Is your team ready for Q4?

👋 Welcome back to All Things Remote: your weekly shortcut to building lean, efficient remote teams without the chaos.

In today’s send:
✅ How to stay aligned when everything’s changing
✅ A 3-step check-in system that replaces “constant catch-ups”
✅ One for the managers dealing with PIPs.

But first: What’s one thing your team always loses focus on in Q4? (Hit reply, I might include your response next week 👀)

Now, let’s get to it👇

🧠 Top finds this week

🎧 How Nextdoor’s head of people is protecting mental health (whilst using AI too).
A refreshingly honest take on how to balance tech, humanity, and healthy culture without overstepping.

📈 Remote-friendly companies report higher productivity.
More than 8 in 10 remote-friendly companies say trust and autonomy are driving success.

🧘 How to stay sane while working from home_.
From avoiding isolation to managing boundaries, here’s how to keep your energy steady when home is also your office.

How to stay aligned when everything’s shifting

Q4 is chaos.

New goals pop up, priorities move, and suddenly everyone’s in “wrap-up mode.”

Alignment breaks down not from bad planning but from too many invisible changes.

Here’s how to keep everyone on track without more meetings:

1️⃣ Weekly async strategy pulse