Effective ways to ensure your remote team feels like part of HQ
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Effective ways to ensure your remote team feels like part of HQ
Jaspreet Singh
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Jaspreet Singh is the founder and CEO of Druva, the industry's first data protection and management solution built for the cloud era.
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Nearly every startup begins as a lean, scrappy team that works closely in a central hub - it's an interesting time when each team member is wearing multiple hats, likely working across several different job titles and is hands on with all aspects of the business.
But as your company grows, you'll quickly discover that scaling has a unique set of challenges, from hiring those who are the right fit, to transitioning a multi-functional team into specialty areas, to expanding offices cross-country or overseas. I've found the latter is a particular challenge for most.
There are numerous benefits to building a team across varying offices and locations - drawing from a larger talent pool being number one. Tapping into major markets across the world opens your startup up to more potential applicants and in turn, helps gain the talent you need to grow.
But these benefits also come with potential challenges, including overcoming communication and language barriers, time zone differences or lack of alignment, just to name a few. Some employees may feel they're out of sight and out of mind, which can quickly impact culture across the company, particularly if the newer, smaller offices feel like headquarters is dictating the terms.
My co-founders and I have worked through these very same challenges as we've scaled our company and have