{"id":585,"date":"2019-12-10T19:01:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arc.dev\/employer-blog\/?p=585"},"modified":"2025-06-11T12:32:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T04:32:52","slug":"leveling-up-with-remote-work-tammy-bjelland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arc.dev\/employer-blog\/leveling-up-with-remote-work-tammy-bjelland\/","title":{"rendered":"Leveling Up with Remote Work: Tammy Bjelland of Workplaceless"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>One of the ways and reasons that a remote initiative can fail is not addressing those fears and those obstacles head on. You know, sometimes you\u2019ll hear, \u201cOkay, well, it\u2019ll just work out just trust us, since\u2026\u201d You know, then you have people who aren\u2019t being heard and when their fears are valid.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week on Outside The Valley we have Tammy Bjelland, CEO and Founder of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.workplaceless.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Workplaceless<\/a>, a company that helps remote professionals, managers, and organizations to thrive in a remote setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tammy shares about how she got into advocating for remote work, what fascinates her the most about remote work, and why she thinks remote work can improve the education sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also talked about the specifics of how Workplaceless helps companies transform into remote-friendly organizations, and whether it\u2019s possible to \u201chire for potential\u201d in a remote organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re taking an end-of-year hiatus after this episode and will be back next year with more cool discussions with other remote leaders! Until then, see you and have a great holiday season!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re enjoying the podcast, please consider leaving a review on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/outside-the-valley\/id1481937930?ign-mpt=uo%3D4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iTunes<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The podcast is also available on your favourite players:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/outside-the-valley\/id1481937930?ign-mpt=uo%3D4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iTunes<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL291dHNpZGUtdGhlLXZhbGxleQ%3D%3D&hl=en-TW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Podcast<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/castro.fm\/podcast\/5a2c6978-e8e7-4f02-a47d-ca3474778329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Castro<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1481937930\/outside-the-valley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Overcast<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5qzXgcHzieXIRtXglSmUE8?si=rMPobXZtQwSU0wQ3grTAxA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/outside-the-valley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stitcher<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/player.fm\/series\/outside-the-valley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Player.fm<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Technology-Podcasts\/Outside-The-Valley-p1251704\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tune In<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arcdotdev\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0to get updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Looking for top talent fast? See how <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/arc.dev\/\">Arc<\/a><em> can help you:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u26a1\ufe0f Find developers, designers, marketers, and more<br>\u26a1\ufe0f Freelance or full-time remote + fully vetted<\/em><em><br>\u26a1\ufe0f Save up to 80% with global hires<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arc.dev\"><strong>Hire top talent with Arc risk-free \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"topics-also-covered-on-the-podcast-episode%3A\">Topics also covered on the podcast episode:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>04:12 \u2014 How Tammy realized that working in an office is not really for her<\/li><li>07:00 \u2014 What fascinates Tammy the most about remote work<\/li><li>08:27 \u2014 How remote work can improve the education sector<\/li><li>13:30 \u2014 How Workplaceless started<\/li><li>16:46 \u2014 Why companies and managers need training to successfully become \u201cremote\u201d<\/li><li>21:51 \u2014 Why creating a career map is important for remote companies<\/li><li>24:54 \u2014 The #1 fear of companies who are trying to go remote<\/li><li>30:24 \u2014 The three pillars framework you can start with when proposing a remote initiative to your boss<\/li><li>32:37 \u2014 Is it possible to hire for potential?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mentioned-resources%3A\">Mentioned resources:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/runningremote.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Running Remote conference<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.workplaceless.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Workplaceless<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zoom<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andreasklinger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andreas Klinger<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arc.dev\/blog\/podcast-ep5-angellist-andreas-klinger-7wk48zsyiu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andreas Klinger: Normalizing Hiring Outside Silicon Valley<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.workplaceless.com\/remote-readiness-assessment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Goplaceless Remote Readiness Assessment<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clairejlew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Claire Lew<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arc.dev\/blog\/ep2-social-connections-remote-claire-lew-7r9yxgn9fi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Claire Lew: Building Social Trust in Remote Teams<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/work\/1715385\/american-companies-have-a-hiring-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why are American companies so bad at re-skilling?