Virtual Teams

A well thought-out team charter is key to the success of a project - and to creating a collaborative virtual team. Not sure where to start? We'll walk you through the process, and identify the key components to include in your team's charter.

Whether you call it teleworking, telecommuting or remote working, being a part of any kind of virtual work experience is a unique experience, to say the least. The rewards are great, to be sure. But there are also a number of challenges associated with this type of business structure.

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Virtual Teams, 2nd Edition, free online version of the book for reading and pdf downloads.

An accessible, fascinating book, packed with useful, useable advice that no one who works internationally should ignore. -- IGM Notepad, Summer 2004Basic tenent on learned cultural intelligence is summarized well. Thoughtful tools and useful chapter on using your own language better. -- Edge Magazine, November, 2004

Our sixth post in the Telework Week 2012 series is from Susan Murphy, a partner at Jester Creative Inc. and a regular Workshifting.com contributor. There's no doubt that workshifting is increasing in popularity. According to the 2011 report, The State of Telework in the U.S., regular teleworking grew by 61 ...

Tweet Share on Tumblr Tweet Share on Tumblr In 2009 Forrester Research predicted that more than half the workforce would be teleworking by 2016: "Fueled by broadband adoption, better collaboration tools, and growing management experience, the U.S. telecommuting ranks will swell to 63 million by 2016.

Virtual team management is becoming increasingly commonplace. Whether you are an existing manager or new to the management game, these top five tips for virtual team management will help you and your team collaborate at higher levels. While most business managers are trained and experienced in overseeing teams in traditional office settings, virtual team management is a relatively recent global phenomenon.

If you're only using video conferencing for team all hands or multi-hour meetings, you're missing out on its positive impact on real time collaboration. Here are 3 ways you should incorporate video into your day-to-day workflows. If you're only using video conferencing for team all hands or multi-hour meetings, you're missing out on its positive impact on real time collaboration.

So you need to plan a team meeting. No big deal, right? But wait, it has to be a virtual meeting. And every single person that needs to be there works from a different location. And, oh yeah, they live in multiple time zones. Now what?