AIM For Excellence: 8 Characteristics of High Performing Virtual Teams

As I gear up for the busy week ahead, I am, once again, reminded that we all live in a shifting virtual world.

 

Virtual work is being embraced by organizations at an unprecedented rate. Fueled by technology and globalization, innovative and alternative practices help save costs, improve job satisfaction and boost productivity. Good news, to be sure, yet a change to these work arrangements comes with its own great challenge – how do you keep the human connection alive? Without the benefit of face-to-face contact, virtual managers must create productive work relationships and develop trust across cultures. Not easy, given issues related to distance, time and space. And yet, some virtual teams (VTs) function more effectively than others. As a partner in helping your organization achieve business goals, how can you integrate VTs and their benefits into your strategic plan? How do you successfully facilitate a change to this type of work arrangement and its many complex facets? What techniques and best practices can you implement to ensure that your virtual team achieves business success?

 

This week I will speak at Human Resources Association of New York (HR/NY), a division of Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM), and share practical tips that will help the next generation of leaders bridge the gap between a culturally diverse and dispersed workforce to create the vital human connection. This session, entitled AIM for Excellence: 8 Characteristics of High Performing Virtual Teams, will focus on solutions to the unique issues faced in the growing virtual workspace.

 

During the session, I will share insights from my VT research and consulting work and:

Explore Key Virtual Team Trends
Share 4 Critical Elements of Virtual Team Success
Discuss 8 Characteristics of High Performing Virtual Teams
Suggest Techniques for Developing Your High Performing Virtual Team (HPVT)

 

We are expecting 70+ attendees, and each participant will be receiving a copy of my latest book, A Manager's Guide To Virtual Teams.