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonfried\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jason Fried<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/asana.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Asana<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"full-transcript%3A\">Full transcript:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Hello, world. Welcome to another episode of \u201cOutside The Valley,\u201d the podcast where we interview remote startup leaders, remote work advocates, and CEOs of distributed teams who thrive outside of Silicon Valley. They share insight on what works and what doesn\u2019t so you can learn to do it right. \u201cOutside The Valley\u201d is brought to you by Arc, the remote hiring platform that helps you to hire remote software engineers and teams easily. I\u2019m your host Jovian Gautama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, this week on \u201cOutside The Valley\u201d we have Tammy Bjelland, CEO and founder of Workplaceless, a company that helps remote professionals, managers, and organizations to thrive in a remote setting. Tammy shares about how she got into advocating for remote work, what fascinates her the most about remote work itself. And as a former academia, she also shared why she thinks remote work can improve the education sector. We also dive into the specifics of how Workplaceless helps companies transform into remote friendly organizations, and whether it\u2019s possible to hire for potential in a remote organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are at Episode 14 now and we\u2019re taking an end of year break after this episode, and we\u2019ll be back next year with more cool discussions with other remote leaders. If you like the show, we totally appreciate it if you can go to iTunes and leave us a review. This will help other listeners and of course other remote startup people to find the podcast. If you have any feedback, feel free to hit me up via e-mail at jovian@arc.dev, it\u2019s J-O-V-I-A-N-@-A-R-C.D-E-V. Until then, see you and have a great holiday season. Without further ado, here is Tammy Bjelland. Here we go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hello Tammy, welcome to the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Thanks, I\u2019m so excited to be here Jovian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Super excited. So I want to start this with a confession. So I found Workplaceless and I found you when I attended the Running Remote Conference this year 2019 in Bali with the company Arc and with my marketing manager, Head of Marketing and CEO. Before I went there, I have zero idea that remote work consultancy is a thing and Workplaceless is one of them but I met hundreds of consultants. And I found that super interesting because in my mind, this is a somewhat intangible thing, you know, \u201cOh, how do you help big company to go remote?\u201d Just a lot of non-metrics related process that companies or startup probably, they don\u2019t really like. So I really find it interesting. Before we get into that. So let\u2019s start with a quick intro about yourself and your background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah, so I\u2019m Tammy Bjelland. I\u2019m the founder and CEO of Workplaceless. And my background started in academia. So I was a Spanish major and I got my master\u2019s in Spanish literature, and was working on my PhD and thought that I was going to be a Spanish professor. But then I got my first job in remote work in Ed Tech. And that was the beginning of the rest of my life because that really set me on a different path and showed me different opportunities to explore my strengths and grow as a professional outside of academia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah, that\u2019s interesting. So you mentioned that your first remote work opportunity was in a tech startup company?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Right\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah. So it was in educational technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Oh, got it. Just curious, do you remember the exact point in time that you make you realize, \u201cYes, this is it, remote work is for me. I don\u2019t wanna go to the office again for the rest of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0So, because I was from academia, where you do a lot of work from home, you do a lot of work by yourself. And I was pretty well prepared for remote work. And I think that I always kind of knew that I didn\u2019t really want to be in an office for a prescriptive amount of time every day. I enjoy being around people and I really loved being in the classroom, which was what drew me to teaching and to academia, but the idea of being in an office the same amount of time every day around the same people, I knew that that was not where I would thrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But in terms of like remote work outside of academia, I mean, I just loved it from the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>And I was specifically looking for remote work, actually, at that point, because I was moving back to the states from the U.S. And I knew that I didn\u2019t want to have to choose a place first, and then find a job there. And I also knew that I didn\u2019t want to have to move based on a job. So I wanted the flexibility.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted to, you know, have a job that I could do from anywhere if I chose to live in D.C. or if I chose to live in the town where I live now, which is in the northern part of Virginia. So that was really the moment when I was like, \u201cOh, there\u2019s these jobs that I can do from anywhere and they don\u2019t make me live in a certain place.