I recently read a NY Times article by Clive Thompson about the social effects of information sharing through sites like Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter. Posting frequent small tidbits of information about oneself is often perceived as a useless act. But Thompson points out some of the really useful social outcomes that can result from these acts of self-disclosure. I cover the following points: Ambient… Read more →
What: Blog post from the Institute for Corporate Productivity about virtual team trends. Posts to which it is related: About LeadingVirtually.com Bottom Line: 67% of 278 companies responding to a survey by the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) foresee their reliance on virtual teams increasing over the next three years. This number (i.e., the percentage indicating greater reliance on virtual… Read more →
Recently, Surinder and I did a day-long workshop on virtual team leadership, and I think it has gotten both of us thinking more than ever about those who are actually practicing virtual team leadership. We try to do two things when making suggestions for virtual team leaders: first, to support them with research and practitioner experience, and second, to organize… Read more →
What: Inquirer.net article about how to manage virtual teams Posts to which it is related: Confessions of a Telecommuter, How Do I Begin To Improve The Functioning of my Virtual Team? Bottom Line: I found this article interesting as it was written based on the advice of three Filipino managers. It was surprising to see that the views about virtual… Read more →
My fellow bloggers and I have made many recommendations on this blog about how to improve the functioning of virtual teams. When we recently presented these recommendations to an audience, we were told that it would be useful if we could take some of the most critical recommendations and frame them in a way that makes it easier for someone… Read more →
What: Computerworld article on telecommuting. Posts to which it is related: Confessions of a Telecommuter, So You Think You’d Like to Telecommute? Bottom line: This article articulately explains how and why telecommuting is not always a problem nor is it always a good option. The author suggests a series of six questions a manager should ask before allowing telework, and… Read more →
What: Article titled “In-house perspective: The challenge of a virtual team” from ALB Legal News Posts To Which It Is Related: Leading In Face-To-Face Versus Virtual Teams, Improving Virtual Team Leadership Using TechnologyBottom Line: The author, Lynne Saunder, talks about virtual team issues that she faced when she move to a new role as a legal counsel in which she… Read more →
Part of the value of working with LeadingVirtually.com is that the group actually operates as a virtual team, allowing us to face the challenges that we write about in a working environment. LeadingVirtually.com is only one of the many things that each of us is involved in. One job I had previously was a telecommuting job for a company in New York City. I… Read more →
What: Atlanta Business Chronicle article about the bottom line benefits of telecommutingPosts To Which It Is Related: So You Think You’d Like To Telecommute?, Leading In Face-To-Face Versus Virtual Teams Bottom Line: Mike Williams, the director of programs for the Clean Air Campaign, has come up with a few statistics that will help those who would like to telecommute convince… Read more →
In this post, I would like to get back to a really basic interest of the Leading Virtually group. There are at least a few prominent articles (see, for example, the Seriosity report and an HBR article) that predict multiplayer online games offer us a preview of the future of the business environment and leadership. While this may be true, we are interested primarily in the potential of… Read more →