by Lisette Sutherland | Jan 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
(tldr: It’s not personal. I am protecting my time and energy) Every week, I am called out of the blue or I am asked to schedule meetings. While I would love to speak with all of you, it is simply not possible given the number of requests that come in. Inspired...
by Lisette Sutherland | Aug 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
Working with distributed teams is becoming more and more the norm. You are members of a team who have experience working with remote colleagues. And you’re curious about what can be done to advance or develop your remote team building skills so that working remotely...
by Lisette Sutherland | Apr 29, 2016 | Remote Working
In my interviews, I’ve been asking people and companies why they are going remote. Needless to say, people and companies have different reasons. I’d like to share with you some of the most common reasons I’ve heard for why we are making the decision...
by Lisette Sutherland | Mar 30, 2016 | Community Design, Employee Engagement, Remote Working
One of the benefits of remote working is being able to hire the best. But how do we find them? And how will we know if they’ll be good a good fit? Hiring someone to work on a remote team is slightly different than hiring someone who will work in an office with...
by Lisette Sutherland | Feb 24, 2016 | Collaboration, Experiments, Remote Working
I like working with people, but I like being in my own space. I like my comfortable chair, my electric sit-stand desk, my multiple monitors, my music, my neighbor cat who comes over to visit… I could go on and on. At a coworking space, I’m distracted by the...