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Best Practices for Managing Remote Teams with Steph Smith

Best Practices for Managing Remote Teams with Steph Smith

Update: 2019-04-08
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Steph SmithSteph is the Head of Publications at Toptal, a serial maker, and a supporter of women in technology.  Outside of leading a remote team of a few dozen, she is a self-taught developer that builds projects related to women in technology, remote work, and self-improvement. 

 

She’s launched products that have hit #1 on Product Hunt, articles that have trended the top of Hacker News, and was nominated for Maker of the Year in 2018.  She actively supports women in technology by speaking about the psychology behind inclusion and through building resources like FeMake and is a judge for the Toptal Women’s Scholarship.


On today’s episode we discuss some of the best practices for managing remote teams based on her recent blog post.”Managing Remote Teams: A Psychological Perspective.” Continue on for a great discussion with Steph.




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Christian Mccarrick:

[0:00 ] Good morning Steph welcome to the show.Steph Smith:

[0:04 ] Thanks for having me.Christian Mccarrick:

[0:06 ] Absolutely so Steph I’m super excited to have you on the show today and as I do with all of my guests if you could give a little bit of a

kind of a background of kind of where you got to be to where you are today in any of the may be kind of interesting stops along the way.Steph Smith:

[0:23 ] Sure so I actually came from a little bit of a different background than where I am now

I did a degree in chemical engineering and then pivoted and went into management consulting,

during that time. Of my life I realized that I really wanted to do something far different from that and then that’s really when I started to look for a remote work.

And luckily I tell which is the company that I’m working at now and have worked out for the last three years or so and I,

I entered top towel on the gross team and did that for a year-and-a-half almost two years really really enjoyed it help me really get my sweating and in the remote space understand it but a lot and some of that,

I guess in Tyro skills that I have.

Brought through with me to where I am now and then around a year ago I started leading the Publications team at pops out and I’ve been doing that again for the last year and I

beat a team of around 20 people and it’s been awesome and also my first experience leading a team and learning through that so,

now I’m here talking to you and yeah that’s a little bit about me.Christian Mccarrick:

[1:33 ] Excellent and I know so dove

The Importance of Being on both growth teams and being kind of the Publications and get

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Best Practices for Managing Remote Teams with Steph Smith

Best Practices for Managing Remote Teams with Steph Smith

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