How to effectively hire and create a culture in a remote organisation

On this week’s podcast, we talk with Liam Martin, Co-founder of
Time Doctor and staff.com and organiser of Running Remote, a
conference devoted to leaders and executives from companies with
remote work culture. We chat about hiring well and creating a
healthy and strong culture remotely.


Time Doctor measures remote employee productivity and staff.com
acts as a two-sided marketplace for hiring remote workers. Liam
eats his own dog food and both organisations are entirely remote
with 100 employees spread between 26 countries worldwide. Liam
started Time Doctor back in 2012 when very few companies were
making the move to go for a fully remote organisation.


But Liam had a perfectly good reason - the weather in Canada in
winter time, which he really wanted to escape from. To make
remote work, Liam has had to put in a lot of processes in place
and has had to accept the reality that VC investors would not
agree to fund him with such a spread organisation. Liam and his
business partner have bootstrapped the company, which is
currently at $5 million in ARR.


Listen on to hear:


What is the key ingredient to making a remote organisation
effective

How to create the right processes

One unexpected and eye-opening tactic for hiring a healthier
organisation



Wherever in the world you are based, SaaStock will be landing on
your continent in 2019. Unless you are in Antarctica. Just like
Liam, we are not fans of thumbs-falling-off kind of freezing
weather. Pick your destination. From Sao Paulo to Hong Kong
and San Francisco to Sydney, we will be within a short flight at
most from you so join us to learn from experienced SaaS
practitioners such as Liam who are open to sharing their
pitfalls, connect with peers and potential partners. And have
fun, which as Liam argues is the most important thing to stay
sane on this journey.


 


 


 


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