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.
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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Leadership skills in virtual teams are different to leadership skills needed in a co-located team. Leaders of co-located teams need to be able to inspire and direct a team they see around...
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Communications in project teams should always be the most simple they can to convey the intended message. Simplicity in messages is very important, the messages need to be clear, concise...
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Building a high productivity virtual team is a complex thing to do. In reality, any individual or organisation can establish a virtual team, all that is needed is to engage...
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Building and operating effective virtual teams is as much an art as it is a science. Many organisations rely more on luck than good planning when embarking on a virtual...
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As a species, we humans are notoriously poor a conceptualizing risks. Yes, historically, we have developed some pretty good mechanisms to evade predatory animals, but the chances of being pursued...
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When you are trying to maintain enthusiasm and coordination in your team, whether its a small co-located group or a large virtual community, it is critically important to keep your messaging...
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With all of the buzz around the recent release of the movie adaptation of Andy Weir's book "The Martian",...
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Engineering projects are one of the largest adopters of virtual teams. Companies such as Boeing, Airbus and Shell among others have been adopters of the use of distributed teams or workshare, as they often...
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