2020-01-06 | Resolving Virtual Team Conflict
The first step is knowing what to observe I had been given a project by my boss, and was told to get some of the pertinent details from his administrative assistant. Seemed simple enough. There was some travel involved, some plans that had to be made, and some...
2019-12-02 | Distance Leader Work-Life Balance
Sometimes you have to fight for your boundaries I was sitting in my doctor’s office for an early-morning appointment. I would be back home, and back to work, by 9:00 AM, so I didn’t need to take any time off. As I was sitting in the waiting room, my boss called. I...
2019-11-18 | Distance Leader Career Challenges
Leading virtually doesn’t make you any less of a leader. I have a colleague, Miguel*, who tries to hide the fact that he is a distance leader. He led a team in the office in his previous role, but his current team is 100% virtual, and he works from home, now, too....
2019-11-04 | Defining Successful Distance Leaders
How you delegate difficult projects actually matters. I had been asked to coordinate a team to develop specific resources for an international client. I found the right people, organized the task and coordinated meetings where we would be constructing resources in an...
2019-10-28 | Addressing Virtual Team Multiculturalism
People are often an extension of their culture in the workplace. I have been fortunate enough to work with people from many different cultures. Whether as a leader of multicultural teams or as a team member myself, I found that working with multiple perspectives led...
2019-10-21 | Overcoming Virtual Team Performance Problems and Failures
A virtuous cycle or a vicious cycle? The choice is yours. I had just started a new job, and was on my first “solo” presentation after training. At the time, I had gone through some tremendous upheavals in my life, and was still a little shaky in my role. The content...
