Navigating Distributed Work: Lessons on Effective Collaboration with Mark Cruth

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In today's episode, we have a fascinating discussion with Mark Cruth, a principal modern work coach at Atlassian. Mark brings a wealth of experience and insights on how to effectively manage and collaborate with distributed teams in our increasingly global and remote work environment.

Throughout the conversation, Mark shares:

• The importance of being intentional about using technology to bridge the gaps between team members working across different time zones.
• The concept of "intentional togetherness" and how it's crucial for remote teams to purposefully create opportunities for building trust, connection and alignment
• How Atlassian designs its office spaces and schedules in-person team meetups to foster collaboration and maintain strong team dynamics.
• Effective onboarding strategies for integrating new hires into a distributed team
• The importance of being authentic and accommodating individual work styles and needs within a team

Focused on practice over theory, Mark is a pragmatic modern work designer and coach. With over a decade of experience experimenting with teamwork practices at places like Boeing, Nordstrom, Charles Schwab, and Rocket Mortgage, Mark's mission is to inject modern ways of working, a transformation mindset, and the power of expert storytelling into everything he does.

Today Mark works as the Principle Modern Work Coach for Atlassian, a company focused on unleashing the potential of every team! Mark spends his days coaching both Atlassian and customer teams on new ways of working, then sharing what he's learned at events around the world!

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