Office Optional: How to Build a Connected Culture with Virtual Teams

Virtual work isnt the model of the future-its here now. But many companies struggle with setting their employees free from the office without sacrificing culture. Centric Consulting president Larry English is here to guide the way.Twenty years ago Larry and his friends werent happy in their consulting jobs. The long hours took a serious toll on their personal lives. So they built their own company where employees could work virtually and the culture would contribute to both the businesss success and employee happiness. Since then Centric Consulting has expanded to over 1000 team members with operations in 12 US cities and India-and everyone works remotely some or most of the time. As Larry unpacks everything hes discovered about creating and sustaining a culture of collaborative teams youll learn: How and why you need to cultivate an atmosphere of trust in a virtual environmentHow to recruit and hire team members for remote workHow to build strong relationships with people you dont see every dayHow to scale your virtual company without sacrificing cultureHow the right software tools can help build cultureHow to be a great virtual team memberSprinkled with funny insightful stories from Larry and other Centric employees Office Optional: How to Build a Connected Culture with Virtual Teams is the ultimate guidebook to remote work and a successful virtual culture.