Post on 14-Jul-2015
How to set up a great
team?
Janis Janovskis
Passive Management Ltd
Antwerp, March 10th, 2015
Why to adress?
Janis
Janovskis
@passivus
Tech Entrepreneur
English, Russian, Latvian
Biggest team size 55
Smallest 2
Runer, chef, photographer
Janis Janovskis
Led 55 people onsite team
Then spent min 3 hours on road
My weight was 130kgs
Everyone was unhappy
Passim?
Passive?
Management?
Do I need?
A genius The best Ordinary
How big?
–Napoleon Bonaparte
“The most important qualification of a soldier is
fortitude under fatigue and privation. Courage is
only second; hardship, poverty and want are the
best school for a soldier..”
History?
IT - programming?
Governance?
Herb BrooksCoach of “Miracle on Ice”
hockey team
Lake-placid US
Winter olympics 1980
“You’re only good as your values”
The Team• You need people you need
• Formed team early
• Perfection - “I won’t be your friend”
• Knew His staff - players
• Conceptual mistakes
• Creativity
• Led by example
• No star players - team chemistry
• Winning mentality
Remote Distributed
or
~By Lullabot
“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ4nPJVFc
eM”
Ernests Gabrāns
Steve Parks
No recruiters
• Referral schemes
• Meetups
• Camps
• Close community circle
• Reputation
• No Recruiters
• Word of mouth
• Job Boards
(experimental)
• Key to success
• Teams kept intact
• No-one has to leave
• Boosts effectiveness
• Self Controll
• Great people
• Healthy way of working
• Happy People
• Proactive
• Emotional!!!
• Responsive
• No need for a brick
office
• Less effective
communication
• Workflow
• In innovation ->
limitation
• Confuses clients
• Investment in
communications
• Bonus(HUG) scheme
Piyush Podar
• Continuos traffic to website
• Closed developers community
• Professionals (know what is!)
• Events
• People guarantee happy environment
• 95% off office - anywhere
• Time zone trackers
• Micromanagement
• No need for a big office!!!
• Trust building
• Body language
• Emotional!!!
• Time zones
Wundertalks
“https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6qk4-
Rcw3CVJhRwhADOq4Q”
• Self time management
• 100% remote
• Well alight with hobbies and interests
• Micromanagement!
• No need to relocate!!!
• Lack of access
• Lack of information
• Lack of utilities
• Lack of tangible feedback
–Herb Brooks
“My recruiting key -- I looked for PEOPLE first,
athletes second. I wanted people with a sound
value system as you cannot buy values. You're
only as good as your values. I learned early on
that you do not put greatness into people... but
somehow try to pull it out.”
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