\u201d And at that point in my life that was really important to me, and I\u2019ve loved the flexibility and have decided that I don\u2019t want to go back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah, I think that\u2019s also kind of the premise for our company Arc. This sounds super salesy, okay, but it really is like, as a remote software engineering hiring platform, because we see lots of software developers based in Asia, Africa, or Europe, that is as good as developers in Silicon Valley, you know, communication skills, programming skills, and so on. But they are just limited by the geographical limitation that they have. So I think that is also that we are trying\u2026in a way remote work companies like Workplaceless, us, and remote companies out there of course trying to solve like, just because you don\u2019t live New York it doesn\u2019t mean you cannot have U.S. standard opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Exactly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah, that resonates with me. What fascinates you the most about remote work in general? I know this is a very broad question. But the first thing that comes to mind?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The first thing that comes to mind is, I guess one of the biggest challenges as well as one of the most amazing things about it is just how you are able to develop connections across distance with someone that you\u2019ve never shared a space with. So I\u2019ve developed really close working relationships and even friendships with people that I\u2019ve never met in person.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>And I find that really fascinating. And that\u2019s one of the reasons I think that remote work can work because you are able to develop those connections across distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah, I totally agree with you. And it doesn\u2019t even mean you\u2019re co-workers right, even through this podcast, I\u2019ve connected and talked with a lot of great people, and that I admire. So that\u2019s the magic of internet, I guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0It is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0So I want to move on a bit about the future of remote work outside of tech. And I was thinking you are probably one of the best person to talk about this because you are from an academia background, right? A lot of times when we talk about remote work, it\u2019s all about software, and startups, in a way it kind of leads to this kind of bubble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So let\u2019s talk about education first, because in my mind, the norm of you have to go to an office to work 9:00 to 5:00 also is also emphasized by our current education system in general. So I found it interesting that Workplaceless, and you in general, also focused on helping the education sector to go remote. So my question will be, what are specific problems that you see now in the education sector that you think may be solved if more academics can embrace distributed work? And any specific examples, that would be great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah, so one of the biggest issues that institutions of higher education are facing today is lack of space and the lack and the cost of space. So as administrative teams are growing because their enrollments are growing because their programs are growing, and because of other needs in higher Ed, space is at a premium. And so when you are fighting to get increased enrollment or maintain your enrollment for students, you need space for them. But you also need space for those staff members that are providing those services to students, whether its faculty or whether it\u2019s on supporting staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so that space is a huge premium and it becomes a really huge problem, because it\u2019s really expensive to develop new buildings. It\u2019s expensive to, you know, place students in housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>And so one of the biggest issues that remote work can help universities and other institutions of higher education solve is allowing remote work for their staff members, so freeing up that space for actual education and activities. And then another piece of it is providing additional opportunities for students themselves, so attracting more students with a more flexible learning experience so that you can bring in those students that you need to maintain your enrollment numbers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah, it\u2019s super interesting that you mention space because I never really thought of it now. As you were speaking, I was thinking, yeah, like, if you\u2019re a startup, you can survive with a really small office. But if you\u2019re a high school, university, you cannot do that. You need a massive amount of land, massive amount of building. Yeah, that\u2019s super interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah. And it takes a lot of time, it takes years to build new buildings, it takes years. And so by offering remote work, you can free up that space really quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah, definitely. And, you know, as I mentioned before, remote work is very limited to tech nowadays, even though we see some improvements here and there. From what you have observed working with clients or just your general observation, how about in the future, any examples of more traditional companies trying to take advantage of the fact that you can actually work and find clients anywhere? Traditional companies let\u2019s say, I don\u2019t know, manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah, I\u2019m seeing\u2026because of the advent of technology, like Zoom like we\u2019re using right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I\u2019m seeing more service based businesses leverage that technology to go remote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>So some types of companies or some industries that are typically a little bit more traditional when it comes to operational models, like accounting, and bookkeeping for instance, where you usually think that you have to go to your accountants office, and we\u2019re seeing more and more of that in that sector, people are becoming more comfortable with delivering as well as receiving services remotely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so one of our clients, Reconciled, is an accounting and bookkeeping firm and they\u2019re remote, and they\u2019re experiencing really great success with that kind of model. And so that\u2019s a really interesting case study in an industry that is, you know, usually seen as traditional. And then other industries would include law and the medical industry. So telemedicine as well as the government contracting sector as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Got it. Yeah, I think just like you mentioned, I think even though some sectors you cannot go fully 100% remote, right, like medical industry, you cannot perform a surgery remotely and manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Yet. You go like\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Who knows?