Virtual, not Distant - the Interviews

In this interview, I talk to Alan Inman-Ward, the Tenant Insight Manager for Charter Housing. Amongst other things, he describes how he introduced the enterprise social networking tool Yammer into his organisation and he has some very valuable advice for those of you thinking of introducing an online collaboration tool into your team's communication process.

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To Tech or Not to Tech

You have a virtual team: does that mean that you have to go mad signing up to all kinds of project managemenent tools, creating complicated areas where your team members can “hang out” and use the latest video conferencing technology to meet virtually?

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Why You Should Respect Personal Time in Virtual Teams

In my previous post, Bringing Your Team Members Closer Together, I looked at how you can help your team members to have a greater sense of proximity, even if they're not co-located or haven't even met each other face to face. Here, and following the recommendations in the article ‘Who Moved my Cube?’ (HBR July/Aug 2011) by Anne-Laure Fayard and John Weeks, I talk about how to make sure team members still maintain their sense of privacy.

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