Managing Remote Teams
For managers and HR leaders building teams that thrive from anywhere.
60 conversations on the real mechanics of distributed work — psychological safety, async communication, aligning a team you can't see, and keeping culture alive across time zones.
(2020–2023)
"Business Teams" book
Why I Created This Podcast
The origin story — why distributed teams need a different playbook, and what this show set out to answer.
Why listen, if you lead a remote team
You're managing people you rarely meet in person. The usual instincts — reading the room, a quick desk-side chat, sensing when someone's struggling — don't translate. This is a back-catalog of conversations with leaders and researchers who solved that in practice, not theory.
It's no longer publishing. The problems haven't changed, and the episodes hold up.
- Psychological safety when no one shares an office
- Async-first communication that cuts meetings, keeps alignment
- Onboarding & trust from day one, remotely
- Culture & connection across time zones
- Hiring & objectives when you can't watch the work
- Team productivity in the new normal
Listen wherever you are
About the host
Luke Szyrmer has managed remote-only knowledge-work teams for over a decade — most recently a program of ~30 people across 13 time zones and 8 locations. He's the author of Managing Remote Teams: How to Achieve Together When Everyone Is Working From Home and the #1 bestseller Launch Tomorrow.
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