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Kind of like some video game control that helps you perform surgeries, and manufacturing even like, or maybe you can but when you have more robots in the future. But anyway, so let\u2019s talk about Workplaceless. On the very basic first, how did you come up with the name?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah, so, I am a language person, as you can tell from my background, so I really thought pretty hard about the name itself and what\u2026you know, I thought about using remote in the name, I thought about using distributed in the name, but really, I wanted something that was really unique and identifiable. And additionally, I am really intrigued by this idea of placelessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So when we use the term placeless it can sometimes have a negative connotation. It means, you know, a location that doesn\u2019t have any sense of self or sense of place. And so I want to sort of turn that understanding around and think of placeless as being liberating. And so working placeless, it means that you can work from anywhere, and you can create any place from wherever you are. So that placelessness was really intentional, and then, you know, it works well with the other products that we have as well. So Leadplaceless and Goplaceless, etc. So all about placeless work when we\u2019re talking about remote and distributed work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Awesome. And how big is your team now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0We have\u2026there\u2019s eight of us right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0All of them are full-time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0No, there\u2019s four of us who work full-time and then the rest are part-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Got it. And what was the V1 of Workplaceless just when you started?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah. So when I first started Workplaceless that was two years ago. And the original intent was to create learning programs for remote workers and leaders. So that is still very much the same mission that we have now. But when we started, I was just providing resources. So it really just started as a blog. And then I was developing my network of subject matter experts and developing the plan for the curriculum for the Workplaceless certification, which was our flagship product. And so that was released last year in September, and then we released our Leadplaceless program in January. So V1 was just a blog with, you know, learning resources and me trying to develop the network of subject matter experts that I would need to develop the course itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah. I would love to learn more about the\u2026let\u2019s talk more about the product that Workplaceless have. And for listeners out there, I want to just show you this is not a paid advertisement. So I\u2019m asking this genuinely because I feel like these products actually encapsulate a lot of what I\u2019m trying to talk about in this podcast. And of course, with this podcast, you can go check out the Workplaceless website and service for you. So yeah, let\u2019s go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0All right, so Workplaceless is primarily a training company. So we provide online training for remote workers, leaders, and executives on how to thrive in a distributed environment. And we deliver that training through self-paced e-learning modules, as well as live facilitated discussions and workshops. So we have four products there that are available right now. And those are full programs that involve self paced modules, as well as live discussions. We also have workshops, which I won\u2019t get into right now, but I can share more information on that if you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so our core four programs that are available now are our Workplaceless remote work certification program, and that\u2019s designed for workers who are new to remote or individuals who are new to a remote team. And we often see this used as an onboarding tool for brand new team members to get acclimated with what it\u2019s like to work in a distributed environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>And we talk about the seven core competencies that are needed to thrive in a distributed team. So we talk about the remote workday, communication, workflow, time management and productivity teams, compliance and autonomy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>So that\u2019s the certification program. And then our leadership program is called Leadplaceless. And that is for new managers of remote team members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>And what we often see in remote teams, as well as in other organizations is accidental managers. So we have people who are promoted to a management role when they\u2019re high performers in a particular domain. But they aren\u2019t necessarily exceptional people managers yet. They haven\u2019t had experience and they haven\u2019t had training. And so what happens is you get people promoted to leadership, and they aren\u2019t provided any resources to learn how to manage people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>And so Leadplaceless really fills that gap for people who are performing leadership functions in a remote team, and that can mean those who are working in a co-located environment, but they\u2019re managing remote employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>So it doesn\u2019t have to mean that you yourself as a leader are in headquarters or working from home or wherever. It just means if you have anyone on your team that works remotely, you need to know how to lead remotely.