Turnover of personnel in an organisation is always a problem, personnel join, learn the ways the company does its business, meet and work with their colleagues in the organisation and... read more →
Ambiguity is a curse in almost any business environment. Dealing with uncertainty in most endeavours can be frustrating for all concerned, but managing ambiguity in virtual teams is one of the... read more →
OK, I'll come clean right at the start, this post has nothing to do with the zombie's depicted by popular fiction, I am not going to be discussing employees who... read more →
Establishing virtual teams can often seem like a relatively simple process, and as such many organisations jump in without really taking the time to plan things out, their process seems... read more →
When virtual teams are part of an organisations strategy, say, to build a global footprint without too much unnecessary duplication of skills, the organisation has a vision that includes the... read more →
A number of organisations I have spoken with have faced issues relating to the travel costs associated with running virtual teams. Often they have only recently moved to a distributed... read more →
Marginalisation is an issue which reaches across much of modern society, individuals and groups are intentionally or unintentionally excluded from discussions or participation for any number of reasons. In workplaces... read more →
The development of the modern, more advanced, lower cost and faster forms of electronic communication that enabled organisations to move toward the use of virtual teams, has, I believe also... read more →
There are many reasons to engage a consultant to work with establishing and maintaining your virtual teams. The most common reasons being that the managers and leaders running virtual teams... read more →
Most organisations embark on a virtual team approach to their work for a combination of the following reasons; reducing costs by using personnel from lower cost locations, accessing skills not readily... read more →