The different people on your virtual team are likely to come from different cultural backgrounds, have different tastes, be sensitive to different things, and have different goals from their involvement in the project. In the same way, when members of a virtual team are composed of people from […]
The A-Z of Virtual Teams: A … B … Backgrounds C … Coordinate the Work D … Desired Outcome E … Execute on Expectations F … Facilitation G … H … Handling Disagreements I … J … K … Keep the Sponsors Informed L … M … N […]
Virtual team members need to agree how they are going to work toward the shared outcome that they have identified, particularly if they are going to be intensely collaborating on shared artifacts. Because everyone not in the same room is invisible, a shared mental picture / shared cognitive […]
Why do we work in teams? 4. Teamwork to Increase Acceptance (a) Securing buy-in within the organization Teamwork is driven by the need to secure buy-in from other people, groups and departments within the organization. Initiatives that are cooked up in isolation from other teams and groups and […]
When working on a virtual team — when the other people are invisible to you — interpreting silence is one of the biggest challenges. They are invisible to your eyes, and now inaudible to your ears. What do we make of this? Silence can mean many things. It […]
Why do we work in teams? 3. Teamwork to Increase Breadth (a) Gaining a wider perspective Teams enable organizations to secure a wider perspective on pressing problems and opportunities. Different people bring different past experiences, different cultural mandates and different points of reference to bear on these problems […]
Why do we work in teams? 2. Teamwork to Increase Speed (a) Greater speed by dividing the complexity Some projects are so complex, and have so many interlocking requirements that although one person could get it done, it would take years or decades of their life to do […]
Why do we work in teams? 1. Teamwork to Increase Power (a) Greater power by leveraging the knowledge of internal and external experts. People that become experts through ongoing learning and experience are called upon to share their knowledge with people working on various teams. They may be […]
Oscar and Jessica have been working out a checklist for when you need in-person meetings, based in part on a desire to reduce CO2 emissions. In the spirit of collaboration, I’ve taken their checklist and made a flowchart out of it for those that like things visually … […]
Teamwork—combining strengths with other people, working with others toward a common objective—is a natural and normal part of business life. Many projects are too large or too complex for one person to deliver alone that they must combine their efforts with the efforts of others. So it is […]
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