Creating Cultural Moments - Neil Emeigh - Fractional C-Suite Retreat - Episode # 43

Today’s guest is a business owner and powerful leader of a remote-first company who is passionate about building a well-rounded company. Neil Emeigh is the CEO of Rayobyte. On this week’s episode host Joe Frost sits down with his good friend Neil to talk about creating a culture in a remote work environment and how to best support remote employees.

 

 

Takeaways:

• While tools and processes have caught up to a remote work style, company culture has yet to adapt fully.
• While online calendars have made it easy to schedule meetings with coworkers, it has made it that much easier to interrupt someone’s productivity. Meetings show up on a schedule, tasks don’t.
• In a remote business, having in-person events that workers from all over can come to is essential. In-person yearly retreats or kickoff events should be a mandatory expense on your budget. 
• There is immense value in finding time to meet with clients in person if possible. In-person meetings often lead to stronger client relationships and better client referrals.
• In a remote environment, support for your employees will differ in both the support provided and how you let them know they are supported. 
• As a remote company, establishing and emphasizing your core values will help unify employees and give a clearer sense of direction for leadership. 
• If you take a step back and delegate when leading employees, you give them space to flourish in their roles and have an increased sense of agency.

 

 

Quote of the Show:

• “How does the team know that we really do have their back? How do we embody that connection?” - Neil Emeigh

 

 

Shoutouts:

• https://learn.gitlab.com/allremote/remote-playbook 

 

 

Links

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/neilemeigh 
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-emeigh-79878611a/ 
• Website: https://rayobyte.com/ 

 

 

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