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Remotely Prepared is the weekly podcast that looks at how industries, organizations and people make business, and life, work at a distance. Hosts Greg Thomas and Colin Harding have each worked and lead remotely for clients over the last half decade and know what it takes to make it work. Whether you’re a remote employee or a business leader working through the challenges and opportunities of a remote workforce, this podcast is for you. With a great line of discussions and interviews, we’re here to share experiences, insights, even frustrations, and help you not only survive but thrive in this new remote world.
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Friday Aug 13, 2021
Friday Aug 13, 2021
If you've ever dreamed of the 'digital nomad' lifestyle, this is the episode for you!
We sat down for a truly inspiring conversation with Adam Smith, marketing professional, founder of "Origin Story", and a true digital nomad. Over the last year or so Adam and his partner have been traveling all over North America, working and living remotely in a true digital nomad lifestyle. You won't want to miss this episode full of tips, tricks, insights and realities of the digital nomad life.
Don't forget to subscribe, share and review so we can get the word out to more 'Upside Down Offic-ers'. Have a comment or idea for the show? Email us at remotelyprepared@upsidedownoffice.com or visit us at www.upsidedownoffice.com. We'd love to hear from you.
Friday Jul 30, 2021
Friday Jul 30, 2021
In so many of the topics we discuss related to remote and work-life balance, so often these things come back to trust. Does the employer or manager trust the team member to work remote? Do they trust you to manage their own schedule? Put in a full work week? Put in what's needed? Stay focused enough?
As an employee, do your trust your employer or manager to support you (and not punish, intentionally or not) when you exercise reasonable work-life balance needs? Or do you feel the need to 'hack' it and look like you're online while you step away for 5 minutes? Hide your work-life needs? Or not take what you need at all?
In either direction, it's about trust. It's there. Or it's not.
Don't forget to subscribe, share and review so we can get the word out to more 'Upside Down Offic-ers'. Have a comment or idea for the show? Email us at remotelyprepared@upsidedownoffice.com or visit us at www.upsidedownoffice.com. We'd love to hear from you.
Friday Jul 23, 2021
Friday Jul 23, 2021
Throughout the pandemic, Hootsuite has been getting great attention for a variety of employee wellness initiatives that seem to have positive results for both employees as well as the company. We had the opportunity to sit down with Hugh Ghods, Sr. Director of Mid-Market and Commercial Sales at Hootsuite, to talk about their recent Wellness Week as well as other work-life balance measures and the impact it's been having on him, his team and the company as a whole.
You can connect with Hugh Ghods on LinkedIn here and learn about Hootsuite's Wellness Week (and other events) here.
Don't forget to subscribe, share and review so we can get the word out to more 'Upside Down Offic-ers'. Have a comment or idea for the show? Email us at remotelyprepared@upsidedownoffice.com or visit us at www.upsidedownoffice.com. We'd love to hear from you.
Friday Jul 16, 2021
Friday Jul 16, 2021
This week we were lucky enough to be joined by Rekha Rao-Mayya, Country Leader of ISVs at Amazon Web Services (AWS). We had a fantastic chat about recognizing work-life imbalance in yourself, supporting better work-life balance for your team through leading by example and 'Healing Thyself', and a whole lot more. Follow or connect with Rekha on LinkedIn here.
Don't forget to subscribe, share and review so we can get the word out to more 'Upside Down Offic-ers'. Have a comment or idea for the show? Email us at remotelyprepared@upsidedownoffice.com or visit us at www.upsidedownoffice.com. We'd love to hear from you.
Friday Jul 09, 2021
Friday Jul 09, 2021
What is flexible time (or flexi-time) and why don't more employers embrace it?? Colin makes the claim that it hits at the core of the work-life balance.
What do you think? Do you have flexible time? What would it mean for you if you did?
Don't forget to subscribe, share and review so we can get the word out to more 'Upside Down Offic-ers'. Have a comment or idea for the show? Email us at remotelyprepared@upsidedownoffice.com or visit us at www.upsidedownoffice.com. We'd love to hear from you.
Saturday Jul 03, 2021
Saturday Jul 03, 2021
In the second-part of our "getting personal" series, Greg takes us to his cottage to talk about disconnecting. Put on your life jacket - we're going kayaking.
How do you disconnect? Send us a message or share messages and pics on social media.
Don't forget to subscribe, share and review so we can get the word out to more 'Upside Down Offic-ers'. Have a comment or idea for the show? Email us at remotelyprepared@upsidedownoffice.com or visit us at www.upsidedownoffice.com. We'd love to hear from you.
Friday Jun 25, 2021
Friday Jun 25, 2021
In this week's intimate episode we're joining Colin as he shares his best personal secret to remote work-life balance...
Don't forget to subscribe, share and review so we can get the word out to more 'Upside Down Offic-ers'. Have a comment or idea for the show? Email us at remotelyprepared@upsidedownoffice.com or visit us at www.upsidedownoffice.com. We'd love to hear from you.
Sunday Jun 20, 2021
Sunday Jun 20, 2021
This Season we're exploring "Work Life Balance" in the context of remote work. We'll be exploring work-life balance topics and in every interview this season we'll be asking our guests: "What does work life balance mean to you?". So it seemed only fair that in our first episode of the season we answered the question for ourselves.
What does work life balance mean to you? We'd love to hear from you on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, or email us at remotelyprepared@upsidedownoffice.com
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Friday Jun 11, 2021
Friday Jun 11, 2021
We're introducing Season 4! What topic are we exploring? Why is it relevant? What can you expect? All these questions and more (such as: "What is Greg's best geology-based pun?") are answered in today's episode...
We'd love to hear from you! What topics do you want to hear explored? Who would you like to hear us interview? Email us at remotelyprepared@upsidedownoffice.com and don't forget to subscribe, share and review so we can get the word out to more 'Upside Down Offic-ers'.
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Monday Jun 07, 2021
We're wrapping an amazing Season 3, recapping our interviews with some amazing guests and the insights they provided, and discussing some of the other topics Greg and Colin explored together in Season 3.
We'd love to hear from you. What were your best moments from Season 3? Favourite interviews and discussions? Things we should have dug deeper into? Email us at remotelyprepared@upsidedownoffice.com and don't forget to subscribe, share and review so we can get the word out to more 'Upside Down Offic-ers'.
And thank you for joining us this season! Stay tuned for an exciting Season 4 we think you won't want to miss.