About Francis Norman
Combining over thirty years of experience working within and managing co-located and virtual project teams with his ongoing PhD research into virtual teams communications, Francis is passionate about sharing his knowledge and experience.
We are all products of our personal and cultural past. Everything we have seen, read, heard and experienced changes the way we see our own present and future, ultimately affecting...
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Establishing and maintaining a safe and healthy work life balance is a challenge for many in the modern workplace. Getting this work life balance right when working across multiple time...
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This article focuses on the ways in which outsourcing impacts virtual teams. It considers some of the managerial, business and social issues that are associated with moving from an internalized...
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This article focuses on the challenges of building a corporate culture when your business is geographically distributed. So, just how do you go about building a corporate culture in a...
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The question of what the future of work will look like is one that comes up regularly when discussing virtual teams, as such, in this article I will try to apply...
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Much of the management guidance used in western businesses for delivering employee feedback suggests that the best approach is to say something good, followed by commenting on an area for improvement...
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The concept of workshare is one that has arrived in the workforce progressively over the past two decades. Prior to the advent of high speed internet communications, the ability of...
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Trust is fundamental to any relationship, whether it is business or personal. If there is no trust between partners, things will not run as smoothly as they do when the...
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One of the questions that comes up frequently around virtual teams is the issue of team building, how, when the personnel are distributed across a number of locations, can you...
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When establishing a virtual team, or when moving between cultures for business, team composition diversity can present some difficulties for both new and experienced managers and team members. In many...
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