Recently, Surinder and I did a day-long workshop on virtual team leadership, and I think it has gotten both of us thinking more than ever about those who are actually practicing virtual team leadership. We try to do two things when making suggestions for virtual team leaders: first, to support them with research and practitioner experience, and second, to organize… Read more →
What: Inquirer.net article about how to manage virtual teams Posts to which it is related: Confessions of a Telecommuter, How Do I Begin To Improve The Functioning of my Virtual Team? Bottom Line: I found this article interesting as it was written based on the advice of three Filipino managers. It was surprising to see that the views about virtual… Read more →
What: Computerworld article on telecommuting. Posts to which it is related: Confessions of a Telecommuter, So You Think You’d Like to Telecommute? Bottom line: This article articulately explains how and why telecommuting is not always a problem nor is it always a good option. The author suggests a series of six questions a manager should ask before allowing telework, and… Read more →
What: Article titled “In-house perspective: The challenge of a virtual team” from ALB Legal News Posts To Which It Is Related: Leading In Face-To-Face Versus Virtual Teams, Improving Virtual Team Leadership Using TechnologyBottom Line: The author, Lynne Saunder, talks about virtual team issues that she faced when she move to a new role as a legal counsel in which she… Read more →
What: Atlanta Business Chronicle article about the bottom line benefits of telecommutingPosts To Which It Is Related: So You Think You’d Like To Telecommute?, Leading In Face-To-Face Versus Virtual Teams Bottom Line: Mike Williams, the director of programs for the Clean Air Campaign, has come up with a few statistics that will help those who would like to telecommute convince… Read more →
What: New York Times article on the use of virtual meetings. Posts to which it is related: The Mind Has a Body of Its Own, Improving Virtual Team Leadership Using Technology, Freeing Yourself from Email, So You Think You’d Like to Telecommute Bottom line: This article begins with the premise of virtual meetings (specifically, teleconferencing) increasing in business, as a… Read more →
What: Availability of browser-based virtual worlds from The Electric Sheep Company, Vivaty, and Google. Posts to which it is related: Wonderland: A Tool for Online Collaboration, Rethinking the Value of Virtual Worlds for Virtual Team Collaboration, The Future of Virtual Teams: Collaboration in 3D Web Bottom Line: New web browser-based virtual worlds make it easier for virtual team members to… Read more →
What: A New York Times article about Barack Obama’s use of social networking to create a virtual organization to help his campaign. Posts to which it is related: Improving Virtual Team Performance Using Technology Bottom Line: Chris Hughes, one of the founders of the popular online social network Facebook, is in charge of Barack Obama’s social networking campaign. This campaign… Read more →
For those who are interested in virtual team collaboration, the concept of teamwork is crucial. But rarely is “teamwork” actually defined. Just as the adage goes, we know it when we see it, but we may have trouble explicitly saying what makes for good teamwork. This week, Surinder sent me an academic journal article by Martin Hoegl and Hans Georg… Read more →
As more companies are considering the option of allowing their employees to telecommute (see the recent flurry of news about telecommuting), there is an increasing need to understand how leading in virtual teams is different from leading in face-to-face teams. In many cases, people have challenged the idea that leading in virtual teams is different from leading in face-to-face situations…. Read more →