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A clear-eyed look at DISTRIBUTED TEAMS
HELLOmy name is
María Gutiérrez VP Engineering @ FreeAgent
@mariagutierrez
A clear-eyed look at DISTRIBUTED TEAMS
HELLOmy name is
María Gutiérrez VP Engineering @ FreeAgent
@mariagutierrez
“How did I freelance for 10 yrs
without @freeagent?
Bookkeeping a breeze, auto
invoice chasing and my support
email answered in 32 minutes”
@tomcopy
Committed to build a DIVERSE, HIGH PERFORMING,
AND HAPPY TEAM
1/3 engineers
WFH
2000
2000 2001
2000 2001 2004
2000 2001 2004 2008
2000 2001 2004 2008 2011
~180 e
nginee
rs
worldw
ide
~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
Travel
ling to
DC
or oth
er off
ices
once a
quart
er
2000 2001 2004 2008 2011 2016
MIKAELA
NOGLE DEJLIGE GADE
ODENSE
DENMARK
DEAR MIKAELA,
THE WEATHER IS FAB AND WE ARE HAVING AN AMAZINGTIME ON HOLIDAY.CAN’T WAIT TO SHOW YOUALL THE PHOTOS!
LOVE, MARIA
BARCELONA10 JUNE 92
Show your
COMMITMENT
CRITICAL MASS Avoid snowflakes
Break through
GLASS CEILINGS
Treat on-site and remote
FAIRLY NOT EQUALLY
@mariagutierrez
Communicate
INTENTIONALLY
Patrick Lencioni, “Five dysfunctions of a team”
COLLABORATE daily to build trust
being visible being honest and open being responsive delivering being consistent
SHOW YOUR WORK
ETIQUETTE Permission to play values
WATCH THE WORK not the worker
DO YOUR HOMEWORK Budget, law, expectations
Strengthens your company
COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
Angela
Senior
Softw
are
Engine
er
Staffo
rdshir
e
1 mont
h
Thomas
Head o
f
Infras
tructu
re
Cambri
dge
6.5 ye
ars
Anup
Mobile T
eam Le
ad
Sutton
4 year
s
Eva
Softw
are
Engine
er
Edinbur
gh
1.5 ye
ars
“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”
BE INTENTIONAL
srsly!
THANKS!@mariagutierrez
I’ve got Winston stickers, come and say “Hi!”
Illustrations by the amazing FreeAgent designers