The State Of Work
by lano.io
The State Of Work is about finding your place in the changing world of work, as an individual or an organisation. Each episode, we'll dive into some of the benefits and limitations we face when it comes to remote and flexible work. And take a look at how we work, how we hire and manage people, and how we live in this increasingly global workplace. The State Of Work is brought to you by Lano.io, a global employment and remote work platform.
Episodes
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How to create meaningful relationships in remote teams
Working in a hybrid or fully remote setup comes with many positive opportunities, but can also be challenging, especially when transitioning into a new work environment. That is why the mental health startup Likeminded is dedicated to providing mental health and wellbeing support to people in...
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How to get organizations and their people ready for the future of work
The way we work has changed tremendously over the last couple of years, and so has the way companies and their workforce interact. Heather McGowan is a keynote speaker and adviser who helps organisations and their people to get ready for the future of work. She joins from the East Coast of the US...
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How remote work supports regional development (in emerging markets)
Rowena Hennigan is the embodiment of remote work. Having moved from her native Ireland to Zaragoza in Spain to help with her daughter’s asthma, she has since built a remote business that aims to highlight the positive opportunities remote work can bring to communities. We want to talk to her…
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How to build and grow a company during a global pandemic
The last couple of years have been tough for many companies. The global pandemic has caused a recession and these uncertain times meant that many businesses had to have huge layoffs. But not Localyze. And in this episode, we are speaking with co-founder and CEO Hanna Marie Asmussen about how she...
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How to digitize the recruitment process
Matt Alder is a talent acquisition and innovation consultant, the host of the recruiting future podcast and author of 2 books on how to recruit the right talent. So who better to talk with about digitising the recruitment process? Matt shares some actionable steps you can take to set up a digital...
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How to pick the right payroll solution
Today’s episode is all about payroll, and we have a proper expert with us to speak about this super important topic: Anita Lettink has helped thousands of HR professionals and people leaders around the world to get ready for the future of work - and that includes advising them on global payroll...
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How to find your dream remote candidate
In this episode, we are chatting to Alex van Klaveren, who is the co-founder and the CEO of Kandidate. Kandidate is an embedded recruiting company that does things a little bit differently. They send their talent partners to work as internal recruiters in their clients' businesses, to help…
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Can remote work help to reinvent our cities and the way we live?
What will life in the city centres of the world look like in the future with an increasing remote workforce? That is exactly what host Sandra is talking about with Arnaud Devigne, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Jobgether. Arnaud has some very interesting thoughts and ideas about how remote and hybrid...
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How to make remote work work
Iwo Szapar has been working remotely pretty much for his entire professional life - and has turned his passion for new work concepts into a career. As the founder of Remote-How, he advises and trains thousands of companies on how to make remote and hybrid work work. And as the co-founder of the...
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How to choose the best benefits package for remote teams
Work environments have changed tremendously in the past couple of years, and the COVID-19 pandemic has done a fair bit to kickstart a new remote work movement. Today, employers have to rethink their benefit packages to match the new needs of employees - and that’s exactly what Lona Alia, Head of...
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Direct hiring vs. agency - What is the better option for my company?
In this episode, we have 17 years of HR and recruiting experience coming right at you in the form of Adam Bolton, Director of Talent at Currencycloud. Adam joins from his lovely home office in Ireland to talk all things recruiting - from first building a team around him, to switching their...
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How to build and manage successful remote first companies
What is better than one founder? That’s right, 2 founders! Today, we are talking with Bernat Farrero, founder of Factorial HR, as well as our very own Aurel Albrecht, founder of Lano. Both companies have a hybrid approach, meaning that they have employees working in the office as well as…
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Compensation strategy: How much should I pay my global employees?
We are back with Paul Arnesen from Talentroo for a deep dive into global compensation. We had Paul on before, and if you haven’t listened to that episode, it’s called “How to recruit the best talent for global expansion”, so make sure to check that out. In that episode, he already mentioned the...
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The importance of mental health in times of home office & remote work
Mental health has become more and more important, especially over the last 2 years, and especially in the workplace. We need to break the stigma of asking for help when we need it, and companies need to show up to support their employee’s mental wellbeing. That is exactly what our host Sandra...
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How to pay your employees in crypto
Let’s talk about crypto currency. It’s been the topic of conversation over the last couple of years - and it is more than fair to say that crypto is here to stay. This is also what Rodrigo Rosa believes, who joined our host Sandra from his workation in Lisbon to talk about how to implement crypto...
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How to relocate international talent
Katharina Hilgers founded her company relokate because she wanted to help people from all over the world to experience an easier and more personal relocation process. Launching her start up at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 certainly wasn’t easy, but she has persevered and is now 2 years…
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The great attrition: How to retain top talent
Martin is a people person, you can tell that right away when you start talking to him - which is why he has found his way into HR as the business unit director of Catenon, a multinational data-driven recruitment service. He joined our host Sandra from their office in Barcelona, where he lives, to...
