Leadership Anywhere Podcast

Actionable insights from remote leaders to remote leaders. Learn from industry leaders in HR, management, and business operations, as well as from entrepreneurs and startup leaders, to improve your remote leadership practice.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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