115: Hiring & Leading A Remote Team? Hacks to Improve Productivity & Collaboration with Liam Martin

Are you leading a remote team? Or are you struggling with hiring a remote team? Perhaps you need some hacks on how to improve productivity and collaboration?  If this sounds like you, you are in luck. We have the one, the only, Liam Martin, who is such a fantastic resource when it comes to remote work. Liam is a serial entrepreneur who runs Time Doctor and staff.com, which is one of the most popular time tracking and productivity software platforms in use by top brands today. He's also the co-organizer of the world's largest remote work conference, running remote, which has some fantastic speakers. On today’s episode, Erin and Liam discuss: 

• The challenges of remote work
• Three ways to promote collaboration in a remote team
• Ways to promote productivity within your team

More about Liam: Liam is a serial entrepreneur who runs Time Doctor and Staff.com — one of the most popular time tracking and productivity software platforms in use by top brands today. He is also a co-organizer of the world's largest remote work conference — Running Remote. Liam is an avid proponent of remote work and has been published in Forbes, Inc, Mashable, TechCrunch, Fast Company, Wired, The Wall Street Journal, The Next Web, The Huffington Post, Venturebeat, and many other publications specifically targeting the expansion of remote work. Liam's products and services are defined by the concept of giving workers the flexibility to work wherever they want, whenever they want.  He holds an undergraduate and graduate degree in Sociology from McGill University. He lives in Canada but travels 3-6 months out of the year due to his ability to work wherever and whenever he likes. While he travels around the world a few times a year, he usually spends time in Austin, Las Vegas, and Ubud. He encourages others to work remotely while he's on his travels. Liam has also co-authored a book - Running Remote - focused on remote work methodology. In this revolutionary guide, Liam and his co-founder, Rob Rawson, have unearthed the secrets and lessons discovered by remote work pioneering entrepreneurs and founders who've harnessed the async mindset to operate their businesses remotely in the most seamless, hassle-free, and cost-effective manner possible. Hit play on this tangible episode and drop us a line at info@learntoimproveit.com to tell us what you think! Show Links:

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• Email: liam@timedoctor.com, liam@runningremote.com
• Website: https://www.timedoctor.com, https://runningremote.com
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/runningremote
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liammcivormartin/, https://www.linkedin.com/company/time-doctor/, https://www.linkedin.com/company/running-remote/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/vtamethodman, https://twitter.com/manageyourtime, https://twitter.com/RunningRemote
• Facebook Biz Page: https://www.facebook.com/TimeDoctorSoftware/, https://www.facebook.com/runningremote/
• Running Remote Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/runningremotecommunity/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liamremote/, https://www.instagram.com/runningremote

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