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1. THE TOP 13
HACKS ABOUT
REMOTE
WORKING
R Y A N H O L M E S '
SOURCE: FORBES.COM ARTICLE "I ASKED 2 MILLION PROFESSIONALS
ABOUT REMOTE WORKING-HERE ARE THEIR TOP 13 HACKS

2. SMILE FOR
THE
CAMERA
“ V I D E O M E E T I N G S . I T ' S A M A Z I N G
H O W M U C H I T T R A N S F O R M S T H E
I N T E R A C T I O N B E T W E E N C O L L E A G U E S
W H E N I T S T A R T S T O F E E L L I K E
Y O U ’ R E I N T H E S A M E R O O M . "
— Tyler Davey, Business Development Manager at
Amazon Web Services

3. VIRTUAL
HAPPY
HOURS
“ C R E A T E V I R T U A L H A P P Y H O U R S A N D
V I R T U A L P A R T I E S T H A T D O N ' T S I M P L Y
M I M I C S T A T I O N A R Y E V E N T S , B U T
A C T U A L L Y T A K E A D V A N T A G E O F W H A T
C A N B E D O N E D I F F E R E N T L Y A N D M O R E
E F F E C T I V E L Y O N C A M E R A . ”
—— Ben Bisbee, Author of The Unashamed Guide to
Virtual Management

4. MORALE
TOURS
“ E X E C U T I V E L E A D E R S H I P S H O U L D
V I S I T R E G I O N A L O F F I C E S
R E G U L A R L Y . "
— Johnny Bravo, Senior Enterprise Sales Manager at
Condeco

5. OVERLAPPING
HOURS
“ D E P E N D I N G H O W S P R E A D O U T T H E
T E A M I S G E O G R A P H I C A L L Y , S E T
S O M E C O R E H O U R S D U R I N G T H E D A Y
W H E R E E V E R Y O N E I S O N L I N E
T O G E T H E R F O R A F E W H O U R S "
— Michael Miner, Software Engineer at Hootsuite

6. THE CUPCAKE
PRINCIPLE
“ M A K E S U R E E V E R Y O N E G E T S T H E
C E L E B R A T O R Y C U P C A K E . E V E N T H E
I N D I V I D U A L R E M O T E W O R K E R S . "
— Thera Martens, Marketing Director at Visier

7. KARMA
POINTS
“ I W O U L D S U G G E S T H A V I N G A N
A P P R E C I A T I O N P L A T F O R M W H E R E
E M P L O Y E E S C A N S E N D A N E C A R D O R
N O M I N A T E T H E I R C O W O R K E R S . "
— Megan MacFadyen Sullivan, Manager of Product
Management at Thomson Reuters

8. POSTCARD
EXCHANGE
“ M Y F U L L Y R E M O T E T E A M A N D I
O R G A N I Z E D A P O S T C A R D E X C H A N G E
( K I N D O F L I K E A S E C R E T S A N T A ) A N D
W E S E N T P O S T C A R D S T O E A C H O T H E R
F R O M O U R H O M E B A S E . ”
— Regina López de Llergo, Social Media Strategist at
ICUC

9. FRIENDLY
COMPETITION
“ W E S P O N S O R C O N T E S T S L I K E
“ C U T E S T F O U R - L E G G E D
O F F I C E M A T E S . . . I T H E L P S B R I D G E T H E
M I L E S A N D B U I L D S R E A L
C O N N E C T I O N S . ”
— Suzanne Hopkins, Director of Product Management at
Harris Computer

10. FACE TIME
(NOT JUST
FACETIME)
“ G E T R E M O T E T E A M S T O G E T H E R I N
P E R S O N W H E R E V E R Y O U C A N — N O
V I R T U A L R E P L A C E M E N T F O R T H A T .
T H E N , E N S H R I N E V I R T U A L
C O N N E C T I O N S A S S A C R E D , A N D
M O D E L A S L E A D E R S . "
— Laurie Bennett, Founding Partner at Within People

11. OFFICE
AMBASSADORS
“ I A L W A Y S A P P R E C I A T E I T W H E N
T H E R E ' S A " R E M O T E L I A I S O N " I N
M E E T I N G S — S O M E O N E T O W A T C H
T H E C H A T F O R Q U E S T I O N S A N D T O
S P E A K U P F O R U S I F P E O P L E I N T H E
R O O M F O R G E T W E ' R E T H E R E ! ”
— Casey Smith, Staff Technical Writer at Salesforce

12. LANGUAGE
BRIDGING
“ K E Y T O E N G A G E M E N T , E S P E C I A L L Y F O R
W O R K E R S W H O H A V E E N G L I S H A S A
S E C O N D L A N G U A G E , I S T O P R O V I D E A
D E T A I L E D M E E T I N G A G E N D A I N A D V A N C E
S O T H A T E V E R Y O N E G E T S C O M F O R T A B L E
W I T H T H E T O P I C A N D T H E Y C A N P R A C T I C E
T H E I R R O L E I N A D V A N C E . "
— Willis Turner, President and CEO at SMEI

13. STANDING
OFFICE
HOURS
“ O N E O F M Y F A V O R I T E H A C K S A S A
L E A D E R W O R K I N G R E M O T E L Y I S
H A V I N G " O P E N D O O R " T I M E S L O T S
F O R T E A M M E M B E R S T O J U M P O N L I N E
F O R Q U I C K C O U N S E L .
— Henk Campher, VP of Corporate Marketing and Head
of Impact at Hootsuite

14. RANDOM
(VIRTUAL)
COFFEE
“ C A N ’ T G O W R O N G W I T H R A N D O M
C O F F E E . C R E A T E P A I R I N G S O N C E A
M O N T H W I T H T H O S E P A R T I C I P A T I N G
A C R O S S T H E C O M P A N Y , A N D T H E Y
M E E T U P F O R C O F F E E / D R I N K / C H A T . ”
— Tara-Lee Houkamau, Senior Business Analyst at
Oranga Tamariki

15. RYAN
HOLMES
C O N T R I B U T O R
FOUNDER AND CEO OF HOOTSUITE