Thriving, not just surviving: Making the most of your remote opportunity

Thriving, not just surviving: Making the most of your remote opportunity

Join us to hear experts present and discuss what we can learn from the current crisis accelerated adoption of remote working, what the future for our industry might look like and, if we choose to go fully remote or blend remote and office working, how we can achieve excellence in this space.

16.00 - Welcome and introductions - James Harper, Founder / Managing Director, twentyeightb

16.10 - Presentation: Suddenly remote. How to lead an effective remote workforce - Richard Coope, Founder / Managing Director, Brightful

Leading in a crisis has its challenges. But leading in a crisis remotely has even greater ones. So how do you build a culture of belonging when most of your global workforce is working from home? Richard Coope, Founder of Brightful, is an expert at building resilient, adaptable and productive remote cultures. Sharing examples from healthcare and beyond he'll show you how to lead effective remote teams and make the most of your remote opportunity.

16.30 - Remotely interested? What we've learnt about running a remote agency - Angie Wiles, Founder, The Difference Collective

Whilst everyone may be working remotely temporarily, for some it’s long been an active choice to ‘work differently’. For those that see work as an activity not a destination, what are the pros and cons of working virtually, what systems and tools can you put in place to support a business built to be remote and what are the critical ingredients to make it work successfully just differently?

16.50 - Remotely driven. How to maintain creativity and momentum with remote teams - Rebecca Lewis Smith, Co-founder & Director, Fountain Partnership

Keeping our teams not only working, but engaged and thriving in a remote context presents a new set of challenges for leaders in so many businesses. Rebecca Lewis Smith, co-founder of Fountain and company culture enthusiast, shares some of the ideas that are helping keep Fountain's team motivated from afar.

17.10 - Panel discussion

17.30 - Close

Note of thanks to our co-hosts at https://salamandra.uk/ for their ongoing support and for making their Zoom Webinar account available to the Pharma MCM group