Unexpected Thoughts on [lots of things and] Remote
Welcome to Remote That Works, a newsletter with unexpected thoughts on both professional and personal topics and written by me, Valentina Thörner. I am a remote operations experts, focussing on Product Ops and company culture for distributed teams.
If you’ve ever seen me speaking in public, or you’ve participated in one of my coaching programs: I am the lady with the tiara(s).
This is what that can look like:
Clients and colleagues describe me as pragmatic (there’s always a third option), inspiring (I believe in you), experienced (I’ve been doing this remote thing for over a decade), and non-judgemental (we are all weird in our own way).
Of course I am now very disappointed that no one chose elegant, given that I wear A TIARA and show up at events with proper Edwardian attire.
Back to this publication though.
If you are new to this newsletter, here’s some reading to get you started:
Some of these essays are very personal. Some of them a very solution oriented. All of them help to shift your perspective to look at something from a new angle.
My go to topics are productivity (as in - optimizing stuff so you can focus on what really matters), distributed work from a Product Management perspective, and relationships.
Is that a weird combination? It certainly is! And I am pretty sure you can handle it - because we are all weird combinations.
I work as Head of Product Excellence for SCALAR (ZF’s Fleet Orchestration Platform). I moved from Germany to Spain a long long time ago and created a tight-nit chosen family for me and the twins - without prioritizing romantic relationships. I use the Remote Leadership Radar to help new (and seasoned) remote leaders to optimize for their own reality. I am a single mom with shared custody. I run on trails to think. I wear a tiara (or some type of glitter) more often than not.
So, welcome to my corner of the internet.
And if you want to know more of my consulting work, check RemoteThatWorks, or find out how to hire me to inspire your employees on ValentinaThörner.com.
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