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I lead a 70-person group at a fully distributed company. Every quarter, I host a virtual offsite for my leadership team. Some have been amazing. Some have been terrible. Lately, I’ve had a number of folks asking me how I host my virtual offsites, so I figured it was time to summarize the learnings in one post!
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Last October, I presented at a conference on the mistakes I’ve made in managing a growing team. Being a first-time manager can be really hard, and as I grew my team from 8 to 60+ people, everything was a first for me.
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This is kind of like my Greatest Hits album of work screw-ups over the last few years.
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In assembling this presentation, I thought to myself – “Is this way too obvious?” But, the positive feedback from attendees made me realize just how valuable this information could be to newsrooms.
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I’m about to tell you something crazy: my job encourages me to take a 3-month paid sabbatical every 5 years.
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The gameplay was simple: your team is building a new website for millennials.
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Sometime last year, my friend and I went to see Trainwreck. Me: “That was awesome! It was hilarious and so honest!” Friend: “That was annoying! And trashy!”
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I think about remote communication a lot. I work on a remote team that has 25+ people, and it’s growing. And, we’re starting to span time zones. I told Devin and Abby I’d share some Slacker tips, so here goes.
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Our team has doubled in size over the last year, which means keeping track of our team’s communication is starting to become unwieldy. All of the skills I’ve learned over the last two years on how to communicate remotely is being put to the test.
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When Matt told me he was thinking about working remotely, I realized that I had to write this post for him, because working remotely can be a tough adjustment for hyper-social weirdos like us.
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