Communication failures in organisations expose the business to many risks including; rework, high rejection rates of output, schedule blowouts, cost over runs and higher than normal involuntary turnover of personnel.... read more →
For anyone working in a team based project environment, be it co-located or virtual, single or multi cultural, developing a comprehensive communication toolkit, one comprising different communication styles and skills,... read more →
Leading a team is hard. Leading a virtual team is even harder. Leading a virtual team, where members are spread across multiple geographic locations, adds additional management complexity including; managing across time... read more →
Love them or hate them, teleconferences are a part of the modern business landscape. Barely a week, or for some barely a day passes without them joining a teleconference. Often, upwards... read more →
We are all products of our personal and cultural past. Everything we have seen, read, heard and experienced changes the way we see our own present and future, ultimately affecting... read more →
Establishing and maintaining a safe and healthy work life balance is a challenge for many in the modern workplace. Getting this work life balance right when working across multiple time... read more →
This article focuses on the ways in which outsourcing impacts virtual teams. It considers some of the managerial, business and social issues that are associated with moving from an internalized... read more →
This article focuses on the challenges of building a corporate culture when your business is geographically distributed. So, just how do you go about building a corporate culture in a... read more →
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... read more →
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... read more →