178 The leadership skills required to manage remote teams with Faith Rees

Imagine quitting your corporate job to start not one, but two, companies at the same time? CEO Faith Rees did just that. In our candid interview, she shares what worked and what didn't in building high performing remote teams in the competitive IT sector. 👉🏼 Want to share your experience? Ask a question? Share a resource? Jump on our podcast Facebook page here. Why you should listen: How to make progress visible as a motivating strategy Why getting teams to set their own goals is a great segue to project ownership Faith's three secrets to leadership: Transparency, trust, and tooling We explore: Mental health challenges in the IT sector How to stay positive and energised as a leader Why video meetings backfire for rapport and engagement *** SHOWNOTES: www.zoerouth.com/podcast/faithrees About Faith Rees: CEO, Entrepreneur, Board Member, Advisor and Mentor, Faith is an innovative leader. She founded SixPivot, a cloud first software development consultancy and Cloud Ctrl, a global Cloud Billing and Management SaaS product company. She sits on a number of advisory boards including the Queensland Government Mentoring for Growth Program and is a Professional Advisor for the Australian Advisory Board Centre. She's worked for Microsoft as well as some of Australia's leading professional services and application development companies. Having studied psychology and communications, Faith puts people at the centre of everything she does. She's a strong advocate for mental health and creating safe and thriving workplaces. She's passionate about the future of work and building value based organisations, speaking regularly on the topic. Faith's won a number of awards including ARN Entrepreneurial Start Up of the year 2016, Women in Tech Entrepreneurial Start Up of the Year 2017 and Women's Worlds Awards Startup of the Year 2018. Resources Mentioned: SAASTR, SAASTR Courses, THRIVE *** Related Episodes: E129 - Stop rewarding outputs! Culture tips with best selling author Josh Levine E66 - 'Best of the Best' Workplace Culture - Interview with Shanyn Payne of OES Corporate Culture: An interview with Megan Bromley, RedBalloon *** About your podcast host, Zoë Routh: Zoë Routh is one of Australia's leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical. Zoë is the author of four books: Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact,  Moments - Leadership when it matters most, Loyalty - Stop unwanted stuff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates, and People Stuff - Beyond Personalities: An advanced handbook for leadership. People Stuff was awarded Book of the Year 2020 by the Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards. Zoë is also the producer of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast. www.zoerouth.com