What: ReadWriteWeb article about a report from Forterra Systems about virtual worlds being more effective than audio and web conferencing (also see related Business Wire release from Forterra Systems) Posts it is related to: Wonderland: A Tool for Online Collaboration, Rethinking the Value of Virtual Worlds for Virtual Team Collaboration Bottom line: Pilots with Forterra’s virtual world product OLIVE (On-Line… Read more →
It is that time of the year when people begin thinking about their new year’s resolutions. We often resolve to change our habits, thinking that the changes will make us more successful and our success, in turn, will make us happier. During the past decade, new research has emerged on the issue of the relationship between success and happiness…. Read more →
What: USA Weekend article on using email to motivate someone Posts to which it is related: Using Virtual Worlds for Leadership Development, The Leading Virtually Digest April 25, 2008 (see the last item), The Mind Has a Body of Its Own Bottom line: How do I motivate someone over email? This is a question that leaders of virtual teams often… Read more →
In August, Betsy wrote a post on the potential of virtual worlds for leadership development. In that post she mentioned the benefits and opportunities available for leadership development in game-based virtual worlds, such as World of Warcraft, and non-game virtual worlds. She mentioned visualization in virtual worlds as one aspect that can enable leadership training through behavior change and “stickiness”… Read more →
What: Research article from the Journal of Applied Psychology on antecedents of coworker trust Posts to which it is related: Transfer of Trust in Virtual Team Collaboration, Building Trust in Virtual Teams, Manipulate Perceptions to Improve Performance in Virtual Teams Bottom line: Trust between the members of a virtual team is an important requirement for team performance. How can a leader… Read more →
A few weeks back, Surinder posted quick tips that virtual team leaders could use to deal with pressures to make their virtual teams more productive. I believe that sponsors and leaders of virtual team projects ought to also focus on another thing: training. While the times are challenging because of pressures to cut down costs, we strongly believe that the… Read more →
What: NYTimes Maureen O’Dowd column on outsourcing in the news industry. Post to which it relates: Culture Matters in Virtual Teams, Implicit Communication and Culture: What it Means for Leading Virtual Teams, Promoting Cooperation Among Subgroups in Virtual Teams, So Far and Yet So Near Bottom line: O’Dowd talks about a couple in Pasadena, CA who run a small newspaper. … Read more →
The Leading Virtually blog contains many articles that virtual team leaders are likely to find useful for effective team performance. But the articles are arranged chronologically, with the most recent ones appearing first. We believe that our readers would benefit if we took our blog posts and organized them on the basis of issues that virtual teams face during different… Read more →
What: Psychology Today Blog article ‘How to Run a Con‘ Posts to which it is related: Leading in Face-to-face Versus Virtual Teams, Building Trust in Virtual Teams Bottom line: The author of this article, a neuroeconomist, describes the neurological basis of a classic con known as the pigeon drop (see a video of this). According to the author, ‘The key… Read more →
Cost cutting and doing more with less is in the air. Rarely does a day go by when you don’t face pressures yourself to do more with less or hear something similar from others. At the beginning of the week, WSJ had two articles on how businesses are trying to improve productivity or manage with less (Stores count seconds to… Read more →