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The Dancing Accountant Shares Tips for Building A Remote Team

“Really great interview. I appreciated how the highlights were amplified. Nancy is smart and real. Blake does a great job allowing the interviewee talk and share her knowledge. Well done!”
-YouTube viewer comment

I was honored to be interviewed recently by the one-and-only Blake Oliver for Relay‘s “Gearing Up” series, where every two weeks, he talks to a real accountant or bookkeeper about ONE challenge in their firm — and how to solve it.

In this episode, we discuss how to build a team with whom you love to work (kudos to Bookkeeping Buds for helping me make that happen).

As our firm grew, I realized that building The Dancing Accountant in a traditional way was re-creating working conditions that our team and I didn’t love — it was immensely important to me that above all, we enjoy working with each other.

But first I had to convince myself I had something to offer — and decided to focus on what I knew employees wanted: meaningful work.

In the latest episode of Gearing Up with our host Blake Oliver, I open up about the a-ha moment that led to our building an entirely different kind of remote firm. In the episode, you’ll learn:
💃 Why Nancy is known as The Dancing Accountant
🔨 Nancy’s favorite tool in her tech stack
🧑‍💻 Three things employees want from work
🧩 The non-traditional structure of Nancy’s team

Full 15-min episode here — 📺 https://youtu.be/IigWdOH5G6M

Enjoy, and let me know what you think!


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