Episode 118: How to Maximize Happiness and Engagement When Leading Remote Teams

It’s uncharted territory for many — having everyone who answers to you in a different location, checking in only by email, text and Zoom.
But management principles are the same no matter where your team is, with just a few extra steps needed when your workforce isn’t all under one roof.

This talk covers:
- Why the happiness of your employees should be your highest priority (hint: because their unhappiness costs you millions)
- How to root out and fix the problem of “Accidental Managers”
- Communication tools to keep everyone engaged and productive, and
- How AAA and AC/DC will save your bottom line

In times of uncertainty, most people strive to feel useful and productive. The best thing you can do is know how to lead them to give you their best.

BIO:
Valerie Alexander is a nationally-recognized speaker on the topics of happiness in the workplace, the advancement of women, and unconscious bias, and her TED Talk, “How to Outsmart Your Own Unconscious Bias” has been viewed more than 75,000 times. Valerie’s books include Happiness as a Second Language -- an Amazon #1 Seller, Success as a Second Language and How Women Can Succeed in the Workplace (Despite Having “Female Brains”), plus several more she’s published in her trademarked “...as a Second Language” series. Valerie started her career as an IPO lawyer, investment banker and Internet executive in the Silicon Valley, then transitioned to Hollywood, where she enjoyed success as a screenwriter and director. She is a graduate of Trinity University, U.C. Berkeley and Berkeley Law, and was Trinity’s 2016 Commencement Speaker. In addition to running two corporations and traveling the world as a keynote speaker, Valerie also writes Christmas movies for the Hallmark Channel, which she knows you secretly love, even though you’ll only admit to watching them with your mom.

https://www.speakhappiness.com/