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>And then our Goplaceless Program is for change managers within an organization that want to convert to a remote model. So organizations that want to implement a remote work policy, they would take this program to understand what\u2019s needed to go remote. And the end deliverable for this course is a remote work policy. And so this is where individuals would get and they would realize, \u201cOkay, well, if we wanna gonna go through this process of going remote. These are the things that we\u2019ll need outside of this program so that we do this right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Right, because what you don\u2019t want happening is a company deciding to go remote and then not really planning ahead and having that go wrong. And then, you know, in five years, they retract their policy, and all those benefits of remote workers suddenly go\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Oh, wow, yeah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah, so that\u2019s really an education piece for people who are thinking about employing remote work in their organization. And then our last product that\u2019s currently available is our Trainplaceless Program. And that is a train the virtual trainer program. So it\u2019s specifically designed for individuals who perform a learning and development function in some capacity, whether it\u2019s a manager who trains their teams, whether it\u2019s an actual L&D practitioner on an L&D team, it could be an HR professional, or it could just be someone who is a consultant and wants to include more training in their advocacy and also in their consulting processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Right. So I personally most interested in the Leadplaceless and Goplaceless because that\u2019s basically something that I am interested, basically how companies transform into remote companies. Because several stages right from co-located and probably you go on to the hybrid model and then you probably go fully distributed. And for the Leadplaceless, it\u2019s about remote leadership, which I\u2019m super interested in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m curious about the Leadplaceless, because I think, okay, a lot of remote companies\u2026or I think there\u2019s this criticism that I\u2019ve seen surfaced for a couple of times for remote company is that you cannot built a career in remote companies just because, you know, you cannot meet your boss or something like that. Because you mentioned that for a Leadplaceless, you help people who become in your field from individual contributor become manager? And do you also help a company set up these kind of career path so that they can just grow from there? And if the answer is yes, can you just help us get like elaborate a bit more on how do you do that on what thing that you\u2019re looking for or recommend to the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah, so creating a career map and those kinds of materials and services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We definitely recommend that in a holistic learning and development strategy for remote teams, it\u2019s especially important for remote workers because they literally cannot see what is possible for them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>And so we actually have a product that we\u2019re developing that will be released next year, specifically around growing your remote career called Growplaceless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Wow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0And so this will provide resources to the individual to map out their own career, as well as resources for the organization as well to help their team members identify where they can grow in their careers and what kind of gaps need to be filled, and how they can fill those gaps. So that\u2019s definitely one of the things that is really important to us. And actually, that was one of the reasons that I even started Workplaceless itself was because I struggled with finding resources in developing my own career and seeing what was possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>And you\u2019re so right, that many people believe that you can\u2019t move up in your career if you just stay remote. And I don\u2019t think that that should be true. I just think that we need additional tools and resources to help us be more visible and also make the opportunities more visible and accessible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah, I just want to clarify again to the audience that that was not a leading question. I literally didn\u2019t know about their Growplaceless launch next year. My question wasn\u2019t even in the show notes. This just came up and then I just asked Tammy, so this is a bit better but bear with us. I really liked the conversation. So let\u2019s go to your Lead\u2026oh, sorry, is it Leadplaceless? The Goplaceless program, sorry. I\u2019m curious from\u2026because, okay, my assumption is that when someone comes to you and say, \u201cHey, I want to join the Goplaceless Program,\u201d is it correct to assume they basically already have like a total buy-in from their company that they want to go remote on our own?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0No.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0No, so part of the process for deciding whether it\u2019s a good idea or not is securing that buy-in, right. And so, by the time people have made the decision to go remote they can definitely enroll in the Goplaceless Program to determine what to do next. But, you know, not everyone\u2019s going to be completely on board, and the Goplaceless Program provides some of the tools that are needed to address those fears and obstacles when it comes to going remote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Because one of the ways and reasons that a remote initiative can fail is not addressing those fears and those obstacles head on. You know, sometimes you\u2019ll hear, \u201cOkay, well, it\u2019ll just work out just trust us, since\u2026\u201d You know, then you have people who aren\u2019t being heard and when their fears are valid.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>And so we present some tools and resources for change managers to really address those fears. Because that needs to happen before you can actually implement a remote work policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Right. And from your experience, what is the number one fear?