WLP293 Crafting the Role of Head of Remote

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Pilar speaks to</span> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/chase-warrington/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Chase Warrington</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, Head of Remote at</span> <a href= "https://doist.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Doist</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. Chase shares how he is challenging how remote work is approached at his organisation, and what he has learnt in his new position that can be used to improve the business and its people.  </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chase discusses his new position as Head of Remote and talks about how as a community we can help each other learn and grow, and figure out what is the best way to overcome the challenges remote teams face.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>24.36 mins</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chase discusses the importance of bringing a team of people from different departments together to socialise and work on a new project, to help overcome feelings of isolation, loneliness, disconnection and disengagement. </span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Working remotely does have its own set of challenges to overcome, not in the way of changing the entire system, more so that we have systems in place to implement when facing these challenges. Having a social calendar can benefit remote work as there can be a time set at the end of each month for people to come together and connect. However there are ways to make these gatherings more impactful.</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">(You can read Chase’s article “How to Build Human Connections in an Async Workplace” from</span> <a href= "https://blog.doist.com/humanizing-async-work/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Doist’s website</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.)</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chase has created