With increasing numbers of people working from home, the work from home landscape is changing from the situation prior to COVID-19. Prior to the virus precautions it was not uncommon... read more →
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... read more →
Marginalisation is a real problem faced by many if not all virtual teams at some point. However you structure your virtual work teams, you will almost always find some groups who feel... read more →
Leadership skills in virtual teams are different to leadership skills needed in a co-located team. Leaders of co-located teams need to be able to inspire and direct a team they see around... read more →
Communications in project teams should always be the most simple they can to convey the intended message. Simplicity in messages is very important, the messages need to be clear, concise... read more →
With all of the buzz around the recent release of the movie adaptation of Andy Weir's book "The Martian",... read more →
In life, as in business, a strong personal network is critically important to a person's effectiveness. This need is amplified when the person is working in a distributed or virtual... 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 →
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... read more →
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... read more →