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Maria Gutierrez
September 27, 2017
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[TuringFest 2017] A clear-eyed look at distributed teams
Maria Gutierrez
September 27, 2017
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A clear-eyed look at DISTRIBUTED TEAMS HELLO my name is
María Gutiérrez VP Engineering @ FreeAgent @mariagutierrez
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“How did I freelance for 10 yrs without @freeagent? Bookkeeping
a breeze, auto invoice chasing and my support email answered in 32 minutes” @tomcopy
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Committed to build a DIVERSE, HIGH PERFORMING AND HAPPY TEAM
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1/3 engineers WFH
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~180 engineers worldwide ~80 in my team DC, Portland, Boulder,
All over the US, Scotland, India, Australia, Brazil I was working from my house in Scotland for ~5years Travelling to DC or other offices once a quarter
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MIKAELA NOGLE DEJLIGE GADE ODENSE DENMARK DEAR MIKAELA, THE WEATHER
IS FAB AND WE ARE HAVING AN AMAZING TIME ON HOLIDAY. CAN’T WAIT TO SHOW YOU ALL THE PHOTOS! LOVE, MARIA BARCELONA 10 JUNE 92
Show your COMMITMENT
CRITICAL MASS Avoid snowflakes
Break through GLASS CEILINGS
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Treat on-site and remote FAIRLY NOT EQUALLY
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@mariagutierrez Communicate INTENTIONALLY
Patrick Lencioni, “Five dysfunctions of a team”
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COLLABORATE daily to build trust
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being visible being honest and open being responsive delivering being
consistent
SHOW YOUR WORK
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ETIQUETTE Permission to play values
WATCH THE WORK not the worker
DO YOUR HOMEWORK Budget, law, expectations
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Strengthens your company COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
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Angela Senior Software Engineer Staffordshire 1 month
Thomas Head of Infrastructure Cambridge 6.5 years
Anup Mobile Team Lead Sutton 4 years
Eva Software Engineer Edinburgh 1.5 years
“I rarely think about looking for a job at another
company” “I see myself still working at FreeAgent in two years time” “My manager genuinely cares about my wellbeing”
“I rarely think about looking for a job at another
company” “I see myself still working at FreeAgent in two years time” “My manager genuinely cares about my wellbeing”
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BE INTENTIONAL srsly!
THANKS! @mariagutierrez I’ve got Winston stickers, come and say “Hi!”
Illustrations by the amazing FreeAgent designers