This is the fifth post in my series on Building Distributed Teams. So far, we’ve covered why you need to be building a distributed team,  what makes an ideal distributed team member, individual vs pods when hiring and team leadership. As a reminder, this series is focused on building a distributed technology product team. While the principles here might […]

This is the fourth post in my series on Building Distributed Teams. So far, we’ve covered why you need to be building a distributed team,  what makes an ideal distributed team member, and individual vs pods when hiring. As a reminder, this series is focused on building a distributed technology product team. While the principles here […]

Each month I provide a list of resources (podcasts, talks, blog posts, books, music etc.) that I consider to be must-haves. There’s no doubt that you’ll see recurring themes or resources throughout these posts. I publish my Must-Haves on the closest Tuesday or Friday to the 15th of every month. Here’s my February 2017 Must-Haves […]

This is the third post in my series on Building Distributed Teams. So far, we’ve covered why you need to be building a distributed team and what makes an ideal distributed team member. In this post, we’re going to talk about how you build out the team. There are generally two approaches: Hire individuals or […]

This is the second post in my series on building a distributed team. Part one is here. Nothing kills a distributed team faster than hiring the wrong kind of team member. There are a few characteristics that I’ve found over the years to be critical when hiring a distributed team: They are clear communicators They […]

Pardon the brief interruption in my series on building distributed teams. I’ve been battling the flu this week and am just now emerging from the fog. Distributed Teams will resume in my next post. I got this question from a reader and, since it is relatively simple to answer, I’m tackling it while I get back […]

I use the words “remote” and “distributed” interchangeably in this article. Both terms mean working for you full time (or maybe part time) but not in your office with you.  I wanted to clarify because there can be confusion. With that… I am a huge fan of building distributed / remote teams as a way […]