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Contributors
- Carol Cochran, Director HR, FlexJobs
- Adnan Isakovic, Executive Consultant, Metaphorm Solutions
- Rick Lepsinger, Managing Partner, OnPoint Consulting
- Victor Lipman, President, Howling Wolf Management Training, LLC
- Barb Martin, Global Information Technology Executive
- Brie Rangel, Strategist, Impact Branding & Design
- Chris Roszell, AVP Rewards, Manulife
- Lynette Van Steinburg, Virtual Effectiveness Driver, Virtual Effectiveness Consulting
- Jane Watson, Head of People, Actionable.co
Your Challenge
- Virtual team members must rely upon collaboration technology to communicate and collaborate.
- Management practices and approaches that work face to face do not always translate effectively in virtual contexts.
- Managers cannot rely upon spontaneous social interactions that happen organically when people are co-located to build meaningful and trusting relationships. Space and time need to be created in a virtual environment for this to happen.
- Observing an employee’s performance or development can be more difficult, and relying on others’ feedback becomes more critical for managing performance and development.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- Managing virtual teams does not require developing new manager competencies. Instead, managers need to “dial up” competencies they already have and adjust their approaches.
- Setting clear expectations with virtual teams creates the foundation needed to manage them effectively.
- Virtual employees crave more meaningful interactions about performance and development with their managers.
Impact and Result
- Create a solid foundation for managing virtual teams by setting clear expectations and taking a more planful approach to managing performance and employee development.
- Dial up key management competencies that you already have. Managers do not need to develop new competencies; they just need to adjust and refocus their approaches.
Guided Implementations
This guided implementation is a one call advisory process.
Call #1 - Discuss the training material and how to customize it with organization-specific processes.
After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve. See our top member experiences for this Blueprint, and what our clients have to say.
Client
Experience
Impact
$ Saved
Days Saved
Board Of Co-op Education
Guided Implementation
9/10
$2,292
2
The University Of Manchester
Guided Implementation
10/10
$43,501
9
Montana Department of Revenue
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
2