Category Archives: Building a Virtual Team 101
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How Do You Bridge the Distance for Virtual Working Groups?
Posted on July 17, 2012 by JoyBolluyt in Building a Virtual Team 101, Business, Leadership, Productivity, Virtual Meetings, Virtual Teaming.5 Essential Strategies So, I was browsing the Internet about today’s topic, and what struck me was the June 2005 post about Bridging Distances of Virtual Teams, by Joe Mullich. Wow! This is not a new topic, and apparently it hasn’t been solved in the last 7 years either. So, I’m going to solve it [...]
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Choosing Technology to Support a Virtual Group
Posted on March 27, 2012 by JoyBolluyt in Building a Virtual Team 101, Business, Facilitation, Virtual Meetings.Working with a group of people in the same offices has it’s own share of obstacles: scheduling time to meet face-to-face, getting everyone “on the same page”, dealing with personality conflicts, power plays, or working on a project together. But, what if you’re not even in the same time zone? How do you facilitate effective [...]
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6 Top Challenges for Virtual Team Leaders and What They Can Do About Them
Posted on March 20, 2012 by JoyBolluyt in Building a Virtual Team 101, Leadership, Productivity, Virtual Teaming, Working with a VA.The challenges that virtual team leaders face are made worse by the virtual setting. According to a new study conducted by OnPoint, the most commonly experienced challenges are: infrequent face-to-face contact, lack of investment in virtual tools and travel budgets, difficulty in building a collaborative spirit, lack of time to “lead” the team, shifting team [...]
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Top 3 Steps For Facilitating Virtual Teams
Posted on March 13, 2012 by JoyBolluyt in Building a Virtual Team 101, Business, Facilitation, Virtual Teaming.We are living in changing times, with limited resources and unlimited potential. So, more people are working together to accomplish more by working in Teams. Teams work well when they have a shared purpose, shared language, and shared technology. And, the best part is that they don’t have to share space anymore. But their success [...]
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