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Let us help you keep productivity up (& your sanity) during this time of transition.
Leadership Training for Virtual & Remote Work.
Capabilities for the Future.
When Virtual Leadership Is Done Right, Every Person, Purpose and Profit Grows.
Companies have never been more distributed, with offices and teams spread across the country and the globe. Virtual Work Insider personally coaches teams, executives and companies to thrive across any distance. As the first to establish virtual business driving practices within one of the most respected Fortune 500 companies — we provide the skills and tools to lead, influence and strengthen ties with geographically distributed teams, clients and direct reports. Our 18 years of experience within client-side companies, advertising agencies, and managing external partners, is incomparable. See more…
“I saw first-hand that geographically distributed companies were struggling to achieve business growth and inclusion, so I designed a new way to fully drive results and integrate employees.”
Sacha Connor, Founder and Lead Consultant
Virtual Work Matters More Every Day.
Insider Knowledge Makes a Difference Immediately.
70%
of professionals work remotely at least once a week
CNBC
+20–30%
productivity improvement of distributed teams with the right process and tools.
McKinsey & Company
A New Kind of Modern Leadership is Required
Leaders and Teams Need the Skills to be Effective and Efficient Virtually.
Virtual Work Leadership Training
We specialize in personalized group, or one-to-one, coaching programs to develop the skills to lead and influence virtual teams, manage client and agency virtual relationships, and coach remote direct reports.
Virtual Employee Resource Group
We’ll personally help you create, lead and establish a Virtual Workforce ERG to increase effectiveness and inclusion within your distributed company, coordinating and concentrating the efforts of your D&I, HR, IT, Real Estate and Business strategies.
Speaking
Services
Opening your eyes is the hardest part — to the fact that the workplace is now virtual, that people are spread across office sites with some fully remote, but mostly, that a perspective change is required to succeed in this new reality.
“Sacha was a pioneer of remote work at Clorox; she successfully led a marketing organization and participated on the homecare leadership team while working over 3000 miles away for more than 8 years.”
Chris Hyder
Vice President, General Manager
Additional Services
Negotiating Remote
Make the right virtual case with an Insider Strategy.
Lead
Plug us in to run your virtual meetings, brainstorming sessions and conferences.
Partner
Introduce us to your new tech platform, tool or software for remote work—so that we can share it with our clients and our following.
Our experience can help you experience the best possible future for your company.
Recent blog posts
5 Tips to Delete Distance Bias as Some Head Back into the Office
Unprecedented location inclusion is one of COVID’s positive unintended consequences. The office shut-downs have forced so many of us into FROGs* – fully remote organizations. This meant that for the first time, in many companies, all team members were are on an...
Virtual Meeting Design: The Mantra is Preparation
We have collectively hit virtual meeting burnout. I’ve been working remotely for almost 10 years and I’ve led or attended more than 10,000 hours of virtual meetings. This included my butt being glued to my chair for almost 8 hours straight for bi-weekly leadership...
Influencing Across Distance: 3 Strategies for Impact
Our CEO, Sacha Connor, wrote an article for IDEO U, a team within IDEO, the award-winning global design firm. She shared three strategies for influencing across distance. 3 Strategies for Impact 1. Visualize your Sphere of Influence 2. Plant seeds and create triggers...
Juggling Remote Work with Children at Home
This is not normal remote work. This is extreme work/life integration like we’ve never experienced. A rapid transition to remote work has left many of us unprepared to juggle work while also having children at home. A sudden full house, with children rightfully...
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This is important now during the COVID office shut-downs, but will continue to be important as some offices start to open back up and new, hybrid reporting relationships will be created.
Click on the link in the comments to check out my advice, along with the advice of other business leaders and managers including:
✅ Liam Quinn, Head of Marketing for Reach Interactive
✅ Zachary McCarty, Director of Channel Growth for Qwick
✅ Candi Luciano, Creative at Y Scouts
✅ Brian Mooney, CEO of NextWave Hire
Article written by Brett Farmiloe, Founder of Markitors
DM me if you would like to learn more about how to bring any of our virtual leadership skills workshops to your org - including "Successful Remote Reporting Relationships".
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HR/People Ops at Doist & Laïla von Alvensleben, Head of Culture and Collab at MURAL.
The event includes:
➡️ Career Prep: Leaders from top remote companies will share their experience as well as tips they have for those looking for remote roles.
➡️ Job Fair: you can learn more about remote-friendly companies who are hiring, what positions are open, and quickly apply to open positions in the Expo Area
Other speakers:
✅ David Heinemeier Hansson of Basecamp will be interviewed by Tammy Bjelland of Workplaceless
✅ Darren Murph, Head of Remote for GitLab
✅ Zack Onisko, CEO of Dribbble
✅ Michelle Pal from Under Armour
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