Working Together While Apart - Real, Virtual Teams
Are you maximizing the potential of your most important resource – your people?
You might be surprised to know that the two most important tools impacting the success of your virtual team have nothing to do with technology. They are the ability to ask questions and the ability to make decisions: asking the right questions about what the team requires, what their challenges are, and how they are going to communicate and collaborate – and empowering your team members to make their own informed decisions; from their understanding of a common vision and goal. These are the foundation for an effective distributed team.
All teams struggle with trust, feedback, motivation, and communication quality. And these difficulties can be magnified when the team is not co-located. Increasingly, work within and between organizations is structured of individual contributors working in teams. Unfortunately, most people don't just simply adapt to virtual teamwork. Too many virtual team initiatives and distributed work programs have failed because of a lack of research, planning, and training. |
Phil Montero on Cisco's Bizwise TV
"How to Mobilize Your Workforce" |
 Transitioning to a more virtual work-style doesn’t have to be a huge, monstrous task; it can be achieved through a series of small adjustments. Small adjustments such as learning about a new tool or service, discovering a feature of a program you are already using, establishing a new communication protocol, implementing a new collaboration strategy, or evolving a regular conference call into a virtual meeting. The secret of success is hidden in your daily routine.
Our virtual team products and remote management workshops help you bridge the communication gaps created by geographical separation and teach you to engage employees and foster collaboration around the block or around the world. Learn practical strategies and tools for creating, leading, and sustaining your own dynamic virtual teams:
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