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0It\u2019s all related to trust. And, you know, leaders fear that they can\u2019t trust their employees to get the work done that they need to, and if they can\u2019t see them actually working, or if they can\u2019t be that visible reminder to people to be accountable. And then employees are afraid that they\u2019re not going to be trusted. And they\u2019re also afraid of trusting their coworkers as well. And then there\u2019s the fear of the impact on customers as well, \u201cWill our customers trust us as we change this mode and as we change, you know, how we provide services and products to our customers?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>And so that\u2019s really the biggest fear that, you know, it touches everybody, right, is, you know, \u201cHow do we establish that trust? And how do we make sure that the trust that we have now translates to remote?\u201d And so it takes a little bit of work and it takes, you know, some honest reflection on the part of executives, leaders, and individual contributors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah, totally agree with you that trust is actually number one fear and also the number one thing that leads to the success of remote hiring, remote teams, and so on, which is kind of some of what we do in our platform, right. So if you want to hire remote developers once, we actually have to hire consultants that also in a way try to qualify you as a client.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that I think about it, it\u2019s kind of similar because, you know, a lot of companies, they like candidates that have experienced work remotely before. And from our side hiring consultants sometimes try to figure out if the client has experienced managing remote engineers before. So, because for us, we kind of want everything to start at the same price level. So when a project or an engagement going three or six months down the road, there\u2019s no\u2026there will be no some kind of dispute or some kind of challenges, just because the lack of trust in the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah, and that\u2019s really where education comes into play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0True.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Because educational programs like ours provide a framework and a common language to establish those expectations of trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>So you know, so leadership knows what to expect of their employees and they know how to communicate that, and then employees understand what\u2019s being communicated to them is expectations of trust. And so providing that framework so that there\u2019s the common understanding. That\u2019s really where education comes into play and can really have a positive impact on that trust.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah, that totally makes sense. I talked to Andreas Klinger from AngelList, you probably have talked to him before?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0He has really\u2026you probably know this, but he has a really great approach in terms of systematizing trust. Because we used to talk about trust as this intangible thing like an abstract thing. I really like his approach about systematizing trust, like how to make intangible and make it like a checkbox. So when you trust your team member, this is what it means. So it is an amazing resource.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I wanna move on a bit to the more general remote work stuff still a bit related to workplace of products in general? So I talked about the topic of managing up with Claire Lew from your team. So I\u2019m curious, in your opinions, any tips from you for workers that wanna get a buy-in from their boss or managers to start experimenting with remote work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah, there are lots of resources out there that help specific individuals. So we don\u2019t really work with the individuals to convince their organizations to go remote. But there are some really good tools that are out there that can help. And I\u2019m happy to send those along. But I think, you know, one of\u2026the biggest things, it\u2019s all going to come back to trust, right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>So, you know, we talk about the three things that are really needed to employ a successful remote model and that\u2019s infrastructure, mindset, and education. And, you know, for an individual to go remote you need to address all of those things. And that\u2019s kind of a big ask, right?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>But if an individual really has that initiative to move forward, we recommend looking at those three pillars to see what they can provide their boss to demonstrate that this could work, and again, it comes down to trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>So you have to prove to your boss and to your co-workers that there are certain things that, you know, you will do in order to make sure that your work is going to stay the same, your integration in the team is going to stay the same, as well as any other metric that you use for your performance or productivity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>And so it comes down to the individual being responsible for identifying ways to improve that mindset on all sides, as well as providing the education for your employer, for your co-workers and for yourself on how to do that well, and then providing those resources and that infrastructure that can make it work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah, I love that framework actually, I think it simplifies a lot from\u2026it gives you a place to start with, like just thinking about those three, create a plan around those three and then propose to your boss, \u201cHey, boss, this is what I have in mind.