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 a futurist view to the future of work and the way that virtualisation, technology and the evolution of work and... read more →
Jun
11
May
05
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 then close with more positive feedback. While this method is valid in many English speaking cultures, it can also prove... read more →
Mar
24
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 organisations to efficiently share work between their various locations was extremely low. Some organisations tried to implement workshare practices but... read more →
Mar
03
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 trust is built and nurtured. However, building trust across cultures, between people who may never meet, or who meet for... read more →
Feb
17
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 build a team and maintain a collegiate environment for personnel to operate. There are fundamentally two different approaches that can... read more →
Feb
03
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 cultures, principally those with a North America or European base, teams are typically made up of a group of experts and specialists,... read more →
Jan
20
It's been said that the eight most frightening words in international business are "I'm from head office, I'm here to help". The fear that an impending visit from head office can invoke in some support offices, coupled with the desire of those running the sub offices to make sure everything is just... read more →
Jan
12
This post considers how the 2015 movie The Water Diviner, directed by and staring Russell Crowe (@RussellCrowe) as Connor, and co staring Olga Kurylenko (@OlyaKurylenko) as Ayshe and Yilmaz Erdogan (@YilmazErdogan) as Major Hasan, with a screenplay written by Andrew Knight and Andrew Anastasios, can be used to demonstrate some of the best aspects of effective cross... read more →
Dec
18
There are a great many ways in which organisations can get into trouble with their virtual teams, many of them, taken in isolation, will not cause too large a problem, but once two or more problems occur concurrently, or even sequentially, things can begin to unravel quite quickly. Following are... read more →
Dec
09
Communications in virtual team environments can sometimes feel like navigating a minefield with an out of date map, you know where many of the issues lie but there is always a small doubt somewhere in your mind that an unknown trap is about to ensnare you. So too is the challenge... read more →