Productivity tips, Zapier insights, and a case study on onboarding your employees ??

Welcome to the Running Remote biweekly digest! Every second week, we collect the best articles, videos, and podcasts covering remote work trends for you. Enjoy!?

In this issue:

• Read curated articles with best practices in remote team management
• Get the best productivity hacks from Mike Vardy?
• Find out how you can copy Zapier's success with running remote teams
• Learn about our latest interactive, value-packed online workshop

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A curated list of articles with best practices in remote management & industry news

>?How to build human connections in an async workplace | Doist ?by?@Chase Warrington

Team culture is primarily built by how you work together, not how you socialize together.

>? The startup employees’ guide to compensation | Handbook

Why you should join a startup and a 35-item checklist on the questions to ask to evaluate a startup.

>?NYC mayor, in turnaround, will consider remote work for city employees | Axios

Facing a shortage of municipal workers, New York City Mayor Eric Adams has softened his stance on remote work and is looking at the possibility of hybrid work for city employees.

> GitHub lays off 10% of workforce, plans to go fully remote to cut costs | Computerworld

The Microsoft-owned software development and version control service provider said the layoffs and the shift to remote work are designed to protect the short-term health of its business.

>?Case study: How to onboard employees to boost connection and productivity | The Gathering Effect

Learn a comprehensive approach to redesigning the onboarding experience for a global tech company.?

>?The work-from-home revolution is here to stay – if you’re rich, white, and live in London | The Guardian

Hybrid work benefits both our professional and personal lives, but data suggests it has entrenched existing inequalities?

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Groundbreaking Tips from Mike Vardy! ???

We are thrilled to announce that Mike Vardy, the creator of the TimeCrafting philosophy and framework, will be joining us at Running Remote in Lisbon this April!

Mike is a leading productivity expert with over 15 years of experience in the personal productivity and time management space. He has coached hundreds of clients and teaches his strategies on popular platforms like CreativeLive, Skillshare, and LinkedIn Learning.

Along with David Allen, Vardy will be sharing his insights on productivity hacks and deep work methodologies during the event.

We were lucky enough to catch him for a quick chat, and picked up some truly valuable tips from him! Read the article on our blog:

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>> Check out our blog post and video here <<

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Workshop: Prepare your team for change

Save the date: ?? Thu Feb 23 2023 ???

We've prepared a highly interactive virtual workshop for you on managing transitions, scaling, and systematizing change.

Douglas Ferguson , Founder & President at?Voltage Control ?will share insights and tools from Voltage Control’s Change Programs designed to?help organizations humanize, scale, and sustain change. ??

You’ll have the chance to?build your own Change Journey Map?to help guide you on your path. We’ll also have time to unpack some of the challenges and roadblocks that impede your path.?

This workshop is part of a virtual series called “Actionable, now” – a collection of highly interactive deep-dive workshops with practical tips, concrete tools, frameworks, methods, and strategies to solve everyday challenges that remote companies face from the Running Remote Community.

Join the?Community ?to get?free access?to this and the following workshops (and other features) or join this specific workshop for as little as USD39.?

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Scale Remotely like Zapier!

Are you struggling to create and scale a strong company culture remotely?

Zapier, a 100% distributed and remote company, has scaled from 10 to nearly 1,000 people across 17 time zones and 42 countries.

Back in December, we had an hour-long conversation with Zapier's CPO Brandon Sammut to dive deep into how they did it - and how you can do the same!

But who has time for a 1-hour video ?

This is why we turned the conversation into a concise, skimmable Q&A blog post. Read Brandon's valuable insights and best practices on remote culture, hiring, training, communication, and more.?

>> Read the Zapier AMA article <<

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