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 →
Communicating with peers, managers and subordinates in virtual or distributed team environments is a challenging area to understand. But, with some thought and planning, communicating with those you can't see... 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 →
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 →
With so many different communication media available and so many ways to communicate within and between virtual teams, it is very important to select the most appropriate tools for the... read more →
Often when discussing virtual teams and work sharing with clients and partners the conversation seems to start by hinging around technology, there is such a high focus on such things... read more →
When planning how a virtual team is to function, something that is often overlooked is the level of complexity and interaction required between virtual teammates. Understanding complexity in virtual teamwork... read more →
Some of the best and worst virtual teams I have encountered could be classified by the levels of trust between team members. Those with high levels of implicit and explicit... read more →
Quite frequently, both in my research and in a number of discussions with leaders and members of virtual teams I hear the term work share used. The term work share... read more →
I often come across organisations that have jumped into virtual team execution for their project and wonder why they get into problems during execution. Typically the problems are things they... read more →