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 of who we are and how we function socially. In a conventional social or workplace setting, where personnel are co-located... read more →
Mar
26
Mar
21
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 particular concern in newly formed teams and situations where people are finding themselves in unusual situations, such as suddenly working... read more →
Mar
17
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 office environment maintain their engagement with each other and the organisation when they are suddenly separated. And conversely, how does... read more →
Mar
14
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 it at a number of conferences, set up this website and blog to share my insights and, in the background... read more →
Jan
26
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 location, for 'fit' or a combination of these. I would propose that this is a case by case question but... read more →
Aug
20
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 the marketplace for the product and surrounding the project while it is being undertaken; the ways in which the project... read more →
Dec
24
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 rules of engagement for a complex world, written by retired US General Stanley McChrystal with co-authors Tantum Collins, David Silverman... read more →
Dec
04
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 part of my research data collection on the good and bad of using virtual teams to deliver their projects. Within... read more →
Apr
24
This is the third podcast interview associated with the excellent book 'Integrating Program Management and System Engineering: Methods, Tools and Organizational Systems for Improving Performance' from the Project Management Institute (PMI) and International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) and published by Wiley. In this interview, which is part 2 of... read more →
Nov
14
This is the second podcast interview associated with the excellent book 'Integrating Program Management and System Engineering: Methods, Tools and Organizational Systems for Improving Performance' from the Project Management Institute (PMI) and International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) and published by Wiley. In this interview, which is part 1 of... read more →