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Virtual leadership : practical strategies for getting the best out of virtual work and virtual teams
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- ISBN: 9780749475963
- ISBN: 074947596X
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xiv, 233 pages ; 24 cm - Publisher: London, United Kingdom ; Philadelphia, PA, USA : 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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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | HD 66 .P85 2016 | 30775305520240 | General Collection | Available | - |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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