Remote teams

Managing a remote team requires unique skills and the right tools. Learn about how other remote managers make sure they're on the pulse of their team, communicating and collaborating as if in the same office.
<img width="256" height="196" src="https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/remote-work-productivity.jpg" class="attachment-256x220 size-256x220 wp-post-image" alt="86% of remote workers felt that their leadership team gives them agency and autonomy" srcset="https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/remote-work-productivity.jpg 1044w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/remote-work-productivity-300x230.jpg 300w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/remote-work-productivity-1024x785.jpg 1024w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/remote-work-productivity-768x589.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px" />How to improve productivity for remote teams<img width="32" height="32" src="https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/joe-martin-guest-post-150x150.png" class="avatar" alt="Joe Martin&#039;s avatar" loading="lazy" srcset="https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/joe-martin-guest-post-150x150.png 150w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/joe-martin-guest-post.png 200w" sizes="(max-width: 32px) 100vw, 32px" />Joe Martin
The most significant fear that leaders and managers have when building a remote team is that everyone will slack off,…
Mar 23, 2020
<img width="256" height="196" src="https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/anjuan-help-scout.jpg" class="attachment-256x220 size-256x220 wp-post-image" alt="anjuan simmons help scout" loading="lazy" srcset="https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/anjuan-help-scout.jpg 1044w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/anjuan-help-scout-300x230.jpg 300w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/anjuan-help-scout-1024x785.jpg 1024w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/anjuan-help-scout-768x589.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px" />Remote Leaders: Anjuan Simmons of Help Scout and how remote work opens up new talent pools<img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar'  data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x'  height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' /><noscript><img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar'  data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x'  height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' /><noscript><img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar'  data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x'  height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' /><noscript><img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar'  data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x'  height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' /><noscript><img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy'/>Shannon Maloney
Meet Anjuan Simmons: Consultant, Speaker, Author and Engineering Coach at Help Scout. Anjuan started his remote journey long before joining…
Mar 12, 2020
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<img width="256" height="196" src="https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/brian-thomas-customer-io.jpg" class="attachment-256x220 size-256x220 wp-post-image" alt="brian thomas customerio" loading="lazy" srcset="https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/brian-thomas-customer-io.jpg 1044w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/brian-thomas-customer-io-300x230.jpg 300w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/brian-thomas-customer-io-1024x785.jpg 1024w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/brian-thomas-customer-io-768x589.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px" />Remote Leaders: Brian Thomas, VP Product at Customer.io on how being remote has made him a better employee<img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar'  data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x'  height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' /><noscript><img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar'  data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x'  height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' /><noscript><img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar'  data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x'  height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' /><noscript><img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar'  data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x'  height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' /><noscript><img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy'/>Shannon Maloney
Meet Brian Thomas: VP of Product at Customer.io, an entirely remote company. We caught up with him to talk about…
Mar 12, 2020
<img width="256" height="196" src="https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/managing-remote-employee.jpg" class="attachment-256x220 size-256x220 wp-post-image" alt="remote workers are happiest when they spend more than 76% of their time working remotely" loading="lazy" srcset="https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/managing-remote-employee.jpg 1044w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/managing-remote-employee-300x230.jpg 300w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/managing-remote-employee-1024x785.jpg 1024w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/managing-remote-employee-768x589.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px" />How to manage remote employees: A hands-on guide from fully-remote companies<img width="32" height="32" src="https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/marcel-photo-150x150.png" class="avatar" alt="Andrei-Marcel Tit&#039;s avatar" loading="lazy" srcset="https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/marcel-photo-150x150.png 150w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/marcel-photo.png 200w" sizes="(max-width: 32px) 100vw, 32px" />Andrei-Marcel Tit
Oftentimes, remote managers are not equipped to manage their employees because information on this topic is either too scarce or…
Mar 11, 2020
<img width="256" height="196" src="https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shreyansh-remote-leaders-sks.jpg" class="attachment-256x220 size-256x220 wp-post-image" alt="Shreyansh Remote Leaders" loading="lazy" srcset="https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shreyansh-remote-leaders-sks.jpg 1044w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shreyansh-remote-leaders-sks-300x230.jpg 300w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shreyansh-remote-leaders-sks-1024x785.jpg 1024w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shreyansh-remote-leaders-sks-768x589.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px" />Remote Leaders: Shreyansh Sanghani Founder of SKS Enterpprises on building a partially distributed team<img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar'  data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x'  height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' /><noscript><img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar'  data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x'  height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' /><noscript><img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar'  data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x'  height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' /><noscript><img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar'  data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x'  height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' /><noscript><img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy'/>Shannon Maloney
Meet Shreyansh Sanghani: Founder of SKS Enterpprises. Shreyansh’s venture into distributed teams started 4 years ago when he founded the…
Mar 11, 2020
<img width="256" height="196" src="https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/marcus-buffer-remote-work.jpg" class="attachment-256x220 size-256x220 wp-post-image" alt="Marcus Wermuth Buffer Remote Work" loading="lazy" srcset="https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/marcus-buffer-remote-work.jpg 1044w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/marcus-buffer-remote-work-300x230.jpg 300w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/marcus-buffer-remote-work-1024x785.jpg 1024w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/marcus-buffer-remote-work-768x589.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px" />Remote Leaders: Marcus Wermuth of Buffer on overcommunication and isolation<img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar'  data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x'  height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' /><noscript><img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar'  data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x'  height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' /><noscript><img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar'  data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x'  height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' /><noscript><img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar'  data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x'  height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' /><noscript><img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy'/>Shannon Maloney
If there’s anyone who knows about remote work, it’s Marcus Wermuth. Marcus is an Engineering Manager at Buffer, a completely…
Mar 10, 2020
<img width="256" height="196" src="https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dana-doswell-sidepart.jpg" class="attachment-256x220 size-256x220 wp-post-image" alt="Dana Doswell on remote work" loading="lazy" srcset="https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dana-doswell-sidepart.jpg 1044w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dana-doswell-sidepart-300x230.jpg 300w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dana-doswell-sidepart-1024x785.jpg 1024w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dana-doswell-sidepart-768x589.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px" />Remote Leaders: Dana Doswell of Sidepart on why habit building is the key to remote work<img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar'  data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x'  height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' /><noscript><img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar'  data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x'  height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' /><noscript><img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar'  data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x'  height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' /><noscript><img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar'  data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x'  height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' /><noscript><img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy'/>Shannon Maloney
Meet Dana Doswell: Her own boss and founder of an entirely remote company. Learn how she’s building two businesses from…
Feb 21, 2020
<img width="256" height="196" src="https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/remote-first-meetings.jpg" class="attachment-256x220 size-256x220 wp-post-image" alt="Remote first meetings" loading="lazy" srcset="https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/remote-first-meetings.jpg 1044w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/remote-first-meetings-300x230.jpg 300w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/remote-first-meetings-1024x785.jpg 1024w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/remote-first-meetings-768x589.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px" />How remote-first meetings improve communication and productivity<img width="32" height="32" src="https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/justin-yac-chat-150x150.png" class="avatar" alt="Justin Mitchell&#039;s avatar" loading="lazy" srcset="https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/justin-yac-chat-150x150.png 150w, https://hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/justin-yac-chat.png 200w" sizes="(max-width: 32px) 100vw, 32px" />Justin Mitchell
A study by Upwork found that 63% of companies surveyed have remote workers, yet 57% have no remote work policies…
Feb 20, 2020
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