Leading a Fully Remote Team with Whitney Myers at Zuar
In today’s digital age, remote work has become increasingly popular, and many leaders are finding themselves managing teams spread across different locations and time zones. Leading a fully remote team requires a different approach than traditional office management, with a greater emphasis on communication, collaboration, and trust. Today’s guest is Whitney Myers, Founder, and CEO at Zuar. Inc Magazine ranked her company #4781 on the 2022 Inc 5000 list. Zuar is a software company devoted to helping customers consolidate and stage data, create analytical dashboards, and present actionable content. In this episode, Whitney talks about leading a fully remote team. Join us as we explore different techniques for leading a fully remote team, including virtual team-building activities, effective communication tools, and flexible work arrangements.
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Whitney Myers: The Transcript
About: Whitney Myers is the CEO at Zuar. Whitney has over 9 years of experience in sales and sales operations management. Myers began their career at Crossroads Systems where they were the Channel Sales & Marketing Manager. In this role, they were responsible for recruiting new partners, launching new channel programs, and managing an inside sales team. In 2013, Myers joined Tableau Software as the Sr Manager of the Strategic Account Team. In this role, they established sales processes and methods for tracking KPIs, reporting progress to goals, and analyzing activity trends. Whitney also managed the maintenance renewals and revenue recognition process. Myers successfully implemented a forecasting method that reduced order-to-ship time from 6 weeks to 5 business days. In addition, they simplified the price books and discount approval process and project managed the quoting & configuration tool. Finally, they created the monthly Channel Sales & Marketing Review to provide increased visibility to the executive team on field results, activity, obstacles, and needs. As Salesforce.com Administrator, Myers also managed the sales operations coordinator and sales assistant. In April 2018, Myers was promoted to CEO at Zuar. Whitney Myers has a BA in Philosophy from William & Mary. Some individuals on their team include Jennifer Crane – CFO, Greg Harward – VP of Services, and Greg Rossi – Director of Customer Solutions. Source Link
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