Virtual leadership : practical strategies for getting the best out of virtual work and virtual teams / Penny Pullan.
"The future of work is virtual, with dispersed teams, telecommuting, remote working and virtual meetings become the norm in many sectors and industries around the world. At its best, virtual working can be productive and creative, tapping into the best people wherever they are and bringing skills and experience together efficiently and at low cost. But it can also lead to isolated and disengaged workers, ineffective communication and uncoordinated and even counter productive activity. Virtual leadership discusses how getting the best out of virtual work and virtual teams in our fast-paced world requires a new set of skills and a facilitative leadership approach." - Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780749475963
- ISBN: 074947596X
- Physical Description: xiv, 233 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: London, United Kingdom ; Kogan Page, 2016.
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Formatted Contents Note: | The ups and downs of virtual working -- Virtual leadership, mindset, and approach -- Working virtually with others -- Technology for virtual workd -- Leading virtural meetings -- Virtual working between meetings -- virtual working complications: time zones, language, culture, and generation -- Potential pitfall and how to overcome them -- Inspiration for your virtual leadership. |
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Subject: | Virtual work teams > Management. |
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Virtual Leadership : Practical Strategies for Getting the Best Out of Virtual Work and Virtual Teams
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Table of Contents
Virtual Leadership : Practical Strategies for Getting the Best Out of Virtual Work and Virtual Teams
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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About the author | p. ix | |
Foreword | p. xi | |
Acknowledgements | p. xiii | |
Introduction | p. 1 | |
01 | The ups and downs of virtual working | p. 11 |
Where virtual working works well | p. 11 | |
Where virtual working doesn't work | p. 14 | |
Where virtual work shares challenges with face-to-face work | p. 18 | |
Where virtual work has unique challenges | p. 18 | |
Surveying the world of virtual work | p. 21 | |
Summary | p. 24 | |
Questions for reflection | p. 24 | |
References | p. 24 | |
02 | Virtual leadership, mindset and approach | p. 25 |
Leadership has changed | p. 27 | |
Virtual leadership | p. 35 | |
Starting with self: your values and your motivations | p. 36 | |
Your mindset and attitudes | p. 39 | |
Who am I? | p. 46 | |
How can I change and develop myself? | p. 47 | |
What is my virtual identity? | p. 49 | |
Your environment for virtual leadership | p. 52 | |
Summary | p. 54 | |
Questions for reflection | p. 54 | |
References and further reading | p. 55 | |
03 | Working virtually with others | p. 57 |
Knowing others | p. 59 | |
Trust in virtual teams | p. 63 | |
Virtual team complexity | p. 68 | |
Taking virtual teams to high performance | p. 72 | |
Conflict | p. 76 | |
Practical team tools and strategies for virtual teams | p. 78 | |
Being a virtual leader within the team | p. 84 | |
Closing your virtual team | p. 85 | |
Getting to grips with working with others remotely | p. 86 | |
Summary | p. 87 | |
Questions for reflection | p. 87 | |
References and further reading | p. 88 | |
04 | Technology for virtual work | p. 89 |
Technology is only an enabler | p. 89 | |
People need to be able to use the technology | p. 91 | |
Types of technology | p. 92 | |
Considerations for choosing virtual technologies: what works when | p. 101 | |
Technology: barriers to virtual work | p. 110 | |
Technology: working with the human brain | p. 115 | |
Going beyond what is possible in the face-to-face world | p. 118 | |
Summary | p. 120 | |
Questions for reflection | p. 121 | |
References and further reading | p. 121 | |
05 | Leading virtual meetings | p. 123 |
Why leading meetings matters | p. 125 | |
Considerations for virtual meetings | p. 126 | |
Detailed preparation for virtual meetings | p. 132 | |
Planning the processes to use | p. 135 | |
During your virtual meeting | p. 138 | |
Keeping people engaged - the key challenge | p. 145 | |
Closing virtual meetings | p. 151 | |
What if you are not the official leader of the meeting? | p. 153 | |
When your meeting is a mixture of virtual and face-to-face | p. 153 | |
Summary | p. 157 | |
Questions for reflection | p. 157 | |
References and further reading | p. 158 | |
06 | Virtual working in between meetings | p. 159 |
Introduction | p. 159 | |
Reviewing aspects of virtual work outside of meetings | p. 162 | |
Productivity and effectiveness | p. 166 | |
Delivery | p. 173 | |
Performance | p. 175 | |
Summary | p. 177 | |
Questions for reflection | p. 177 | |
References and further reading | p. 178 | |
07 | Virtual working complications: time zones, language, culture and generation | p. 179 |
Wide time zones | p. 181 | |
Language issues | p. 186 | |
Culture | p. 190 | |
Generation | p. 197 | |
Summary | p. 203 | |
Questions for reflection | p. 204 | |
References and further reading | p. 205 | |
08 | Potential pitfalls and how to overcome them | p. 207 |
Issues that affect virtual leaders and team members | p. 208 | |
Issues related to live meetings | p. 210 | |
Issues with virtual work outside of meetings | p. 216 | |
Issues related to virtual working culture | p. 217 | |
Questions for reflection | p. 218 | |
09 | Inspiration for your virtual leadership | p. 219 |
Top 10 tips for virtual leaders | p. 219 | |
Evi's story: a Greek millennial tapping into global opportunities | p. 220 | |
Ganesh's story: working from India, delivering value in the UK | p. 221 | |
Tricia's story: delivering results rapidly with a star, virtual team | p. 223 | |
Steve's story: leading consultancy across three continents | p. 224 | |
Elizabeth's story: juggling multiple, virtual projects from home | p. 225 | |
Brian's story: building a virtual, global community | p. 227 | |
Questions for reflection | p. 228 | |
Further reading | p. 228 | |
Index | p. 231 |