Remote. Hybrid. WTF are we even talking about anymore? Tyson and Alexa make some sense of this hot mess with Kaleem Clarkson, COO of Blend Me, Inc., a former engineer turned remote and hybrid work consultant-extraordinaire. They discuss the data that supports RTO decisions (or lack thereof), how to find the warm and fuzzies with remote colleagues, and the employer’s role in combating isolation.
Our guest today shares how to rock your remote work culture. Kaleem Clarkson is a Fractional Chief People Officer and co-founder/COO of Blend Me a remote employee experience consultancy. Kaleem explains who needs to create a fully-remote or hybrid remote business, how to solve the talent shortage, how to succeed with onboarding (the biggest challenge that makes employees have a bad experience with you), and the ONE thing you must do to create a good culture if your workforce is distributed.
Kaleem Clarkson is the COO of Blend Me, Inc, a remote people operations consultancy that helps startups and small businesses transform into high-functioning remote or hybrid-remote workplaces. He has been featured in Harvard Business Review, and named LinkedIn’s Top 10 Voices in Remote Work. He is passionate about work-life integration and the remote employee experience. Tune in for answers to these questions:
Hello, everyone. My name is Tyler Sellhorn. And welcome to another episode of The Remote Show, where we discuss everything to do with remote work with the people who know it best. Thanks so much for listening. The Remote Show is brought to you by We Work Remotely, the largest community of remote workers in the world. With over 220,000 unique users per month, We Work Remotely is the most effective way to hire. Today we are blessed to be learning out loud with Kaleem Clarkson.
In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke with two of the speakers from the Remote Teams track at QCon Plus, Kaleem Clarkson & Tammy Bjelland, about the dangers of “hybrid” working environments and what is needed to make flexible remote and asynchronous working effective.
What the HR! is hosted by Mike Thul & Jessie Novey. The podcast provides insights, strategies, and anecdotes that explore how to build better businesses through modern people practices and approaches. Topics covered include Organizational Development, Employee Engagement, Listening Strategies, Succession Planning, Performance Management, Company Culture, Transformation, Talent and Leadership.
83% of CEOs want people back in the office. 10% of employees want to be there.
Clearly, we’ve got some issues to work out.
Kaleem Clarkson is the co-founder of Blend Me, Inc and a remote work consultant.
Here to chat about the importance of trust and how to foster it on remote teams, how to build meaningful and sustainable relationships when working virtually, and how to use both of those things to build a diverse and inclusive company culture, please join me in welcoming to the show, our guest, Kaleem Clarkson.
In a fascinating and timely interview with host John Ray, Kaleem Clarkson of Blend Me, Inc. discusses the remote work experience, why issues of trust and responsibility weigh heavily on both employers and employers, the tension between companies and employees which will exist as the pandemic eases, and much more. “North Fulton Business Radio” is produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.
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