Managing and Leading Globally Distributed Teams

1 · Etsy, Inc. · Oct. 24, 2022, 4:30 p.m.
When I started managing globally distributed teams shortly after the 2008 economic crisis, I never would have predicted that it would become as commonplace as it is today. At that time, companies were moving fast to establish “development centers” all over the world in order to reduce cost. Today, businesses have offices in multiple geographies, not for cost cutting purposes, but to seek out different perspectives, make better decisions, and ultimately, build better products. From a personal per...