How to set up a great remote team at No Pants festival
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My talk on setting up a great distributed(remote) team. I am sharing theoretical example on great team building from the world of sports, based on achievements of a great ice hockey coach Herb Brooks. Practical case studies some from the IT consultancy industry featuring two big web development players Wunderkraut and Axelerant and an intern student Beate Neimane. Massive credits and thanks do go to them.
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How to set up a great remote team at No Pants festival
- 1. How to set up a great team? Janis Janovskis Passive Management Ltd Antwerp, March 10th, 2015
- 3. Janis Janovskis @passivus Tech Entrepreneur English, Russian, Latvian Biggest team size 55 Smallest 2 Runer, chef, photographer
- 4. Janis Janovskis Led 55 people onsite team Then spent min 3 hours on road My weight was 130kgs Everyone was unhappy
- 7. Passim?
- 8. Passive?
- 9. Management?
- 10. Do I need? A genius The best Ordinary
- 11. How big?
- 13. –Napoleon Bonaparte “The most important qualification of a soldier is fortitude under fatigue and privation. Courage is only second; hardship, poverty and want are the best school for a soldier..”
- 14. History?
- 16. Governance?
- 19. Herb Brooks Coach of “Miracle on Ice” hockey team Lake-placid US Winter olympics 1980
- 20. “You’re only good as your values”
- 21. The Team • You need people you need • Formed team early • Perfection - “I won’t be your friend” • Knew His staff - players • Conceptual mistakes • Creativity • Led by example • No star players - team chemistry • Winning mentality
- 27. Ernests Gabrāns
- 28. Steve Parks
- 29. No recruiters
- 30. • Referral schemes • Meetups • Camps • Close community circle • Reputation • No Recruiters • Word of mouth • Job Boards (experimental)
- 32. • Key to success • Teams kept intact • No-one has to leave • Boosts effectiveness • Self Controll • Great people • Healthy way of working • Happy People • Proactive • Emotional!!! • Responsive • No need for a brick office
- 33. • Less effective communication • Workflow • In innovation -> limitation
- 34. • Confuses clients • Investment in communications • Bonus(HUG) scheme
- 35. Piyush Podar
- 37. • Continuos traffic to website • Closed developers community • Professionals (know what is!) • Events
- 41. • People guarantee happy environment • 95% off office - anywhere • Time zone trackers • Micromanagement • No need for a big office!!!
- 42. • Trust building • Body language • Emotional!!! • Time zones
- 46. • Self time management • 100% remote • Well alight with hobbies and interests • Micromanagement! • No need to relocate!!!
- 47. • Lack of access • Lack of information • Lack of utilities • Lack of tangible feedback
- 49. –Herb Brooks “My recruiting key -- I looked for PEOPLE first, athletes second. I wanted people with a sound value system as you cannot buy values. You're only as good as your values. I learned early on that you do not put greatness into people... but somehow try to pull it out.”
- 52. O&A
Editor's Notes
- here and there, everywhere
- Pasīvi - liabilities !!!
- Management - for to manage
- What do I need for my team in terms of staff. A genius, The Best or just ordinary guys? We’ll try to get these questions covered!
- How big should I built my team - 2,3,5,7??? Should I stress out my people pushing the boundaries of their limits or I go the “mass” route?
- Developing the Leader Within You (Maxwell, John C.)
- This quotation originally is taken from “Developing the Leader Within You” (Maxwell, John C.) Skills do not define you, your attitude does!
- I thought on talking about History, IT or Governance. But, behold - will it make difference to a dull day in a developer’s life? No there should be something completely different!
- I thought quite a lot on a theoretical example. The one who in best possible way would convey the message of great of team building example.
- Finally after much contemplation on the Team building subject I landed on sports and Ice hockey as it’s “type”. My preferred kind - a tough game where the meaning of team spirit is highly embraced.
- You don’t have enough talent to win on talent alone. Your values are that determine your position in a team.
- He cared about his plan and started recruiting olympics team early - years before the miracle on ice. He embraced winning mentality. He was the first in Northen American hockey who introduced principles on creativity - players moving around the field controlling the puck and passing to others. Also, embracing team chemistry to make a better team than a man.
- It resulted in so called “Miracle on Ice”. A phenomenal game where US team won USSR team (at that time unbeaten for more than a decade), where college students kicked the but of experienced players. Vladislav Tretjak - USSR goalie at that time caught Him smiling after this game. “We were happy, cause that was first time different after 15 years all time winning”, he said after the game!
- Case studies
- Case studies - Wunderkraut
- Case studies - Axelerant https://axelerant.com
- Recruitment process
- Recruitment resources
- Work from somewhere nice!!
- Work from anywhere!!
- Axelerant case study Pros
- Axelerant case study - cons and challenges
- All three cases use regular hangouts to overcome social challenges. They can be both virtual and real!
- Hangouts by Wundertalks - recorded and publicly available on Youtube
- @betish - http://www.betishdesign.com case study
- Pros
- Cons
- How I do it at http://passivemanagement.net
- My inspiration Herb looked to for people not for athletes. He wasn’t looking for skills, but for attitude and determination!
- Test in action!!!
- Patrick Lencioni in the book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team states; We have to make people vulnerable to understand their fears to boost team effectiveness and start being able to trust each other.
- If you are interested in this presentation and would like to get it on your event give us a shout on a link above.