Aiste Juknaite is the Director of Growth at Gorillas - Europe’s fastest unicorn and an instant grocery delivery giant out of Berlin. Before Gorillas, Aiste held several growth and customer service related roles at Uber.In this episode we talk about Aiste's journey working for global unicorn companies, with a focus on scaling global teams, building trust, implementing values and rituals. Finally we talk about what challenges first-time managers of global teams face as well as the workload and work-life balance management.The topics covered in this episode with Timestamps[01:35] - INTRODUCTION AND AISTE’S JOURNEY IN GLOBAL TECHPushing into global tech companies from the BalticsLeveraging Linkedin to push your careerWorking within a truly global team at Uber[07:25] - ON JOINING GORILLAS AND SCALING FAST GROWING ORGANIZATIONSJumping into the Gorillas rocketshipScaling cultureImportance of company valuesBuilding a team remotely[13:10] - ON VALUES AND RITUALS IN DAILY BUSINESSBuilding team spirit remotely with ritualsWorking as a sole remote team memberHomogeneous vs. diverse teamsIntroducing sub-team valuesAssuming others have positive-intent by default[23:45] - ON BUILDING TRUST WITHIN TEAMSBuilding trust fastAuthenticity, logic and empathyResponsibility of people managers to build trust between their team membersThe importance of 1:1 with ample time allocationTeam personality tests togetherStart building trust from hiring[32:10] - ON CHALLENGES FOR A FIRST-TIME MANAGER OF A GLOBAL TEAMGetting used to people being in control of when they respondCultural differences between countries and nations worldwide[37:55] - ON UNICORN WORKLOAD & SETTING PERSONAL BOUNDARIESNo illusions on 9-to-5, working more intensely by choicePassion for building a businessSetting boundaries when physically possibleSetting strict personal life requirementsDistinguishing between manager days and maker daysPrioritise things you truly care about, sacrifice everything elseTo reach out to Aiste use: LinkedinFind out more on https://www.pursuitofscrappiness.co/ Support for this episode comes from Nexpay > https://paynexpay.com/Support for this episode comes from Venetor > https://www.venetor.co/ ===See the video content exclusively on Linkedin > https://www.linkedin.com/company/pursuit-of-scrappiness/ Questions/suggestions? Join our Telegram group > https://t.me/pursuitofscrappiness The full interview with Aiste is available NOW on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts Support the show

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