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🤩 What do the LEGO Group, Dropbox, Upwork and Atlassian have in common? 👬 Latest insights from enterprise orgs with exemplary workplace flexibility policies spread across hundreds departments and thousands global employees.  Distributed Workplace Unboxed 👉9 OCTOBER, 11am-12pm, PT👈 Molly Sands, PhD, Head of Team Anywhere Lab, Atlassian Jessica “JJ” Reeder, Director - Remote Organizational Effectiveness, Upwork Allison Vendt, Head of Virtual First, Dropbox Kent Frederiksen, Vice President of Rewards, the LEGO Group Henrik Jarleskog, Head of Future Work, Sodexo Molly Johnson-Jones, CEO & Co-Founder, Flexa Nida Mehtab Gillio, Founder, Caryatid LLC Pattie Egan, VP Total Rewards & People Operations, GitLab Brian Elliott, Co-Founder, McElliott Advisors, LLC Lucas Montgomery-Davis, Global Lead, Distributed Experiences, Block

Quarterly team gatherings work, and are essential for #distributed teams. At WORKTECH in NYC on Monday, I noted that a lot of big firms allowed teams to get more distributed, promised funds for team gatherings in '21, then pulled the funds in '22 -- and wondered why engagement started lagging. Atlassian shared their findings that quarterly gatherings boost engagement for 4-5 months, moreso than random in-office encounters. Allison Vendt at Dropbox adds fuel to that fire with a whole range of benefits, including: 💥 92% say off-sites (or on-sites!) boost #trust! 💥 86% say they have a meaningful impact on their team's efffectiveness. Allison and team are also sharing their playbook: 1️⃣ Build an Offsites Planning Team, a small central team that cut 30% of the time everyone else had to spend planning events. 2️⃣ Create an "Offsites in the Box" toolkit 3️⃣ Launch an events calendar that gives visibility to everyone about upcoming events so you can plan overlaps, and know what's up locally 👉 Great work, check it all out -- link to the report in comments! Kudos to Running Remote for hosting a great lineup in Distributed Work Unboxed today! #gatherings #events #onsite #offsite

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I'm looking forward to participating in Distributed Workplace Unboxed by Running Remote this week! I’ll be discussing why Dropbox is thinking about the role of in-person connection differently in distributed work, how we’re bringing employees together, and what resources we have in place to support these efforts. This virtual event will cover a ton of insights on tackling the challenges large organizations encounter when transitioning to flexible work strategies, all via quick snapshots from some really amazing leaders in the space, including:  Molly Sands, PhD, PhD, Head of Team Anywhere Lab, Atlassian  Jessica “JJ” Reeder, Director - Remote Organizational Effectiveness, Upwork Kent Frederiksen, Vice President of Rewards, the LEGO Group Henrik Jarleskog, Head of Future Work, Sodexo Molly Johnson-Jones, CEO & Co-Founder, Flexa Nida Mehtab Gillio, Founder, Caryatid LLC Kuppulakshmi Krishnamoorthy, Global Head - Zoho for Startups, Zoho Pattie Egan, VP Total Rewards & People Operations, GitLab Brian Elliott, Co-Founder, McElliott Advisors, LLC Lucas Montgomery-Davis, Global Lead, Distributed Experiences, Block Join us (for free!) here: https://lu.ma/7gu2jqc5 

The Scaling Transparency workshop by Running Remote, Adam Horne, and 📖 John Faulkner-Willcocks was an eye-opener! 3 things I learned: 1. There are practical ways and best practices for putting your "transparency" company value into action. 2. It’s important to highlight "why" and "when" transparency matters. 3. There are many resources at Open Org to make the above happen. This 👇🏼 could be a good starting point for anyone looking to enhance transparency at their company.

I'm thrilled to be part of Distributed Workplace Unboxed by Running Remote Join me tomorrow, October 9th, for⚡flash talks ⚡ from some of the coolest enterprise leaders tackling the challenges large organizations face when transitioning to flexible work strategies. I'll be sharing our latest insights about innovation on distributed teams 🚀 Here is who I will be on the stage with: Jessica “JJ” Reeder, Director - Remote Organizational Effectiveness, Upwork Allison Vendt, Head of Virtual First, Dropbox Kent Frederiksen, Vice President of Rewards, the LEGO Group Henrik Jarleskog, Head of Future Work, Sodexo Molly Johnson-Jones, CEO & Co-Founder, Flexa Nida Mehtab Gillio, Founder, Caryatid LLC Kuppulakshmi Krishnamoorthy, Global Head - Zoho for Startups, Zoho Pattie Egan, VP, People Operations, GitLab Brian Elliott, Co-Founder, McElliott Advisors, LLC Lucas Montgomery-Davis, Global Lead, Distributed Experiences, Block Register here: https://lu.ma/7gu2jqc5

