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.”

O&A

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