I sit down with My Amazon Guy Account Manager Ian Bakes who went from working in the construction industry to going to work remotely at MAG. How do you handle managing people remotely? Where are the breakdowns?
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00:06 Ian Bakes, Account Manager at My Amazon Guy
00:40 What's it like going from the construction industry to working remotely?
01:39 What was the 1st thing that changed in your life when started working remotely?
03:12 What advice would you give to both employer and employee with regard to work-life balance
05:28 Can you build rapport inside the agency if you are working remotely?
08:48 People only respect what you inspect. In the remote world, what's the best way to do that?
10:37 What are your everyday routines?
12:18 Have you ask your direct reports what their routines are?
15:05 We're a corporate company with a laidback culture.
15:50 How would you describe the culture at My Amazon Guy?
18:11 With where we are at remote culture, what advice would you give other companies, on how to improve their remote culture?
20:53 Which of these 3 is the most important, for the account management? (extrovert, patient, detail-oriented)
23:11 Tell us 1 thing that people could do to increase their Amazon sales today?