025 - Johanna Rothman on Managing Distributed Teams

Time Limit

“The nice thing about people being away from you is that you cannot micromanage them. That actually frees you up as a manager to go and do the stuff you need to do.”

There’s no doubt that where you work will impact how you work. In an age where remote work has become more and more popular, you’ve probably explored how you can manage projects and people from afar. In this episode of Time Limit, management consultant and author Johanna Rothman joins us to talk all about remote work. The conversation ranges from theoretical to tactical, and offers a ton of takeaways on:

• How to categorize your work environment, whether you’re in the same building as your team or not
• The benefits of managing distributed teams
• The importance of team and project facilitation
• The value of distributed teams in an Agile environment
• How to get team buy-in when you’re distributed
• The value of team-based learning
• The best ways to communicate as a remote or distributed team
• How to collaborate with teams from afar
• Guidance on how to handle remote meetings

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Johanna’s book, From Chaos to Successful Distributed Teams: Collaborate to Deliver
• Johanna Rothman's website

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