Leading Effective Virtual Teams: Overcoming Time and Distance to Achieve Exceptional Results
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (522 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1466557869 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 236 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Nancy is an active member of the International Association of Facilitators, the Virtual Facilitators Linked-In Roundtable, Boston Facilitator’s Roundtable, and American Society for Training and Development. Among her recent clients are Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Shell Oil, Greenpeace International, Medco Health Systems, Partners Healthcare, Unilever, and the Consortium for Energy Efficiency. Her articles have appeared in publications such as The Meeting Profession
"Practical advice and learnings for teams around the Globe" according to JudyK. I have been a project manager of virtual teams since the Digital Equipment Corporation/Compaq merger (1998). My entire local team was layed off and i needed to work with people that were not in my physical location. I could have used this book then!I found the book easy to read with very practical advice that stare us in the face but perhaps haven't thought about in a while - for example - all of my conference calls are in English. Some participants may not be as proficient and Nancy's suggestion to always use a visual thru web conferencing is a very good one. I find using a visual always helps with requesting proje. Even though the book is pretty instructive for virtual team leaders Yacine Merdjemak Even though the book is pretty instructive for virtual team leaders, it is merely a redundant list of best practices with minimum cognitive background and/or behavioral analysis.. Wish I Had This Book a Year Ago Mike Gil In the last year, I have joined a team that is highly virtual, and our standard way of meeting has changed from F2F (face-to-face) to via phone and web (e.g. Microsoft Lync). Nancy's book provided useful tips for understanding, assessing, and leading virtual teams, ranging from simple ways to make team members feel included on teleconferences to more advanced team dynamics like assessing individual performance for team members one has never met.I would recommend this book to anyone undertaking a collaboration technology project(via portals, e-mail, telephony, IM/presence, web conferencing, or any combination of them
If you’re a leader of any type of virtual team and want to help your team members collaborate more effectively, then buy this book. Written as a series of bulleted tips drawn from client experiences and best practices, Leading Effective Virtual Teams: Overcoming Time and Distance to Achieve Exceptional Results presents practical tips to help leaders engage and motivate their geographically dispersed project team members. Designed to be read section by section in any order, this book shares approaches and techniques to help you address some of the toughest challenges virtual team leaders face, including keeping team members engaged from afar.. A proliferation of new technologies has lulled many into thinking that we actually have to think less about how we communicate. In fact, communicating and collaborating across time, distance, and cultures has never been more complex or difficult. You will learn how to:Build trust and cultivate relationships, virtually, across your teamDesign and facilitate virtual meetings that are focused and engagingInfluence without authorityMotivate and galvanize a virtual team for top performanceBlend asynchronous and synchronous communications for better virtual collaborationNavigate cross-cultural and generational differences in the absence of vital visual cuesAssess skills, strengths, apt
She covers the gamut, from building trust to cross-cultural tripwires, in a way that will work for virtual teams, whatever their makeup.Dr. Penny Pullan,Director, Making Projects Work Ltd.. Organizations are only now beginning to realize that specialized skills and competencies are needed to lead effective virtual teams .I particularly enjoyed the practical tips that can be applied to almost any kind of virtual team. Nancy knows what works and shares it with us in a way that is both easy to read and apply