Your Roadmap to Building an Incredible Remote-First Workplace with Ali Greene and Tam Sanderson

Words cannot describe how excited I was to talk with today’s guests. Less than 20 minutes after finding and starting their book on Audible, I knew I needed to track them down and see if they’d come on the show. Luckily, they agreed and we recently sat down to discuss what really makes a remote culture work!

Ali Greene and Tam Sanderson are long time remote work veterans who literally wrote the book on building sustainable, engaging remote-first organizations. Their book – Remote Works: Managing for Freedom, Flexibility, and Focus –  is packed with practical, actionable steps for designing a remote environment that enables trust, autonomy, and accountability.

Together, we dove into a variety of incredible topics, including:

• The difference between remote work culture and what many people experienced while working remotely during the pandemic. 
• The three mindset shifts you MUST make in order for remote work to be a sustainable practice within your organization. 
• What Standard Operating Behaviors are and why Ali shares them in response to anyone who says “You can’t build culture remotely - it just doesn’t work!”
• What rituals and artifacts are and how you can identify and design them intentionally for remote work environments. 
• How to remotely recreate the “magic” that occurs when a team is physically together for a brainstorm.
• What GenZ doesn’t realize about remote work and how they can find great mentorship and community when working remotely. 
• The remote best practices that hybrid organizations need to adopt in order to achieve true inclusivity. 
• Both Tam and Ali’s favorite resources from the book. I’m personally a BIG fan of both!

MENTIONED RESOURCES/LINKS

• Remote Works by Ali Greene and Tam Sanderson (Bookstore | Amazon)
• Bowling Alone by Robert Putnum (Bookstore | Amazon)
• Mural
• Figma

CONNECT WITH ALI GREENE AND TAM SANDERSON

• Buy the book! (Bookstore | Amazon)
• Visit the Remote Works Website
• Ali’s LinkedIn
• Tam’s LinkedIn

MORE FROM WANT TO WORK THERE

• Training for the Modern Manager
• Free Tools and Templates
• Connect on LinkedIn or Instagram

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