On this episode, host Lloyed Lobo of Boast.AI welcomes Anu Bharadwaj, Chief Operating Officer at Atlassian.

Anu believes building connection and engagement in a distributed world is Atlassian's best strategy for growth and retention.

Too many companies are wasting resources on navigating return-to-office strategies instead of investing in employees and improving their ways of working.

Anu shares the playbook for building meaningful connections across a distributed workforce.

Specifically, Anu covers:

1:46 - The powerful lesson that Anu learned after being hospitalized unexpectedly. 

4:36 - What are the key factors to building strong connections.

6:53 - The difference between remote work and distributed work.

9:43 - How to create shared experiences in a distributed work environment instead of wasting resources on return-to-office strategies.

16:05 - How to leverage communication to drive engagement.

20:34 - The results of Atlassian's Team Anywhere initiative to build stronger bonds in a distributed world.

Learn more at https://tractionconf.io

Connect with Anu Bharadwaj: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anutthara/

Learn more about Atlassian at https://www.atlassian.com/

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