Liam Martin is an entrepreneur and speaker, as well as the Co-founder and CMO of Staff.com and Time Doctor—one of the most popular time tracking and productivity software platforms for top brands. An advocate of remote working, Liam has been published in several publications, including Forbes, Inc, Mashable, TechCrunch, Wired, and others. Liam is the author of Running Remote and co-organizer of the Running Remote Conference.

Liam joins us today to discuss remote working and helping employees become more effective in remote working or hybrid working set-ups. He shares his forecast on remote working in the country. He describes asynchronous management and reveals how it helps remote teams. Liam also highlights how employers can help prevent “work from home” from turning into “live at work.”

“Today, remote work is not nice to have—it’s needed. If you don’t adapt and recognize that remote work is the future, you’ll get left behind.” - Liam Martin

This week on SmallBizChat Podcast:

• How Liam got started in business and where the idea of Time Doctor came from
• What people got wrong about remote work during the pandemic
• The need to manage remote workers differently
• What “asynchronous management” means
• How small businesses can benefit from having a remote workforce
• Liam’s advice on managing remote teams
• Programs and software for managing remote teams
• Helping remote employees onboard into your company
• Why 15-minute stand-up meetings aren’t effective in remote working or hybrid arrangements

Resources Mentioned:

• Book: Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel
• Podcast: Mixergy
• Slack
• Basecamp
• Trello
• Asana
• Jira Software

Connect with Liam Martin:

• Running Remote Conference
• com
• Time Doctor
• Book: Running Remote: Master the Lessons from the World’s Most Successful Remote-Work Pioneers
• Time Doctor on Facebook
• Time Doctor on Twitter
• Liam Martin on LinkedIn
• Liam Martin on Instagram
• Liam Martin on Facebook

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