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.
With increasing numbers of people working from home, the work from home landscape is changing from the situation prior to COVID-19. Prior to the virus precautions it was not uncommon...
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Working from home can, for some, be an incredibly empowering and liberating experience, they are able to work the hours that suit them and align with the other pressures in...
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Conflict in any social environment is inevitable. Whether it occurs within a family, between friends, over sporting events or in the workplace, disagreements and the resulting tension are simply part...
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Trust between members of a virtual team emerged as one of the strongest themes in my research and a constant challenge for virtual teams of all sizes. It is of...
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For the second post in this quick series I thought I would consider engagement. How do a team of people who are used to seeing each other daily in an...
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Readers of this site will know that I have been passionate about project based virtual teams for a number of years, I’ve written about it in magazine articles, presented on...
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One big, vexing question constantly facing those running project virtual teams is that of hiring. Do you hire for technical skills alone, do you hire for communications skills, hire for...
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This is the final theme from the complexity series I began some time ago. Environmental uncertainty complexity impacts the complexity of the project through issues such as the uncertainty of...
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It is quite unusual for me to come across a business book that has a strong relevance to the leadership and operation of virtual teams, but Team of teams: new...
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Back in 2012/13 when I began research for my PhD I had the opportunity to spend time with a number of major resources project personnel, where I interviewed them as...
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