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How to recruit the best talent for global expansion
Paul Arnesen founded Talentroo in 2019, an independent recruitment agency that also works as a strategic human resource partner – and is a proud remote-first company. Paul and his team contract people from all over the world and support their clients in finding not only the right candidate, but...
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The biggest trends and developments in the human resource space
Not only employees and businesses had to adapt to the new state of work that the pandemic has brought on. HR software providers also had to take a step back and see what really matters to their customers in a new working environment. Sabrina Fiorin from German HR software company kiwiHR explained...
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How to establish good leadership in remote work environments
Remote work has become a new normal for many companies and employees alike. Especially with the hit of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers started exploring new ways of working with their team, and we have seen an incredible uptake in remote work positions. Sarah Hawley has been an advocate of…
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How a tech recruiting platform boosts employee satisfaction, productivity and retention
Successful recruitment has a positive influence on employee satisfaction, productivity and retention. But with the global pandemic disrupting many traditional in-person recruitment events, and so recruiters and hiring managers are embracing bespoke service providers to help them recruit for more...
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How Currencycloud mastered the shift to remote-first work
About Richard Arundel As COO of Kenjo, HR software for European SMB, Francesco Carbone strongly believes in the potential of HR to bring about positive change in the workplace and within employees. He is passionate about studying what truly drives people and business and believes that the real...
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Success Story: Nicole Gottselig
It’s another episode of Success Stories on The State Of Work, where host Maddie Duke chats to individuals about their experiences working remotely or in distributed teams. This week’s guest is Nicole Gottselig, senior content marketing manager at Uberall, a global SaaS provider that offers…
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Can hiring remote talent solve the tech skills shortage?
Global companies are facing a tech skills shortage, leaving a gap in the market for expert bespoke companies to connect job opportunities with a global talent pool. In the past, software developers have been lured by glamorous tech hubs such as Silicon Valley, but they’ve also been known as the...
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Success Story: Christina Voll
About Christina Christina helps aspiring freelancers and business owners change their lives with remote work. She’s worked as a freelancer and helped dozens of brands in multiple continents grow their online presence through digital marketing and growth strategy. After years of working as a...
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Designing creative solutions for optimal remote work environments
Flexible work empowers companies, employees and freelancers to optimize their creativity and productivity by allowing workers to choose surroundings that best align with their daily tasks. The last two years have seen an accelerated shift to remote work but this doesn’t always mean working from...
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Success Story: Fernando D'Imperio
About Fernando Fernando D’Imperio is a data engineer living and working in São Paulo, Brazil. Fernando has a degree in environmental engineering and an MBA in Business Analytics and Big Data. Previously at Monsanto and SumUp—as well as running his own electronic waste recycling company—Fernando…
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How to manage payroll for globally distributed teams
With Denis Barnard, Director at HRmeansbusiness Ltd. Denis is an industry veteran, with over 30 years experience in HR and payroll and also 20 years experience as a remote worker. He heads up HRmeansbusiness and GreenRiver Technology, is a partner at All Remotely, and is also a published author…
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Success Story: Sibylle Greindl
Sibylle Greindl has years of experience as a freelance journalist and now lends her writing and storytelling skills as Head of Acquisition at Accountable, a Fintech mobile/web app that helps freelancers with tax and financial issues in Europe.
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How investing in leadership training creates a more successful organization
With Jenny Jung and Anna Löw, co-founders of MindTheLeader. What does it mean to lead during disruptive and transformative times? What kind of soft skills do today’s leaders need and where can leaders (particularly HR managers) turn to for support? On today’s episode of The State Of Work, Maddie…
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Success Story: Sandra Redlich
This week we’re joined by freelancer Sandra Redlich, a copywriter, marketing consultant, and translator based in Melbourne, Australia. Originally from Berlin, Germany, Sandra relocated abroad to Australia just before the start of the global pandemic. She chats to Maddie about the joys and...
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Can HR automation software help to boost employee engagement?
with Francesco Carbone, Chief Operating Officer at Kenjo. Joining Maddie on The State Of Work is Francesco Carbone, Chief Operating Officer of Kenjo, a SaaS company that specialises in digitising and automating HR processes for small and medium size companies. Kenjo’s main objective is to…
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Success Story: Sebastian Gellwitzki
with Sebastian Gellwitzki, Head of Partnership Management and Production Hub at simpleshow. Welcome back to Success Stories, our new regular feature on The State Of Work. Maddie chats to individuals and their experiences about working in a remote or distributed team. This week we’re joined by...
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How to navigate local taxes when scaling your business globally
with John Lee, Co-Founder of the Work From Anywhere team. We've seen companies advertise ‘work from anywhere’ as part of their recruitment marketing campaigns. And as potential employees, it’s an incredibly appealing perk. But many workers and independent contractors are simply unaware of the...
