You're a manager, that means lots of meetings. Planning meetings and 1-1 with direct reports. Personally, if I were the manager, and I committed to supporting t

You're a manager, that means lots of meetings. Planning meetings and 1-1 with direct reports. Personally, if I were the manager, and I committed to supporting this team, I would take the bulk of the hit and wake up as early as possible to overlap at least 3-4 hours with my team. (Of course, I also would think long and hard about whether I wanted to make that commitment) Generally, I also think it's important teams figure out their core timezone(s). A good rule of thumb for large companies is to at least span one ocean (to not be too insular). But spanning a 12 hr difference can be pretty tough.