyle this week out in SF with some of my mmhmm colleagues. And - it's pretty great. #ooo #asynchronous

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"I think there's a lot of preconceived notions about what it looks like to be successful in an organization, to get to the top of an organization. And I think the pandemic has been a great leveler to some degree of some of it," says Lydia Jett. To watch Phil and Brittney's conversations around the redistribution of opportunity, click the link below. https://lnkd.in/gq-rKUgF

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What's the best thing about working remotely? No matter where you go in the world, you can always bump into colleagues. This month our team met up in Mexico City, Brno and Vilnius. 🌎 In case you're wondering email marketing isn't our only forte, we're pretty good at bowling too. 🎳

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I recently wrote about in-person work being dead – and it is. With remote teams, you get to hire the best people across the world 🌎, eliminate commutes, and build/operate 24/7. It’s 100% the future, and what we're doing Vowel. But it’s also really hard – here's all the challenges remote teams will face: 1. Career development - Remote teams are going to struggle with leveling up junior employees who don’t get access to the same learning experiences in-person work provides. Because of this they’ll lose at hiring against in-person teams. Expect to hire senior and spend more. 2. Recruiting - Even though you can hire from anywhere, recruiting is going to be hyper-competitive. The same candidates get access to 10x the number of companies which means 10x more interviews and 10x the competition. Don’t expect hiring to get easier. 3. Documentation - Remote teams are inherently async and the teams that suck at documentation are ngmi. You lose the in-person conversations and context sharing. Over-index on hiring people who are good writers/communicators because the team is going to need to level up here. 4. Socializing - People still want to see other people in person and they want to see their teammates in person. If you’re a remote team you’re going to have to spend more time figuring out ways to get the team together in person. If not, you’ll end up with lonely team members who don’t know their coworkers all that well. Tip: host a hackathon, team challenges, offsites, co working days at least 3-4 times per year 5. So many f***ing Slack messages - Remote work is a constant stream of communications and Slack alerts. It feels like it never ends and it’s hard to turn it off. Encourage the team to block off focus hours and turn off their notifications for a bit. 6. Work-life balance - Working from home is great and people love the flexibility, but work life balance has become more blended than ever. It’s hard to take a break when you are working from the same place that you sleep. Offer your team members co working spaces or gift cards to their favorite coffee shops to encourage them to get out of the house 6a. On the topic of work life balance, force your employees to take a vacation. I mean it – mandatory vacation each year for each tember. Set the tone that it is ok to take time as needed. Your team will appreciate it. And don’t send that 11pm Slack message – schedule it or wait until the morning. 7. Choosing the right SaaS tools - Do you have the right software stack to support your remote work? You’ll now need tools for video conferencing and note taking (might we suggest vowel.com)?, project management, internal documentation, and more. Expect your tools to not scale with you and to be upgrading every 18-24 months as you grow 8. What have I missed? Would love to hear more about challenges you and your team have faced in a 100% remote work environment. #management #technology #startups

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Our amazing Director of Ops Rachael Harnish (she/her) wrote this article about how we're coping with Coronavirus at Shogun.

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Building a remote-first culture is a challenge I'm happy to welcome. It means we operate with intention, learn from one another, expand the team, and grow as individuals. This speaks greatly to our ability to embody our values with integrity and authenticity. I'm proud that the team at Swell understands the value of this and so grateful to share our path forward. #culturefirst

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In order to work with the most talented people, you have to be flexible. And we celebrate that. That’s why we give our Fameo the opportunity to work from where they feel most creative. With the world continuing to shift and change, we're also acknowledging the profound impacts of being together IRL. That's why the most important focus for our leadership team this year is figuring out how we work together in 2022 onward. We're now confident that work from anywhere can include an office option and look forward to finding the most flexibility for each member of the Fameo. Read more about our CEO Steven Galanis' thoughts, Cameo's return-to-the-office experiment and the mind-blowing productivity boost that the sales organization experienced in this Crain's Chicago Business article. Share more about your thoughts around remote, hybrid, and in-office culture in the comments. https://lnkd.in/ef5iubSQ

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Most of the articles you read about hybrid work are about why it'll be too hard for companies to pull off, how it'll hurt office culture, and why face time matters too much. At HubSpot, we just don't think those reasons are good enough. Yes, hybrid will be hard but doubling down on flexibility (which our employees want) is the right thing to do. That's why I love this new post from Katie Burke about why the companies who remove friction from the future of work will win. #futureofwork #remotework #flexiblework

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What a week our incredible team had in Montreal, attending the Running Remote conference – and thank you for sharing your learnings, Charlie Smethurst. We love all these smiling faces. 😁 Interested in joining our team? We'd love to hear from you! 🧡 Check out our open roles here: https://htjr.io/careers-l #Team #WorkCulture #Teamwork

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Looking for ideas for your home office? Take a quick tour of Michael's set up to get inspired. Starring Reincubate, Blue Microphones, Jabra, and Microsoft Surface #homeofficetour #outofofficeforever #workfromhometour

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After working remotely for 2 years, I decided to try working in person again. Some observations from a week of returning to work: (Spoiler alert: In-person work is dead) Most of our team couldn't make it in on the same day, so I spent half my time looking for a quiet space (e.g. a phone booth) People want to meet up in person but don’t care about getting together every day. The most important thing: getting out of the house frequently. Collaboration tools are nearly as good as a whiteboard and working in person. Synchronous collaboration tools have come a long way. Co-working spaces will be the preferred workplace of choice for most employees. They want to live where they want but work in a social environment. There’s still no great way to replace in-person lunches and social gatherings. Hiring people in hubs will help make this easier. Offices are going to shift back to closed floorplans. People will need quiet places to take calls from the office. Some teams will continue to work in person because of the nature of the work. Hardware is an obvious category, but I expect sales and other hyper-collaborative teams may return to the office. Overall, I think this shift is for the better. As I build Vowel, I’m thinking about how we successfully create an inclusive hybrid culture. #productivity #future #startups

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