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Success Story: Halley Bennett
with Halley Bennett, Head of Marketing at Lano. Introducing Success Stories, our new regular feature on The State Of Work. Maddie will be chatting to individuals and their experiences about working in a remote or distributed team. This week we’re joined by Halley Bennett, Head of Marketing at…
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Best business practices for hiring, onboarding and working with freelancers
with Stefan Palios, writer and entrepreneur. The pandemic changed the way businesses, companies, and other organizations view remote workers, particularly freelancers. When COVID-19 arrived, freelancers were seemingly ahead of the curve, all set up to work from home. Typically entrepreneurial and...
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Building the HR toolkit of the future: The story behind Merge
With Shensi Ding and Gil Feig, co-founders of Merge. At their weekly catchups, friends Shensi Ding and Gil Teig discovered they were facing similar integration problems across their respective industries. Combining their various expertise, they joined forces in 2020 to found Merge, a...
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How a Fintech-as-a-Service platform is disrupting global mass payments
with Sarel Tal, VP EMEA at Rapyd. The rise of remote work has created significant market development in the global payments industry. Companies and individuals are looking for efficient payment solutions that span multiple jurisdictions and currencies, and that can also be deployed at scale....
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Demystifying remote work: Compliance for the new normal
with Bhagyashree Pancholy, lawyer and remote work compliance consultant. Maddie and Bhagyashree take a deep dive into what is and what isn’t remote work (and why words matter), as well as the broader compliance risks businesses face when building and managing remote teams. The State Of Work is...
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Creating growth: Tips for effective remote product management
With Johnny Quach from Hostelworld. Product management requires a unique combination of strategy, technology, design and the ability to find opportunities that will create impact—a crucial role that drives the success of modern companies. In 2020, the global travel industry was hit heavily by...
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Estonian e-Residency: The easiest way to start and manage a company in the EU
In this episode, Maddie is joined by Alex Wellman to discuss Estonia’s e-Residency program, their digital-first infrastructure, and how digital nomads and entrepreneurs can join 80 000 residents from over 170 countries who are making the most of less bureaucracy, reduced paperwork and increased...
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Key insights and tips for building and scaling a business remotely
With Ricardo Fernandez, Managing Director in Spain for Limehome. Ricardo Fenandez knows a thing or two about remote work. He’s spent over 10 years working remotely, and has worked for more than 6 years managing and scaling remote teams in 8 countries and 10 locations. Currently he’s the managing...
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How to engage your remote team by building a community-first culture
with Lauren Piro, Head of People & Culture at Quiip. Organizational culture defines both the behavioural standards and the working environment between a business and its employees. Whilst traditionally these were centered around social, in-person environments such as lunchrooms and the infamous...
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How radical transparency can improve productivity for remote teams
with Liam Martin from Time Doctor. Metrics, transparency, accountability, and employee monitoring are very topical concerns for managers of distributed teams. And in order for remote businesses & freelancers to work together harmoniously, is radical transparency really the answer for increasing...
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Overcoming remote working challenges in the creative industries: Film
With Marc-Daniel Dichant, Film Producer, Shoot’n’Post. Working in creative industries has always been challenging, but the fall-out from COVID-19 for artists has been epoch-making even as the audience demand for film and entertainment has increased during global lockdowns. Pre-COVID, technology…
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How remote-first businesses and freelancers can minimise their compliance risk
With Andrea Carlon from Lano. How do you navigate hiring someone you’ve never met in person before? What legal challenges do businesses face when building, onboarding and paying a remote team? And as a freelancer, are you allowed to work a full-time workload for just one client? Compliance is a...
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Attracting and recruiting talent during a global pandemic
With Claire McNamara, Global Head of Talent Acquisition at ResearchGate. ResearchGate is a social networking platform for scientists and researchers with over 19 million users. With a leadership team that includes two virologists, ResearchGate sprang into action quickly, shifting their team of...
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Investing in global-first startups with Cédric Waldburger
Investing in startups and remote work advocacy with founder and entrepreneur, Cédric Waldburger. The State Of Work is brought to you by Lano, providing all the tools necessary to build and manage a global team in one place, as well as an all-in-one app for freelancers to manage clients, invoices,...
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Rural innovation, digitization, and countryside coworking
Rural innovation, digitisation, and countryside coworking with Coconat co-founder and CEO Julianne Becker and freelance WordPress developer Mauricio Disilvestro. The State Of Work is brought to you by Lano, providing all the tools necessary to build and manage a global team in one place, as well…
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Introducing: The State Of Work
Introducing The State Of Work, the podcast by Lano. The State Of Work is about finding your place in the changing world of work—as a business or an organisation. As trends continue to evolve, we need to radically rethink the way we work. We’ll take a look at how we work, how we hire and manage...
About this show
The State Of Work is about finding your place in the changing world of work, as an individual or an organisation. Each episode, we'll dive into some of the benefits and limitations we face when it comes to remote and flexible work. And take a look at how we work, how we hire and manage people, and how we live in this increasingly global workplace. The State Of Work is brought to you by Lano.io, a global employment and remote work platform.
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