DistantJob Podcast

On the second episode StaffITRight, the official podcast of DistantJob we interview Trevor Longino, le enfant terrible of the marketing world. 

In this edition of the StaffITRight podcast, presented by Distantjob.com , we talk to Ana Guerra, who was responsible for Social Media Marketing and Partnerships at Xbox.  During her stay at Microsoft Portugal, Ana found herself interacting with on-site colleagues, but doing the bulk of her work remotely, with a team that was physically located in another country. Here we talk about how she manage...

In this episode of the StaffITRight podcast, we talk to Radical Inclusion's Stephan Dohrn. Stephan has been helping remote teams do their best work for over a decade, and his experience has led him to focus on each individual as the building blocks of a top-performing remote team. In our conversation, we talk about building trust, connection, responsibility, and accountability, among many other th...

In this episode of the StaffITRight podcast, we talk to our very own Jennifer Kostel. Jenn is a multitalented individual who has a portfolio that ranges from teaching languages and yoga to acting and managing accounts – but the common denominator in all her endeavors was the ability to build rapport with the people she dealt with. And now that she's focusing on remote work, this skill proves to be...

In this episode of the StaffITRight podcast, we talk to Laurel Farrer. Laurel is a remote work strategist and advocate who works with companies to strengthen communication and develop long-distance management strategies. She has written about remote work for several publications and education platforms and has advised US governments, business conferences, and industry leaders on the topic of remot...

In this episode of the DistantJob podcast, we talk to Joel Martinez. Joel Martinez is a Senior Developer at Microsoft, a prolific writer, and a huge advocate for remote work. During our conversation, we talk about how to stimulate focus on a team, how to know if a team is ready or not to work remotely, what can remote employees do to be proactive in showcasing their work, and much more – Joel is a...

Among many other things, we talk about how Buffer's focus on transparency allows their teams to generate unprecedented value; why empowering people only works when it's in service to generating said value; and how you need to be creative when adapting leadership lessons to remote teams.

This episode touches on how the importance of treating remote employees just as if they were regular, co-located employees; how negative emotional states can be more prevalent during online communication and how to manage them; and on the best formula to get honest, actionable feedback from your team members. But that's not all, of course – this is one of the wider-ranging DistantJob podcasts ever...

Victoria talks to us (among many, many other things!) about what top performers come looking for when they consider joining your company; the importance of virtualising small workplace rituals; and how to build and benefit from a company with a network structure, as opposed to flat or hierarchical. (DJ Podcast drinking game: have a drink whenever Luis mispronounces "hierarchical"! Such is life.)

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Todays' guest, Marcello Bonatto, leads Re:Coded, a non-profit that helps people from war-torn countries learn the craft of IT and work remotely with Western enterprises, bringing value into their lives and communities. But don't be fooled into thinking that we're going all touchy-feely about how remote work is helping to turn the world into a better place. There's plenty of that, but there's also...

Todays' guest is Gonçalo Silva, CTO of Doist. Obviously, we dig into the importance of checklists and process in managing remote teams, but we also talk about a lot of other things, including, but not limited to: how to test potential employees for remote skills; what are some good ways to document decisions in a way to have a single source of truth; and what an 80-year-old book can still teach us...

Todays' guest is Christian McCarrick, VP of Engineering at Auth0 and host of the SimpleLeadership Podcast. Christian has been a technology leader for almost two decades, and through his Simple Leadership Podcast, has learned from dozens of the best in the industry.  We dive into topics as varied as how to make sure to hear the opinions of introverts in your team, how to write like a leader and bea...

Today's guest is Lisette Sutherland, remote work advocate extraordinaire and the driving force behind Collaboration Superpowers. Lisette's superpower is the ability to give multiple options to tackle the most grievous of remote work challenges, and she has compiled them all on her excellent book – "Work Together Anywhere." Our conversation with Lisette goes from hiring to onboarding to how to get...

Today's guest is Katie Womersley, a champion of remote work from Buffer , where she works as VP of Engineering. Her writing about management and tech leadership has been featured in The Next Web, Inc Magazine and Fast Company, to name but a few. Over the course of our conversation, Katie lays out a masterclass in leadership and management, touching subjects as diverse as: dealing with workplace co...

Today's guest is Liam Martin, the co-founder and CMO of TimeDoctor.com , Staff.com and co-organizer of RunningRemote.com – the largest conference on building remote teams. After working with remote employees for over 10 years, Liam regularly speaks about how to build and manage top-performing, metric-driven remote teams. In this episode, we talk with Liam about a broad variety of topics. He lays o...

In today's ever-changing business world, only those who learn are able to thrive. Doubly so when it comes to building and leading remote teams - everyone is still figuring out how to do it! Enter Tammy Bjelland, serial founder of remote companies and expert in the art of learning. Today's guest is Tammy Bjelland, the founder and president of Learning in Bloom ,a learning solutions company that spe...

Rose Barrett is the owner of Folio Digital( https://foliodigital.eu ) and a co-founder of Grow Remote ( https://growremote.ie ) – the people behind Ireland's first remote work conference, and devoted to helping remote workers from all the world connect and grow together. In this episode, we talk about what businesses can do to make remote employees feel secure in their jobs; the benefits of buildi...

Welcome to the DistantJob Podcast, a show where we interview the most successful remote leaders, picking their brains on how to build and lead remote teams who win. Molood Noori is the founder and owner of Remote Forever ( https://remoteforever.com ), and is behind the organisation of the worlds first fully web-based Agile Remote summit, the Remote Forever Summit ( https://remoteforeversummit.com...

Judy Rees , our guest today, has helped dozens of trainers, coaches, and facilitators through live online training. As a news editor and a media executive, she has extensive experience managing large remote teams. She is the co-author of Clean Language: Revealing Metaphors And Opening Minds, and a regular keynote speaker at Agile and other events around the world. In this episode, we talk about th...

Is it possible to have your team members work visibly and still respect their own individual processes? Pilar Orti says "yes" - but only if you are willing to have some hard conversations - and ask the right questions! Join us for a diverse conversation with the co-author of Thinking Remote, the latest book that should be part of every remote leader's library. In this episode, we discuss topics su...

Peter Lee is an Agile Coach based in Sydney. He is a prolific writer, sharing his Agile strategies and facilitation philosophy, and is currently hard at work building Video Facilitator, the next generation of video software to use in distributed teams. In this episode, we talk about why he feels that something is missing to allow for true online collaboration, and how Peter believes that Video Fac...

Mark Kilby is a seasoned agile coach, and co-founder of several North-American Agile communities. Johanna Rothman is a prolific author, management expert, and teacher of best management practices. Both are experienced software engineers, and by their powers combined, they are the co-authors of the newest book about remote agile: "From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams." In this episode,...

Sharon Koifman believes every company, from the biggest enterprise to the newly-launched garage startup, should have access to world's top talent. That's why he used over 10 years of experience in tech industry recruitment & HR to create DistantJob.  This episode is a free-flowing conversation where Luis and Sharon explore their growth as managers over the past few years, as they expanded DistantJ...

After devoting a significant portion of his life understanding the financial industry Oliver Weiss pivoted his career into healthcare, which he found to be his calling, by becoming the founder and CEO of MeCasa. MeCasa ( https://www.mecasa.de – English version coming soon) aims to provide excellent home care by connecting the best professional caregivers with the people who need them the most, and...