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My name is Peter Benei, founder of Anywhere Consulting. My mission is to help and inspire a community of remote leaders who can bring more autonomy, transparency, and leverage to their businesses, ultimately empowering their colleagues to be happier, more independent, and more self-conscious.
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EP071 - How to plan a remote team retreat with Milana Martinovic at Onsite Hub
This episode focuses on the changing industry of remote retreats. Learn how to organize a retreat for your remote team, what to look for, and how to ensure everyone has an amazing experience. Milana Martinovic has worked in the hospitality industry for the last decade and shares her insights with our audience.
EP070 - Why startups need a CFO with Andrea Sasso at Augheo
This episode focuses on why startups and growing companies need to get their finances in order and how a dedicated CFO can help. Andrea Sasso is working with companies, providing fractional CFO services, helping them to raise funds, manage their cashflow, and provide support for their leadership.
EP069 - How to provide benefits for remote teams with Lona Alia at SafetyWing
This episode focuses on how to provide benefits for remote employees, how to travel around the world as a remote family, and what is the future of work in general. Lona Alia from SafetyWing provides exclusive insights on how she travels with her family and how she ensures that they are always insured.
EP068 - How companies benefit from home swaps for their remote workers with Stephen Dooley at Roamr
This episode focuses on how remote workers can swap their homes with each other and how companies can benefit from home swapping within their teams. We will explore remote workers' opportunities when finding accommodation and how companies build a better remote culture by letting employees work from anywhere. To discuss this, we invited Stephen Dooley from Roamr.
EP067 - How Artificial Intelligence will change the future of work with Iwo Szapar at Remote-First Institute
This episode focuses on artificial intelligence and how it will change the future of work. AI technologies are growing and are here to stay. Application options are endless, especially within and for the workforce. To discuss, we have Iwo Szapar, founder of Remote-How Academy and Remote-First Institute.
EP066 - The role of DAOs in the future of work with Tom Dewhurst at Growth DAO
This episode focuses on DAOs and how DAOs can change or influence the future of work and the future of business. This new concept is coming from the blockchain world and allows contributors to equally benefit and direct a company’s future, in essence. To discuss, we have Tom Dewhurst, who’s active in the crypto and blockchain space.
EP065 - How to improve your personal branding with Steven Picanza
This episode focuses on branding. More importantly, personal branding for leaders. Steve Picanza shares her insights backed by his decades of experience in this field on branding, improving your personal brand, how to step up as a thought leader, and why it can be super beneficial for your business.
EP064 - How to lead remote engineering teams with Tobias Mende at Unblocked Engineering
This episode focuses on leadership in engineering teams in a distributed environment. Working with developers and integrating them with other company parts can be challenging. In a remote setup, the basic principles of daily standups, meetings, and coding might not work or would work differently. To discuss these challenges and possible solutions, Tobias Mende, who has led remote engineering teams for years, joins the talk.
EP063 - How to improve mental health for better leadership with Iulia Oprea at Dragon Coaching House
This episode focuses on improving the mental health of leadership. Resilience and mental clarity are essential to lead and make better decisions. Helping leaders with these areas will help the entire company and all teams included. To discuss, Iulia Oprea joined the talk, which is coaching leaders with the Gestalt methodology, working with teams in Europe, online as well as offline.
EP062 - How to master facilitation as a team with Gianluca Gambatesa at All Star Teams
This episode focuses on how we can boost collaboration within teams. My guest, Gianluca Gambatesa from All Star Teams, leads and facilitates workshops for remote and non-remote teams. His insights help us uncover how facilitation works and how you can create a collaborative environment for your teams that will boost your company's overall productivity.
EP061 - Leadership principles for distributed managers with Archita Fritz at Ready Set Bold
This episode focuses on leadership principles for distributed managers. How can you manage teams across different locations? How can you ensure teams are aligned and productive regardless of where and when they are working? To discuss, I have Archita Fritz, who has spent her career in the corporate world, leading globally distributed teams.
EP060 - How to create a diverse and inclusive remote team with Rowena Hennigan at RoRemote
This episode’s topic is an important but sadly often neglected one: diversity and inclusion. DEI has a different meaning in the corporate world than in distributed companies. DEI is a much broader term for remote teams, with more challenges to implementation. Yet, diverse teams drive innovation, and inclusive ones ensure loyalty and psychological safety. To discuss this, I have Rowena Hennigan, founder of RoRemote.
EP059 - How to train remote skills for your team with Tammy Bjelland at Workplaceless
This episode focuses on leadership, managerial, and team training methodologies. How can you train your team for the necessary remote work skills? How can you ensure that your managers and leaders can drive their team’s productivity in a fully distributed environment? To discuss this, I invited Tammy Bjelland from Workplaceless, helping companies, especially enterprises, learn remote work skills.
EP058 - How to boost team engagement with AI with Ruxandra Cord at TheCordAI
This episode focuses on new avenues for boosting team engagement with the latest tools like AI. Ruxandra Cord and her company are working with distributed teams to improve meeting quality and boost team productivity and overall engagement with the help of artificial intelligence. Her work is based on academic research and the current adoption of ML/NLP AI technologies.
EP057 - Leading a high-performing product team online with Daniel Bodonyi at Motivating Manager
This episode focuses on best practices for product development teams online. Daniel spent years working in Tokyo and Budapest, then leading a fully distributed product team at MemoQ. His approach to product leadership now serves as a baseline for his practice in his mentorship practice.
EP056 - Scaling a distributed company from 1 to 150 people with David Hemmat of Blue Coding
This episode is a classic leadership story with David Hemmat, the founder and CEO of Blue Coding. He scaled his company from 1 to 150 people in a couple of years and now manages a fully distributed team working with clients in the US. He also gives spectacular, humble, and honest insights on learnings, ups and downs, and how he works with his team.
EP055 - How to maximize your productivity with VAs with Barbara Turley of The Virtual Hub
This episode explores the world of virtual assistants. We tear down many stereotypes and approach the topic of VAs from the perspective of leaders and operations. To discuss, we have Barbara Turley, who is the founder of The Virtual Hub, a network of hundreds of VAs that help growing companies max out their productivity and efficiency.
EP054 - The state of distributed work in India with Shyam Nagarajan at GoFloaters
This episode explores the current state of distributed work in India, from offshore talent recruitment to the internal startup ecosystem and the current landscape of remote workers. To discuss this, we invited Shyam Sundar Nagarajam, founder of GoFloaters, one of the largest networks of coworking offices in the country and a solution provider for hybrid work.
EP053 - Central Asia - an emerging market for distributed teams with Julia Collins and Farrukh Umarov from HireTruss
This episode focuses on a new and upcoming region of the world regarding distributed teams and remote companies: Central Asia. Julia Collins and Farrukh Umarov are bringing talent in a unique model from the region and sharing their insights and learnings in our episode.
EP052 - The power of Middle Eastern remote teams with Marilyn Zakhour of Cosmic Centaurs
This episode focuses on a particular region, the Middle East. Our guest, Marilyn Zakhour, has been working and managing remote teams for decades and shares her insights on how to build productive remote teams in the region. We also discuss the power and secret sauce that this region’s workforce has and why it is a great addition to global teams if they want fast, creative production within their teams.