68 The leadership skills needed to build a great remote team with Liam Martin

Workers crave freedom and flexibility. It's the biggest driver for remote working: do work you love, where and when you want. The one hurdle is this: how do you know they are actually getting work done? That they are being as productive as possible and not just getting a free meal ticket? This is the challenge that Liam Martin and his Aussie business partner set out to address. In this AAHHHHMAAAZZZZING interview, we explore: The war against the Distraction Economy and what it's costing us The Big Data that facebook collects and what it can predict A world where transparency builds better interpersonal connections and business cultures How to build a great culture with remote teams Why remote teams are way more engaged than regular office-based teams The biggest challenge to overcome with remote teams: loneliness Creating an engagement culture with remote teams Gamification and e-recognition tools: breakthrough or bullshit? 👉🏼 Want to share your experience? Ask a question? Share a resource? Jump on our podcast Facebook page here. *** SHOWNOTES:  www.zoerouth.com/podcast/liammartin About Liam Martin: Liam Martin is the co-founder & CMO of TimeDoctor.com & Staff.com. As a teenager, Liam was a competitive ice dancer, training 8-12 hours per day. Unfortunately a knee injury forced him to look for a plan B and he pursued academia until he found out he didn't like teaching. Liam began building a web based tutoring business and gradually got more involved in tech companies. He's now the co-founder of TimeDoctor & Staff.com - which is now tracking more than 1,000,000 hours per month. It helps individuals and organisations become laser focused and maximally effective. Plus, he's Canadian, so ya know he's cool! *** Related Episodes: E178 - How to have high trust in remote teams with CEO Faith Rees E129 - Stop rewarding outputs! Culture tips with best selling author Josh Levine E41 - 5 Currencies Employees and Volunteers Care About *** 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