For those who have been forced into remote work with Sam Kabert

Hey everyone, and welcome to this episode of Conscious Culture with Sarah Riegelhuth, CEO and founder of Grow My Team!

We’re in the thick of it with what I’m calling the ‘C’ word - let’s not dive in too much, but here we are: living through this reality where we all have to work from home, something I’ve been doing for six years.

My guest on this episode is my friend and fellow Aubrey Marcus FFS-er, Sam Kabert, and he’s been working from home for a while, too!

Let’s dive in to all things remote work with Sam Kabert.

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“We’ve been building the cocoon, right now we’re in the cocoon, and we’re going to come out the other side with the transformation.”

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Remote work has long moved beyond simply being a trend or a lifestyle. It’s a natural evolution in the way we work and collaborate. A complete and vital redesign with profound positive impact for businesses, teams and society as a whole.

With it comes a work culture revolution that requires putting culture, freedom, trust and conscious behaviour at the core of every business that wants to thrive.

I’m Sarah Riegelhuth, your host, and I’m a serial entrepreneur, investor and expert in growing happy remote teams. Since 2014 I’ve been running all of my businesses remotely and that has deeply changed who I am as a leader. I’ve gone from micro-managing an unhappy team, suffering high turnover and working long hours, to moving to the US, traveling roughly six months of the year, loving the shit out of my team and being constantly amazed as to what we’re achieving.

Join me as we dive deep into conversations about remote work magic, conscious culture, and the future of work with some of the most inspiring founders and leaders in the remote work space.

Insights, tips, success and failure, innovation.. we share it all.

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“The way that we look at work is going to massively change.”

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In this episode, Sam and Sarah get into how their different businesses are surviving the current pandemic, including those that have taken a hit or needed to pivot, like merchandising, Airbnb property management and networking events.

Sam and Sarah also discuss how their day-to-day routines have and haven’t changed in the current climate, how we’re connecting with our people and the choice of diversity in where we live.

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“It becomes very addicting to find those little distractions in the house.”

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On this episode of Conscious Culture, Sarah Riegelhuth and her guest Sam Kabert also discuss:

• Flexibility of hours with remote work
• Deliverable-based vs time-based work
• Different routines for work and setting our own schedules
• Personal productivity
• Judging how people are working based on how we would do it
• Quality and standards of work
• Finding a routine working remotely
• Efficiency from home vs the office
• Get in, get out!
• Working when we feel called to
• Creative juices
• The level and type of interaction in our work days
• Vacationing with entrepreneurs
• Co-working spaces
• Distraction at work
• Creativity
• Our natural energy for working
• Being intentional
• Sharing the workload in our homes
• Communicating with our households
• Co-habitating and co-working
• Athleisure and Penguin suits

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“We don’t want work to be separate from life. We want to be working on things we care about, things we’re passionate about, things that make impact, whether we’re an employee or an entrepreneur or a contractor or a freelancer. We want to know that the work we’re doing makes a difference. And it’s part of us, it’s just as important as socialising and working out and spending time with our families.”

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Thanks for listening to this episode of Conscious Culture: The Evolution of Work. A podcast for conscious leaders, brought to you by Grow My Team.

Follow us as we further explore real stories of remote companies and the thriving cultures they’re creating. To stay updated with all of our episodes, subscribe to the podcast in your favourite podcasting app.

For more information about remote work, head to www.growmyteam.com.au.

Or email Sarah directly to have a chat about remote work, how it’s done and how it can benefit your company: [email protected].

To find out more about Sam Kabert, visit www.swagsam.com