Tony Jamous is CEO and co-founder of Oyster, a global employment platform that removes barriers to remote work and distributed hiring. He is passionate about empowering individuals from emerging economies through access to global career opportunities.

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Oyster HR – Hire talent in 180+ countries. Hire, pay, reward, and manage talent compliantly without setting up an entity.

3 Value Bombs

1) Create a massive amount of psychological safety at work. Invest in the people’s growth and development. Give people meaning and purpose.

2) Create an environment where people feel safe, where people are trusted to do their best work no matter how many hours they put in because we default to flexible and remote work.

3) Have a great diverse culture by becoming an attractive employer for people around the world, by taking care of people around the world by giving them great benefits, better pay especially in emerging economies.

Show Notes

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Today’s Audio MASTERCLASS: The world is your Oyster

[1:28] – Tony shares something that he believes about becoming successful that most people disagree with.

Most successful companies of tomorrow will be globally distributed and will be mission driven.

[2:01] – Tony’s origin story

He was born in Lebanon, moved to France when he was a teenager, then became an entrepreneur, launching his first technology company that was acquired for $6.5 billion by Ericsson.
If you put the mission at the heart of everything you can do, you can be more successful and deliver more return for investors, and that company is called Oyster.
Oyster is on a mission to make the world more equal and free by democratizing access to global job opportunities.

[2:52] – The mission of Oyster.

There are 100 million jobs going unfulfilled in the West, and according to BCG, that’s $8.5 trillion of economic loss, and around 10% of the world economy.
By dropping those barriers to global employment, we make the world an oyster for companies around the world.

[4:22] – The perfect client of Oyster.

Any company that is facing a talent shortage for knowledge workers is a perfect client.
Any company that needs a knowledge worker, which is going to be any company of tomorrow because we are moving into a world where digital knowledge work is becoming work in 10 years from now.

[6:04] – Global hiring as a competitive advantage, and how it impacts the retention strategies of companies.

Open up a global talent pool. Turbocharge your diversity.
Have a great diverse culture by becoming an attractive employer for people around the world, by taking care of people around the world by giving them great benefits, better pay especially in emerging economies.

[8:49] – A timeout to thank our sponsors!

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[11:57] – Creating an employee-centric workplace.

It starts with caring about how people feel working with you.
Create a massive amount of psychological safety at work. Invest in the people’s growth and development. Give people meaning and purpose.
You have to have a culture built on trust, otherwise it won’t work.
Address basic human needs that are beyond just a paycheck.

[14:15] – Maintaining values and culture when dealing with different regions.

When you’re working remotely across borders, you have to be very intentional about designing tools and rules that make people successful no matter what they are.
Create an environment where people feel safe, where people are trusted to do their best work no matter how many hours they put in because we default to flexible and remote work.
Culture is a reflection of the founder values

[17:32] – Effectively managing remote workforce.

The key tip is to be intentional and build a culture based on trust.
Be intentional in designing operating models.
Make a clear vision of what success looks like.
The best companies of tomorrow are companies going to be distributed and are going to be mission driven and give purpose to people.

[20:37] – Tony key take away and call to action.

Oyster HR – Hire talent in 180+ countries. Hire, pay, reward, and manage talent compliantly without setting up an entity.

[22:01] – Thank you to our Sponsors!

HubSpot: With HubSpot’s customer platform you can spend less time switching between systems, and more time on growing your business. Visit HubSpot.com to learn how HubSpot’s customer platform can help you grow your business!
ThriveTime Show: Want to meet me, JLD?! Attend Clay Clark’s 2-Day Interactive Business Workshop & meet me – JLD – Tim Tebow, & Clay Clark this June! Learn More & Request Your Ticket At ThrivetimeShow.com/EOFire!

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