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.
In an earlier article I discussed the different levels of support and training offered by organisations to their people when deploying them onto international projects, either as expat's, or as home...
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Last week I posted an article titled "How Companies Develop International Communication Skills" where I discussed ways organisations can support their personnel when they are working in virtual team based projects...
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There are, it seems to me, three basic ways company's develop international communications skills in their employees, all three of which have analogies with learning to swim, these basic options...
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Over the years, I have met a number of people who, usually after a few years of living and working overseas, decide either consciously or subconsciously that an overseas location is more...
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The concept of Impostor Syndrome has been discussed in a number of different contexts for some time now. It is also something my colleagues and I talk about from time. Impostor syndrome is...
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I often come across organisations that choose to skip the set up phase of their project, diving straight into virtual team execution without deciding if it is right for their organisation...
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Virtual reality technology is moving at an incredible pace, rapidly approaching the point where it may start to offer a serious option for members of virtual teams to communicate. Until...
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Big data seems to have been everywhere this year, every media outlet, pundit and business seems to have latched on to the concept, or at least the term, many without...
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Getting things done in organisations essentially comes down to the interplay of three emotions, Trust, Respect and Fear, and how your team interacts under each of them. While the ideal position...
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Social media is seemingly everywhere these days, it is has been a part of the social fabric of most societies for the past 7 to 10 years and for the last...
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