Recap: Ten Eleven Roundtable on Driving Engagement and Productivity on Distributed Teams

January 26, 2023

EVENT RECAP

Since the pandemic, virtually every company's workforce is remote or distributed. That new world order presents both new challenges and new opportunities. Lack of in-person interaction means that companies need to be more intentional about ensuring that employees feel connected and valued. But, it also means that there's an opportunity to upgrade outdated modes of communication, documentation, and goal-tracking to make teams more productive than ever.

Brandon Sammut is Chief People Officer at Zapier, a 100% remote workflow automation company with over 750 team members in 17 time zones and dozens of countries

  • How to handle the challenges of distributed work, like ensuring productivity, access to information, and sense of belonging
  • What “quiet quitting” is, and how to identify and prevent it
  • How to make the most of intranet, messaging, conferencing, and documentation tools

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