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...
by Lisette Sutherland | Jan 10, 2016 | Remote Working
It was a Thursday night around 10pm. I had just finished participating in a remote work panel discussion in Las Vegas via the Revolve Robotics Kubi. I turned on a podcast, got up to get a glass of water, and then broke my own #1 house rule: no liquids near the...
by Lisette Sutherland | Dec 5, 2015 | Employee Engagement, Online meetings, Remote Working, Retrospectives, Virtual Friendship
From differences in opinion to flat out misunderstandings, conflicts with our virtual teams are inevitable. Differences in language, culture, and working styles can cause all kinds of issues. So what can we do to prevent and resolve these conflicts when they arise?...
by Lisette Sutherland | Sep 23, 2015 | Remote Working, Telepresence
I will be traveling a lot over the next three months for both presentations and Work Together Anywhere workshops. Lined up before me are Greece, Spain, France, Belgium, Vietnam, and Germany (not to brag ;). I’ve written before about my ultimate recipe for...
by Lisette Sutherland | Aug 16, 2015 | Interviews, Podcast, Virtual Friendship
Last week, I reached Episode 50 on the Collaboration Superpowers podcast. When I first started working on the podcast, I wasn’t sure what it would turn into or how long I would continue. But it’s been almost a year, and I can’t express in words how...
by Lisette Sutherland | Jul 22, 2015 | Collaboration, Interviews, Remote Working
The Collaboration Superpowers book “Stories Of Remote Teams Doing Great Things” is on its way! It’s been a fun group process. I re-listened to all the interviews on the Collaboration Superpowers podcast (thanks Nick!). And I pulled the gold nuggets...