\u201d Amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0So in your opinion, can you hire for potential when it comes to remote company? The reason why I ask this is because I\u2019ve seen a lot of remote companies\u2026and this is not me talking bad things about them. It totally makes sense. They basically wanna find someone that is already experienced in their particular job or skill set, just because probably they find it a bit hard to groom this particular person into the person that they want like this person to the role they grow into, and your opinion\u2026 Yeah, do you think it\u2019s possible to still hire potential?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I think not only is it possible to hire for potential it should be the strategy when it comes to hiring.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Because I just posted an article the other day on LinkedIn about\u2026I didn\u2019t write the article, but it was a summary of some research regarding re-skilling and about three quarters of companies in the U.S. do not invest in re-skilling and they would rather hire for an exact fit for a role, so they look externally. And that is a huge problem, that is not sustainable, because we have an unemployment rate right now in the U.S. that is at record lows in certain areas. And there are just not enough people who are looking for work that fit those exact roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You know, if companies do not invest in re-skilling and up-skilling, and just developing their internal talent, they\u2019re not only missing opportunities to really capitalize on that talent, but they\u2019re wasting a lot of money. They\u2019re wasting a lot of recruiting resources. And they\u2019re negatively affecting their culture as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because if individual contributors and managers within an organization don\u2019t see opportunities for promotion or advancement within the organization, and they continue to see that the organization is investing more and more resources in external hires, that negatively affects their engagement in the organization itself, and they\u2019re going to be looking elsewhere. And so, it gets into a very, very complicated and messy situation when companies don\u2019t invest in the development of their people. So it is tricky though, because measuring potential is one of those metrics that you can\u2019t really measure, right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0But I do think that almost everybody is coachable, and everyone can learn. And more companies should be investing more in learning and development and really creating holistic and comprehensive approaches to developing their talent internally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Got it. Yeah, I think a lot of startups when they\u2019re small like 10 or 20 people, when they\u2019re co-located, you know, they dare to take the risk to hire potentials because they really believe we can coach this. We can coach him or her anyway. I think what I see is when they\u2019re distributed teams they are less willing to take the risk for normal reasons, right? They\u2019re afraid they don\u2019t have a good enough process to onboard this person. And they\u2019re afraid they don\u2019t have a\u2026it\u2019s hard to appoint someone to the mentor and\u2026although I\u2019ve seen a lot of companies that really have great onboarding process on this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I guess it\u2019s more like we\u2019re on the stage now. Okay, remote work is normal, but it\u2019s still under like\u2026they still want to play it safe in the way, \u201cOkay, we just want to hire someone skillful.\u201d But I think based on what you said, of course, I think in the coming years, we can see companies get their processes together, and then they can figure out a way of course with a lot of remote work consultants like Workplaceless or other companies and resources out there and they can try to figure out how to tap into these potential people around the world, groom them to their best potential best capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0When it comes to remote work, we always talk about the so called remote culture, which it\u2019s kind of abstract, right? I wanna ask your opinion, what is\u2026let\u2019s not say remote culture, let\u2019s say, what is company culture, how would you codify it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>So, the culture of an organization is a common identity that reflects shared values, beliefs, attitudes, and rituals.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>And so, values are those things that are important to us and that will always be important to us. And then attitudes and rituals, so the attitudes are how we approach work and the rituals are the things that we do on a consistent basis that reflect those attitudes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Totally, yeah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0And I misspoke, I think I said shared values and beliefs and beliefs are there too, but behaviors. So behaviors are how you demonstrate your values. So it\u2019s what you do on a daily basis. So if one of our values is trust, then one of our behaviors is, you know, providing open and honest feedback to your direct reports, and then also to your colleagues. So, behaviors are how you put your values in action. And then rituals are how you put your attitudes in action. And we divide culture into your character. So that\u2019s where the values and behaviors fall into play, and then your personality, and that\u2019s where your attitude and your rituals come into play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So for instance, I\u2026you know, this is a podcast so no one can see this visual but behind Jovian is this really great Halloween decoration background. And so I can see that in this particular space, the culture is, you know, pretty fun, like the personality is fun, and you wanna celebrate the different milestones that are both personal and professional. And that is an aspect of culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah, I was actually contemplating to do this podcast with my Halloween costume actually just before this, just for shenanigans. But I really like your answer because it focuses more on what you actually do, instead of just the more abstract part of its vision and mission, which is also important, but it\u2019s less emphasis on the actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think another way that I find it resonated with me is Jason Fried. He describes culture as the 50 days average of what your company does on a day-to-day basis. It\u2019s like a rolling average, like, \u201cOkay, in this 50 days. What does people do on a daily basis? What are the rituals? What do you guys do?