Leadership lessons from building a remote team
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Toggl shifts from an Estonian office to a fully remote company of ~100 people across 30+ countries, claims hiring surged to 2,000 applicants per role, turnover drops and productivity rises by focusing on outcomes not presence. Daily work runs over Slack and Zoom with GitHub, Notion and Toggl for docs and tracking; leaders hold monthly one‑on‑ones, get coaching, enforce written processes, require roughly 3–4 hours overlap per team and convene two company meetups a year.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Introduction to remote work
- 1:04Remote work's impact on labor
- 3:12Hiring challenges and global talent
- 6:44Why flexibility matters
- 9:57Remote work benefits explained
- 11:02Productivity and happiness link
- 13:52Trust and micromanagement
- 16:44Social isolation and routines
- 17:27Communication in remote teams
- 20:14Advice for adopting remote work
- 22:23Remote work is still work
- 23:27Q&A tools and communication
- 25:36Flexibility vs. time zone limits
- 27:02Training team leads
- 28:25Building personal connections
- 29:27Measuring remote work appeal
- 31:14Handling distractions at home
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