An ever-growing collection of best practices, tools and advice on work, management, culture-building, leadership and communication – geared towards remote and distributed teams.
Over the years I’ve developed or collected a bunch of practices, tools and techniques to help teams work better together. This toolbox is my attempt to collate this stuff into one place in the hope that it’ll help others. Most of the practices in here were developed while working with remote, distributed teams, but nearly all of them will also be useful to hybrid or office-based teams too.
Creating, Managing and Archiving Slack Channels
Creating, Managing and Archiving Slack Channels
Slack
Ask Channels in Slack
Ask Channels in Slack
Slack
Slack – Setting Expectations
Slack – Setting Expectations
Slack
Writing Good Slack Messages
Writing Good Slack Messages
Slack
Slack Channel Prefixes
Slack Channel Prefixes
Slack
Core Channels in Slack
Core Channels in Slack
Slack
Emoji Conventions in Slack
Emoji Conventions in Slack
Slack
Slack Basics
Slack Basics
Slack
Daily Standups
Daily Standups
Agile
Task Boards
Task Boards
Agile
Introduction to Agile
Introduction to Agile
Agile
Good Video Calls
Good Video Calls
Video Calls
Screen Sharing
Screen Sharing
Video Calls
Dealing with Interruptions to Video Calls
Dealing with Interruptions to Video Calls
Video Calls
Eye Contact & Speech on Video Calls
Eye Contact & Speech on Video Calls
Video Calls
Audio on Video Calls
Audio on Video Calls
Video Calls
Focus Fridays
Focus Fridays
Meetings
All Hands Meetings
All Hands Meetings
Meetings
Games for Remote Teams
Games for Remote Teams
Meetings
Workshops & Brainstorming Sessions
Workshops & Brainstorming Sessions
Meetings
Recurring Team Meetings
Recurring Team Meetings
Meetings
Asynchronous Status Meetings
Asynchronous Status Meetings
Meetings
Unblock Me Sessions
Unblock Me Sessions
Meetings
Pair Working
Pair Working
Meetings
Choosing a Time for Meetings
Choosing a Time for Meetings
Meetings
Decision Meetings
Decision Meetings
Meetings
Slack Statuses
Slack Statuses
Slack
Building Relationships in Remote Teams
Building Relationships in Remote Teams
Team Building
Loom Pals
Loom Pals
Team Building
Formally Established Teams
Formally Established Teams
Team Building
Warning Orders
Warning Orders
Async Collaboration
The Async Week
The Async Week
Async Collaboration
Asynchronous Working
Asynchronous Working
Async Collaboration
Making Decisions
Making Decisions
Async Collaboration
Writing Proposals
Writing Proposals
Async Collaboration
A Working With Me Page
A Working With Me Page
Async Collaboration
The Keeper Test
The Keeper Test
Leadership
Feedback
Feedback
Leadership
Lean Documentation
Lean Documentation
Async Collaboration
The Seven Essential Coaching Questions
The Seven Essential Coaching Questions
Facilitation & Coaching
Team Forming Workshops
Team Forming Workshops
Team Building
Google Workspace
Google Workspace
Software Tools
Office 365
Office 365
Software Tools
Intro to FigJam
Intro to FigJam
Software Tools
Loom
Loom
Software Tools
Managing Attention and Time
Managing Attention and Time
Personal Productivity & Care
Personal Routines
Personal Routines
Personal Productivity & Care
Taking Care of Yourself
Taking Care of Yourself
Personal Productivity & Care
Your Physical Environment
Your Physical Environment
Personal Productivity & Care
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Team Building
The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive
The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive
Leadership
How Learning Works
How Learning Works
Learning & Education
Designing Asynchronous Lessons for Remote Learning
Designing Asynchronous Lessons for Remote Learning
Learning & Education
Fundamental Workshopping Tools
Fundamental Workshopping Tools
Facilitation & Coaching
The Role of a Facilitator
The Role of a Facilitator
Facilitation & Coaching
Coaching vs Mentoring: an introduction to both
Coaching vs Mentoring: an introduction to both
Facilitation & Coaching
Handoff
Handoff
Async Collaboration
Follow The Sun
Follow The Sun
Async Collaboration
Sharing Appreciation
Sharing Appreciation
Team Building
Meeting Checkouts
Meeting Checkouts
Meetings
Meeting Checkins
Meeting Checkins
Meetings
Writing Good Evergreen Documents
Writing Good Evergreen Documents
Async Collaboration
Directly Responsible Individuals
Directly Responsible Individuals
Leadership
Meetings
Meetings
Meetings
Using Your Calendar Effectively
Using Your Calendar Effectively
Meetings
The 7 Levels of Delegation
The 7 Levels of Delegation
Leadership
Formatting Documents in Notion
Formatting Documents in Notion
Software Tools