Hugo Messer's guest appearances

Hugo Messer

The Collaboration Superpowers Podcast

Cultural Differences & Cultural Diversity in International Business

21st Century Work Life and leading remote teams

yegor256 podcast

Vanessa Shaw

Neil Miller

Bart Van Loon

Judy Rees

Johanna Rothman

Hassan Osman

Lulu Wang

Joanna Penn

Ben Taylor

Cy Wakeman

Tayo Rockson

Jeff McMahon

Andy Molinsky

Andrew Henderson

Rachel Smets

OwlTail

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Shift-M/7: Hugo Messer about distributed management

Remote

About This Week's GuestHugo MesserHugo Messer has been building and managing teams around the world for over 10 years.His passion is to enable people that are spread across cultures, geography and time zones to cooperate.Whether it’s offshoring or nearshoring, he knows what it takes to make a global collaboration work.His 6 tips to become more culturally competent are: 	Focus on creating one team or one partnership. Invest time in this and try to get away from an "us versus them feeling". 	Take time to think about how you will work remotely. Do this before you actually start executing and working. 	When you're developing software, use an iterative framework like Scrum. Make the process incremental. 	You need people with empathy on location in order to find was to get across the cultural hurdles. 	Use daily "standup" meetings. Get together (virtually) every day for 5 to 10 minutes in order to re-align where everyone is. This way you can truly build a remote virtual team. 	It is crucial that everyone in the team is on the same page. They should all be aligned with each other.Interview LinksLinks that are mentioned in this episode: 	To get all the ebooks that Hugo wrote: http://ekipa.co/ebooks 	Email: hugo@ekipa.com 	An earlier podcast with Lisette Sutherland on how to work with virtual teamsBuild Your Cultural CompetenceIn the Culture Matters podcast, we interview real people with real stories.Every other week there is a guest with broad international experience and lots of cultural insights. I interview real people with real stories.To subscribe directly using iTunes or Stitcher, Click here, or here (or click any of the images below).How To Get In Touch With Culture MattersI'd love for you to get in touch. There are a couple of ways you can do this: 	Via this website: Just use the “Ask Your Question” tab on the right of the screen and leave a voicemail 	Email me at chris.smit@culturematters.com 	Send me a Tweet: @chrissmitFinallyThank you so much for taking the time to read this far, and to listen to my Podcast.I hope you will be back for the next episode of the Culture Matters Podcast!

About This Week's Guest Hugo Messer Hugo Messer has been building and managing teams around the world for over 10 years. His passion is to enable people that are spread across cultures, geography and time zones to cooperate. Whether it’s offshoring or nearshoring, he knows what it takes to make a global collaboration work. His 6 tips to become more culturally competent are: 	Focus on creating one team or one partnership. Invest time in this and try to get away from an "us versus them feeling". 	Take time to think about how you will work remotely. Do this before you actually start executing and working. 	When you're developing software, use an iterative framework like Scrum. Make the process incremental. 	You need people with empathy on location in order to find was to get across the cultural hurdles. 	Use daily "standup" meetings. Get together (virtually) every day for 5 to 10 minutes in order to re-align where everyone is. This way you can truly build a remote virtual team. 	It is crucial that everyone in the team is on the same page. They should all be aligned with each other. Interview Links Links that are mentioned in this episode: 	To get all the ebooks that Hugo wrote: <a href="http://ekipa.co/ebooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ekipa.co/ebooks</a> 	Email: hugo@ekipa.com 	An earlier podcast with Lisette Sutherland on how to work with virtual teams Build Your Cultural Competence In the Culture Matters podcast, we interview real people with real stories. Every other week there is a guest with broad international experience and lots of cultural insights. I interview real people with real stories. To subscribe directly using iTunes or Stitcher, Click here, or here (or click any of the images below). How To Get In Touch With Culture Matters I'd love for you to get in touch. There are a couple of ways you can do this: 	Via this website: Just use the “Ask Your Question” tab on the right of the screen and leave a voicemail 	Email me at chris.smit@culturematters.com 	Send me a Tweet: @chrissmit Finally Thank you so much for taking the time to read this far, and to listen to my Podcast. I hope you will be back for the next episode of the Culture Matters Podcast!