I'm thrilled to be part of this event; Distributed Workplace Unboxed by Running Remote 🚀 Join me in this fast-paced, information-packed virtual event on 9 October, where I'll be among 11 enterprise leaders sharing insights on tackling the challenges large organizations encounter when transitioning to flexible work strategies, all in quick 3-minute snapshots. I’ll be sharing my insights on our Virtual Bring Your Kids To Work Day! Here is who I will be on the stage with: Molly Sands, PhD, Head of Team Anywhere Lab, Atlassian Jessica “JJ” Reeder, Diretor Remote Organizational Effectiveness, Upwork Allison Vendt, Head of Virtual First, Dropbox Kent Frederiksen, Vice President of Rewards, the LEGO Group Henrik Jarleskog, Head of Future Work, Sodexo Molly Johnson-Jones, CEO & Co-Founder, Flexa Nida Mehtab Gillio, Founder, Caryatid LLC Kuppulakshmi Krishnamoorthy, Global Head - Zoho for Startups, Zoho Pattie Egan, VP, People Operations, GitLab Brian Elliott, Co-Founder, McElliott Advisors, LLC Register here: https://lu.ma/7gu2jqc5

Interesting spread of views on WFH by age. I think part of the battle around the topic reflects variations in personal views. The 55+ group is the most negative. They are typically the CEOs of large firms. In reverse, the 30s and 40s are the most positive, often the managers and professionals in large firms. So, I suspect some RTO battles are due to demographics, particularly when the 50+ C-suite makes decisions based on personal views rather than data. You often see companies making tough RTO decisions justifying it with CEO memos with phrases like "Our conviction...." or "We believe...." rather than "Data shows...". On the optimistic side the future looks bright if the current 40s generation remains positive on WFH, as they will be the CEOs for the next decade.

🔥 The RTO chatter has been LOUD lately, but let me tell you—remote is far from dead! 💻 Plenty of awesome #remote companies are hiring RIGHT NOW. 🚀 Here are just a few from the Running Remote community: Kaylie Boogaerts and the team at Checkly are currently hiring for a Senior Backend Engineer, Senior Fullstack Engineer & Junior Support Engineer. They are a fully remote startup on a mission to enable developers to detect and resolve issues 10x faster through code-driven synthetic monitoring. Ali Seyedmehdi and the team at Publitas.com, an AI-enabled discovery commerce platform that seamlessly guides shoppers from discovery to purchase, is hiring for a few across data, engineering, sales, ops. Publitas is a fully remote team of 95 people across 25 countries. Sarah Hawk and the team at Discourse are hiring a designer & a software engineer. Discourse is a global company with a product that's transforming the online community space. Their team is 102 people and growing. Dajana Berisavljević Đakonović and the team at Toggl that building work tools to elevate your productivity, are currently hiring Senior Software Reliability Engineer, Senior Product Manager and Growth Manager. They are a global team of 100+ people working from over 40 countries around the globe. Charlie Smethurst and the team at Airalo are hiring for several roles across growth, partnerships & engineering. Airalo is the world’s first eSIM store that helps people connect in over 200+ countries and regions across the globe. Remote-first, their team of 200+ is spread across 50+ countries and six continents. dbt Labs are hiring for a several roles across sales, partnerships, revenue, engineering and more. They are a distributed team that's on a mission to empower data practitioners to create and disseminate organizational knowledge. Ken Weary from Hostaway, a SaaS startup that is transforming the vacation rental industry, is hiring for several roles across revenue, remote ops, engineering, and many roles. They're a fully remote, innovative company with a team of 220+ people working from over 40 countries. Vinícius Coelho and the team at Time Doctor which provides productivity software for companies with remote, hybrid and offshore teams are currently hiring: VP of Marketing, Product Manager and Product Marketing Manager. Time Doctor team is fully remote & made up of more than 130 people in 30+ countries. Links to those job opportunities/careers pages are in the comments. Disclaimer: I am not a recruiter, and I do not possess any additional information about the roles beyond the links provided. #remotejobs #jobopenings

Uncovering topics for 🔵 Distributed Workplace Unboxed Vol.2 🔵, our 30min webinar for leaders of super-sized teams - 9 October, 11am PT: ⏺ Communicating with emotion ⏺ Measuring success ⏺ Why in-office ≠ strong corporate culture ⏺ Where to start a remote handbook ⏺ LEGO group's approach to hybrid working ⏺ Inclusive hiring ⏺ 3 beacons of employee experience ⏺ Consequences of RTO ⏺ Experiments with bringing kids to work and more... 11 enterprise leaders will reveal the future of workplace flexibility in 3-min snapshots, 1 slide and 3 minutes per speaker. We are thrilled to see the registrations pouring in - here is a sample of job roles from attending enterprise organisations: 🔥Head of people & culture  🔥Head of future of work 🔥VP operations 🔥Hybrid work specialist  🔥Employee experience manager 🔥Talent acquisition partner 🔥Head of workplace operations 🔥SVP workplace strategy Register below for FREE, and add it your calendar! >>>