How To Be Successful While Working Remotely

02/04/20 • 22 min

On this week's episode of Humanize Your Workplace, we are joined by Teresa Douglas. She has worked remotely since 2010 in a variety of management-level roles. She holds an MFA in Fiction from Sarah Lawrence College and an MBA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Based in Vancouver, Canada, she specializes in strategic analysis and operations management. She is also a co-author of Working Remotely: Secrets to Success for Employees on Distributed Teams

We chat about:

*Teresa's own journey of working in a traditional workplace to working remotely

*How to stay connected to your virtual team, and how to create more collaborative spaces with virtual employees

*What to consider before going remote

We chat about:

*Teresa's own journey of working in a traditional workplace to working remotely

*How to stay connected to your virtual team, and how to create more collaborative spaces with virtual employees

*What to consider before going remote

Previous Episode

How to Empower Others and Give Them a Chance to Shine

On this episode of Humanize Your Workplace, we are joined by Tiffany Tavarez serves as Vice President of Community Relations at Wells Fargo where she implements the company’s corporate responsibility priorities through strategic philanthropy, stakeholder engagement and team member volunteerism across the Northeast (PA, NY, NJ, DE, CT). Her career in community relations has included reputable organizations such as PECO/Exelon, Comcast, Temple University, First Person Arts & the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage.

Numerous organizations throughout the region have recognized her work; some highlights include Philadelphia City Council, LEADERSHIP Philadelphia, IMPACTO, Femme & Fortune, Hispanic Media LLC, Friends of the Urban Affairs Coalition & the United Way of Greater Philadelphia & Southern New Jersey. In 2018, the Forum of Executive Women presented her with the Emerging Leader Award and most recently, she was named in the Philadelphia Business Journal’s 2019 Top Forty Under 40.

Tiffany Tavarez serves on Governor Tom Wolf’s Pennsylvania Commission for Women; Vice Chair, Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and Esperanza; Chair of the Monument Lab Advisory Board and Member of the Temple Contemporary Advisory Council. She is a first-generation college graduate who has earned degrees from both Temple University (B.F.A.) and University of the Arts (M.A.).

We chat about:

3 ways to provide space and opportunity for employees to shine and grow
Identifying the cost vs. value of building relationships
The power of having a personal narrative and getting to know the narrative of others

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How Your Passions Can Influence Your Career

On this week’s episode of Humanize Your Workplace, we are joined by Angelo G. Spenillo.

Angelo G. Spenillo is a husband, stepdad, metalhead, in-house attorney, and author of "I Am a Professional Metalhead." Angelo grew up in New Jersey where he began a lifelong obsession with heavy metal music - one that influenced his entire legal career.

In 2000, Angelo began his career as an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice. He left the practice of law several times to work in sales, marketing, account management, and product development, until he finally found his true calling working as a lawyer for software companies. Since then, he has built legal departments for several rapidly growing companies and finally found his dream career - unless, Sevendust has a need for a third guitar player in which case the law thing would be a great fall back gig.

Angelo earned his undergraduate degree from Union College and his law degree from Georgetown. He is currently in-house counsel at a fast-growing software company.

He resides in Savage, Minnesota with his wife Carol, two stepkids, and one guitar less than would be ideal.

We chat about

What to do if you find yourself in a job you do not enjoy.
How Angelo's passion for music helped him connect with his co-workers, employees, and clients.
Lessons learned from loving music