SXSW 2020

Lessons From Largely Virtual Companies

Description:

In a tight labor market, the number of companies leveraging remote work to attract and retain top talent is increasing. In fact, 43% of U.S. businesses currently offer some degree of remote working. As more companies scale up their remote workforce, smart leaders need to scale up their understanding of best practices in remote team management as well. Who better to learn from than the leaders that manage very large or fully distributed companies and teams? Leaders from Buffer, FlexJobs, GitHub, and Help Scout will share the problems they've encountered and solutions they've implemented while growing and managing their companies where their workers are spread out across the U.S., and sometimes even the world.


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Takeaways

  1. Learn how to strategically scale up your remote workforce and measure the ROI to demonstrate its success
  2. Discover the most common (and uncommon) problems and solutions around managing large remote workforces, especially around company culture
  3. Determine the best HR practices around hiring and retaining top remote talent in a competitive marketplace

Speakers

  • Sara Sutton, CEO & Founder, FlexJobs
  • Lara Owen, Director, Global Workplace Experience, GitHub
  • Joel Gascoigne, CEO & Co-Founder, Buffer
  • Nick Francis, CEO & Co-Founder, Help Scout

Organizer

Kathy Gardner, Director of PR & Media, FlexJobs


Meta Information:

  • Event: SXSW
  • Format: Panel
  • Track: Workplace
  • Track 2
  • Level: Intermediate


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