Time:
07/24/2015 - 14:00-07/24/2015 - 14:45
Room:
Balcony A
Cultivating Extraordinary Culture on Distributed Teams
Experience level:
Beginner
Session Track:
Business and Strategy
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Speaker(s):
Culture is the most essential element in building healthy and high-performing teams.
A positive work environment makes team members feel appreciated, builds a sense of community, and helps foster overall job satisfaction.
However, all too often, company culture is considered an after-thought, and addressed way too late after the "core" business needs are met.
The distributed (“remote”) team offers additional challenges, as co-workers miss many of the traditional culture sustaining activities around the watercooler, over drinks, or after work hours.
In this session we will explore the topics:
- Choosing the best collaboration tools for distributed teams
- Improving remote team engagement and sustainable performance
- Building a sense of community and opportunities for learning and growth
- Best practices for to balancing work and home life
- Managing conflict, issues and "bad apples"
- Finding mission, meaning and significance in at work
This session will include both a presentation and a facilitated open discussion to elicit the wisdom of the participants.