061: How to Effectively Work With Remote Teams with Hugo Messer

Pilar speaks to Hugo Messer about leading remote teams and the importance of values in creating a culture that works across nations.  Hugo is the CEO of Ekipa, the global market for software teams and owner and founder of Bridge Global. 00:30 Pilar talks about how she met Hugo through social media. She reflects on how these conversations evolve on the podcast and the importance of devoting our full attention to the person on the other end of the line/skype etc. No distractions (we need a quiet environment for recording) and the focus on connecting with the other person. Pilar mentions Hugo's article on LinkedIn The World's Best Tool for Remote Leadership. 11:20 Hugo shares how and why he set up Bridge in 2005, when outsourcing was not that common. 16:00 The model/framework that Bridge has developed to match teams and clients. The role of the "process manager" who looks solely after communication. "Virtual work forces you to create structure and use the right tools.” 22:50 Bridge's core values.  29:50 Moving on from Bridge and setting up Ekipa. 35:50 What are the major problems faced by people running virtual teams? Links to another article by Hugo: Six Experts Reveal Insights on Remote Team Management. 45:50 How can we help people to develop in remote teams? Hugo's own development, why he works with a coach. Are we allowed to be confused as leaders? 52:00 How do we know people are doing the work? Hugo's article about this on LinkedIn. "The moment I start wondering about somebody’s hours, something is definitely wrong." Check out Hugo's books on remote team management: ekipa.co/ebooks  If you're leading a virtual team, why not check out the Virtual not Distant online course, starting in Sept 2015? virtualnotdistant.net

Pilar speaks to Hugo Messer about leading remote teams and the importance of values in creating a culture that works across nations. Hugo is the CEO of<a href="http://ekipa.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Ekipa, the global market for software teams</a> and owner and founder of <a href="http://bridge-global.com/about-us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bridge Global</a>. 00:30 Pilar talks about how she met Hugo through social media. She reflects on how these conversations evolve on the podcast and the importance of devoting our full attention to the person on the other end of the line/skype etc. No distractions (we need a quiet environment for recording) and the focus on connecting with the other person. Pilar mentions Hugo's article on LinkedIn <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/worlds-best-tool-remote-leadership-hugo-messer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The World's Best Tool for Remote Leadership</a>. 11:20 Hugo shares how and why he set up Bridge in 2005, when outsourcing was not that common. 16:00 The model/framework that Bridge has developed to match teams and clients. The role of the "process manager" who looks solely after communication. "Virtual work forces you to create structure and use the right tools.” 22:50<a href="http://bridge-global.com/about-us#core-values" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Bridge's core values. </a> 29:50 Moving on from Bridge and setting up Ekipa. 35:50 What are the major problems faced by people running virtual teams? Links to another article by Hugo: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/six-experts-reveal-insights-remote-team-management-hugo-messer?trk=mp-reader-card" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Six Experts Reveal Insights on Remote Team Management.</a> 45:50 How can we help people to develop in remote teams? Hugo's own development, why he works with a coach. Are we allowed to be confused as leaders? 52:00 How do we know people are doing the work? <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/worlds-best-tool-remote-leadership-hugo-messer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hugo's article about this on LinkedIn</a>. "The moment I start wondering about somebody’s hours, something is definitely wrong." Check out Hugo's books on remote team management: <a href="http://ekipa.co/ebooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ekipa.co/ebooks</a>  If you're leading a virtual team, why not check out the Virtual not Distant online course, starting in Sept 2015? <a href="http://virtualnotdistant.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">virtualnotdistant.net</a>

WLP 36 Hugo Messer and Bridging Cultures

Hugo Messer is the CEO of Bridge Global IT Staffing and the author of Managing Remote Teams. We discuss offshoring, nearshoring, cultures, scaling virtual teams and more. For more stories, visit www.collaborationsuperpowers.com.

Hugo Messer is the CEO of Bridge Global IT Staffing and the author of Managing Remote Teams. We discuss offshoring, nearshoring, cultures, scaling virtual teams and more. For more stories, visit <a href="http://www.collaborationsuperpowers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.collaborationsuperpowers.com</a>.