Monitoring Progress and Tracking Results (1)
After writing this post, I realised what a great opportunity we have when working in virtual teams of increasing the quality of our communication. Is there anything I have missed out? Could most of...
View ArticleMonitoring Progress and Tracking Results (2)
This is the second part of the post on Results, the third element of the VIRTUAL model of communication. Maybe you’d like to read Part 1 before continuing? Or download this pdf for the full version. In...
View ArticleHow to Destroy Trust in Your Virtual Team
This is a guest post by Leila Machiavelli, who specialises in making sure organisations don’t evolve and that flexible working doesn’t work so that everyone has to be in the office at set hours,...
View ArticleVirtual Work is Already Broken
Earlier in the year I shared my concern that, when the hype of new, shiny online collaboration tools starts to fade, we’ll take our eye off the ball and start making the same mistakes in the virtual...
View ArticleImprove Communication in Your Virtual Team
We are about to launch the first Virtual not Distant online course for leaders of virtual teams. We’d like to share some tools, processes and behaviours to increase visibility in your virtual team,...
View ArticlePodcast 36: Bridging Cultures
Pilar speaks to Hugo Messer about leading remote teams and the importance of values in creating a culture that works across nations. Hugo is the CEO of Ekipa, the global market for software teams and...
View ArticlePodcast 39 Team Identity in Virtual Teams
In this episode we discuss the ever elusive and complex problem of team identity, with particular reference to virtual teams. 00:30 Pilar introduces the topic of team identity, before we move onto...
View ArticleLeadership in Virtual Teams
Every morning, I go for a walk in the park. The walk is really just an excuse to listen to a podcast without feeling like I should be doing something else more “productive”. Quite often during these...
View ArticlePodcast 44: Meetups and Management 3.0
Pilar talks to Andrea Darabos and Ryan Behrman form the London Management 3.0 Meetup Group. 00:10 Pilar recommends some podcasts. 09:55 Why they set up the meet ups. Link to meet up. Their...
View ArticleWhat We Can Learn from Recognition Software
I never know whether to smile or cringe when I come across a piece of software designed to replace face to face conversation. But, in a world where organisations are so large that people can easily...
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