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...
2019-10-14 | Resolving Virtual Team Conflict
At the risk of preaching to the choir, let me say this: Don’t hide behind your emails. My boss had told another leader in the organization that I would be helping with a project… but never told me. Has that ever happened to you? I found out when I received an email...
2019-10-07 | Distance Leader Work-Life Balance
Leading a global team does not mean you have to work 24 hours a day. I’m not sure when it happened, but something changed when I was supporting a team in Europe. I was developing a comprehensive methodology for a SaaS (Software as a Service) and consulting process,...
2019-09-30 | Distance Leader Work-Life Balance
Perhaps it’s time to show off your smile! Working 100% remotely has its challenges. Technology makes communication so easy, that my colleagues really don’t know (or care) where I work, as long as we can connect and collaborate effectively. There is, however, a source...
2019-09-23 | Defining Successful Distance Leaders
Let’s face it: some people crave the office. Way back in the 90s, I had the opportunity to work with a great team of people, some of whom were virtual leaders. The word “virtual” was being bandied about with great imprecision, and nobody really knew what virtual or...
2019-09-16 | Addressing Virtual Team Multiculturalism
The same language does not mean the same understanding. It was a big day. We had just signed an agreement with a sales team in Europe that would help us sell our products overseas, but also give us a clear picture of what our clients wanted when they deployed learning...