\u201d So that is your culture. So it\u2019s not necessarily a big, a grand thing that flies above your company logo. It\u2019s the real thing that you do every day. And it can change between these 30 or 50 days. What did you do? If there is an issue a week where people just don\u2019t trust each other\u2026I can\u2019t come up with an example right now. So that\u2019s your company culture around that. I think that\u2019s [crosstalk 00:40:35].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0I really like that. Yeah, because you\u2019re right, it is\u2026when people talk about culture, sometimes it\u2019s easier to just fall back on the abstract, right? And what the ideal situation might look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Exactly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0And it is important to quantify that and say, \u201cThis is what this actually looks like on a day-to-day basis. And this is how it\u2019s tied together.\u201d Because I think it is important to remember those ideals, because that\u2019s what drives us. And it\u2019s what keeps us aligned with the mission. But you need real examples of what that looks like on a day-to-day basis. And I think more and more companies are realizing that and providing that, but we have a module in a couple of our programs around culture. And we lead leaders through developing a culture canvas with set expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>So not just, you know, defining it, but then also coming up with real examples of this is acceptable behavior, this meets our expectations, and is aligned with our culture and this is not aligned with our culture. Because the more examples you have, and the more real and concrete they are, the more likely it is that your team members will be able to see that and then replicate that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>And that\u2019s true and learning as well like having those really clear examples of what meets expectations and what does not meet expectations. It increases the probability of applying that new knowledge and those new skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah, definitely. It\u2019s really super easy to just forget that when during concrete actionable examples that you see on a day-to-day basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Cool. And for my last question today, it\u2019s more on the personal level. The super common questions or problems that people face in remote work is self-care. You know, when to stop working, when to start working and whatnot. So kind of curious what\u2019s your approach to this? How do you practice self-care? What\u2019s your routine like?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah, so I try to not set an alarm. So I wake up when my body tells me it has rested. And usually\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0The joy of remote work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0\u2026the joy of remote work, and also, you know, I pretty much own my schedule. And so I am pretty consistent about not scheduling anything before 9:30. I don\u2019t sleep that late, I sleep until probably 6:30 or 7:00. Sometimes I\u2019ll wake up between 7:00 and 8:00. But that just means that my body really needed more rest. But that allows me a nice buffer in the morning so that I can wake up, I can do the things that I need to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I usually journal every day, and I write down things that I accomplished the day before that I\u2019m proud of. And then I set my focus for things that I wanna focus on today. And then I also, you know, depending on time, and depending on how I\u2019m feeling, like today, for instance, there were a few blocks in my mind that were really affecting me and so I try to write those out, like this is what is keeping me from doing the hard things that I need to do. So the journaling is something that I try to practice every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then I try to do some sort of physical exercise every day. So today I have a yoga class at 12:15 that I\u2019m pretty consistent about, but if I don\u2019t make it to yoga then I go to the gym. And sometimes I run but I hate it. So I try to avoid that. That\u2019s a last resort, last resort is a run. And then I\u2019ve been really getting a lot better about stopping work before 6:00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Wow, yeah, I\u2019m still trying to work on that. That doesn\u2019t mean I work hard. It\u2019s just that sometimes you get the inspiration like late at night and then you just cannot stop it, which is kind of bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah, I think the joy of remote work is that even though people talk about work-life balance, you know, not working after 6:00, what I personally find is really about figure out what works for you. For example, since I work remotely, sometimes I work on the weekend, but that\u2019s just because in a way, like my mind tells me to, okay, you can do like two or three hours of work. But probably on a weekday, I wasn\u2019t as productive at 2 p.m. for example, I probably just, you know, slack around and potentially do nothing, but then I put the work on a weekend it\u2019s just because that\u2019s where I focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Basically, how I see is like you can distribute your time better and doesn\u2019t mean\u2026I\u2019m not recommending all of you listeners to just go work until 4 a.m., don\u2019t do that. But again, if that works for you, why not? But yeah, I think this one of the joy of remote work that I found recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah, for me the biggest part of self-care is, you know, just reminding myself that more work isn\u2019t better, right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jovian:<\/strong>\u00a0Totally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tammy:<\/strong>\u00a0So there\u2019s a difference between the quantity of hours and the quality of hours that I\u2019m putting in. 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