Aaron Douglas, one of our mobile team leads, has been with Automattic for six years. Almost immediately after starting here, he struggled to find the ability to focus and prioritize his work. He’s put significant effort into understanding how to change behaviors associated with Attention Deficit Disorder which have had numerous positive side effects. Those tools have evolved further over the last five years of him being a team lead. To share what he’s learned, he recently spoke at THAT Conference on August 8th in Wisconsin Dells, WI, USA. The conference describes itself as a “Summer Camp for Geeks”:

Over four days, folks of diverse technology backgrounds and expertise levels gather to take advantage of multiple learning mediums to maximize one’s community and career advancements.

Aaron chose to focus on leadership within fully remote teams since he’s been leading a team at Automattic for the last 5 years. As the description of his session states, “Remote working brings a whole set of challenges that should be addressed by every employee and it’s a good leader’s role to make sure nobody is blocked by them.”

To learn from Aaron and how he approaches remote team leadership with his unique background, check out his slides and reach out to him on Twitter if you have any questions. If you’re more of a visual learner, we’ve got you covered with this awesome sketchnote from an attendee at the conference:

If you’re interested in getting a better understanding of Aaron’s personal experience working remotely and the impact it’s had, be sure to also watch his talk on WordPress.tv titled “How Working Remote Saved My Life”.

P.S. If you’d like to work with folks like Aaron, check out our jobs page! We’re hiring and would love to tackle problems together.