https://blog.mattblair.co/categories/work-from-home/ Recent content in Work From Home on A Place for Poor Examples Hugo -- gohugo.io en Mon, 08 Jun 2020 13:40:42 -0800 https://blog.mattblair.co/blog/20200606-remote-management-lessons-learned/ Mon, 08 Jun 2020 13:40:42 -0800 https://blog.mattblair.co/blog/20200606-remote-management-lessons-learned/ Back when we were all the office together, it was pretty easy as a manager to get a feel for how the team was doing. Are folks getting along? Are folks stressed? Does everyone have the right balance of work? With folks all around you, it was pretty easy to drop in on a conversation, take someone to lunch, or grab a coffee and talk. These small encounters gave you a chance to make sure your team was running efficiency, it also gave your team a chance to speak to you as a human being outside of formal settings. https://blog.mattblair.co/blog/20190202-project-planning-notes/ Fri, 08 Feb 2019 16:29:13 -0800 https://blog.mattblair.co/blog/20190202-project-planning-notes/ More Shared Knowledge on Projects Include more people in code reviews even if they’re not actively picking up development tasks – this shares out knowledge of the changes and gets another set of eyes that can ask good questions Break team silos, share knowledge Do Team PR’s for big PR’s Ideally break work into small pieces though Do team share of projects for tech projects, share knowledge Team Collab!