Wall of love for Running remote community

I'm excited to have recently joined the Running Remote community! The support and quality content I've seen and received have been extremely helpful as I begin my role in People Ops. Thank you, Kasia Triantafelo, for taking the time to welcome me and for the time and effort you put into connecting people. I look forward to learning more from this wonderful community and contributing in whatever ways I can. If you're in the remote workspace, I highly recommend checking out Running Remote!

The Running Remote Slack group is one of the most generous and helpful spaces on the internet. If you are an HR professionals working for a remote and distributed company, you should really check it out. It's an incredibly high quality resource to learn and ask questions about things like international compensation and benefits, all hands meetings, retreats, communication, policies and the latest tools. Huge credit to Kasia Triantafelo who is a brilliant community manager and built this from the ground up.

Over the last 2 years, Running Remote has become my absolute favorite community. Leading a People team in a fully distributed environment can feel lonely sometimes. We have moved away from the traditional definition of HR and from well-established office work practices. We are reshaping everything, and what makes it exciting and scary at the same time is that no one has done it before us. This is why exchanging experiences with fellow People and Remote experts is invaluable. If you are a People Ops executive at a remote or distributed company, a founder, or a Head of Remote, I strongly recommend checking it out.

Connecting with like-minded professionals has been key to my career growth. I found my true community when I joined Running Remote. In this group, I connect with other People Ops leaders and founders scaling remote companies past 100 employees. Our monthly peer-to-peer masterminds are invaluable—we dive into challenges and share insights from our experiences. It's reassuring to hear how others have navigated similar hurdles at Ergeon. The Running Remote community includes leaders from companies like Doist, Toggl, Zillow, MailerLite, Atlassian, Gitlab, and Checkly, who all understand the unique challenges of remote work. They're always ready to help. Plus, the annual conference has been a fantastic opportunity to meet in person and deepen these connections. If you're a People Ops executive, founder, or Head of Remote, I highly recommend checking out the community.

The Running Remote community has been a great source of discussion and information about how to do remote well. I'm also part of a mastermind group within this that has been super valuable. If you are a leader in a remote company and need a place to discuss things, this is probably your best bet.

Being a part of Running Remote community, surrounded by seasoned professionals, broadens my perspective, allows me to exchange experiences with other remote-first companies, and enables me to implement best practices effectively.

I am part of, or have joined and left (whoops! 😮) around 30 slack communities, and genuinely none of them compare to the Running Remote. Kasia Triantafelo does a fabulous job of wrangling us all and making sure conversations are engaging, connections are formed and everyone is sharing valuable insights. If you want to get a taste of the conversations we're having at Running Remote then please take a look at her LinkedIn newsletter 📰.

I love the collaborative and transparent spirit of remote and distributed organizations. 🗺🚀 One of the 💎 💎 I found was Running Remote community. The members are so generous with sharing their expertise and real-world experiences. They say all good things come to an end, but for me it is a gift the keeps on giving. It opened up a lot of new experiences, network of great people, and friends!

This year, I’m proud to be part of the Running Remote, where we share valuable tips and strategies to enhance the remote work experience and help companies fully embrace the benefits of staying remote.

When I was working in People Operations, the RR community was my go-to whenever I needed advice for supporting a fast-growing, fully distributed scale up. People were always generous with their insights—whether it was ideas for employee benefits, organising company retreats, or optimising operations. What reassured me the most was knowing that we were all figuring it out together. No one had all the answers, because remote (and later hybrid) work was—and still is—constantly evolving and adapting to the world around us. Now that I'm a consultant for remote and hybrid teams, I continue to be impressed by the value this community offers. The randomly matched virtual coffee chats have reconnected me with people I've met over the years, introduced me to new clients, connected me with others in my region and helped me find talented guest speakers for events that I organise.

I recently joined the Running Remote community, and I'm so grateful that I did! It's not easy to build an engaging culture at a globally distributed remote company, but that's exactly what I'm trying to do at XWP. Having the opportunity to learn from my mentors, and from amazing remote leaders inspires me to try new ways to support my teammates and to remember that while my approach may change over time, the ultimate outcome is meaningful community engagement, and that is absolutely a goal worth striving for!

I came across the Running Remote community, and 2 years on, I can safely say it is the best knowledge hub about everything remote (in addition to being filled with awesome people!).

For the past two years, I have been part of an incredible community—the 'Mastermind Founders and Leaders' group within Running Remote. This group meets monthly to address challenges that each of us is facing, providing a space for honest feedback and shared problem-solving. At the end of 2023, I brought my challenge to the group: despite Na’amal’s successful training program for refugees and under-resourced individuals, I was struggling to get companies to hire our graduates. One member of the group shared a transformative insight: “I would not hire one of the people you train, but I would outsource a project to you.” That comment sparked an idea, and just one month later, the Na’amal Agency was born. We landed our first project and began collaborating with the three incredible refugee full-stack developers. The Running Remote community, which includes leaders from remote and distributed companies like Doist, Toggl, Zillow, MailerLite, Atlassian, GitLab, and Checkly, has been an invaluable source of support. I am so proud that Na'amal is part of such an incredible community. If you are leading or working in a remote company, I highly recommend exploring this amazing network: lnkd.in/ewA-Cvmu.

Kasia has released her latest newsletter, a 12-page guide to remote onboarding 👇👇👇 Our learnings at Float.com are included alongside top-notch remote teams known for their exceptional onboarding experiences like Doist, MailerLite and Time Doctor. These aren’t just generic tips—these strategies have been tested in the real world by the best in the biz! Check it out.

Onboarding sets the tone for a new hire's start and lays the foundations for their successful tenure at your organization. Kasia Triantafelo, at Running Remote, has distilled so many helpful insights about how to create a great onboarding experience in a remote environment! It's amazing to see all the different ways my remote peers are crafting their employee onboarding experience and how there are so many commonalities at the core of what we do!

No doubt the RR community is the one who adds value consistently and is full of wonderful people who are always eager to help.

Great communities don't just happen; they are built by the hard-working people who care. Thanks Kasia for everything you are doing to keep us connected 💙

Great questions / contributions from the community. Wealth of knowledge in here. Any question you have, you get answered from top notch remote leaders !

Such a special group, session and community. Thanks for driving our community engagement and connnection Kasia Triantafelo ❤️

Coming out of yet another amazing mastermind session facilitated by the wonderful Kasia Triantafelo for the Running Remote community, my head is spinning. At the same time, I'm feeling more energized and determined to build my business on my own terms.

I love the Running Remote community. This article about company retreats is good for any organization with a remote or hybrid culture. Kasia Triantafelo is such a fantastic community leader.