by | | Blog, Distance and Productivity, Remote Teams, Training, Coaching, Virtual Leadership
When consulting spatially or organizationally distributed business units, matrix teams or project teams, we are always confronted with the phenomenon of distance. The goal of our consulting work is to ensure and improve productivity and job satisfaction of these team...
by | | Distanz und Produktivität, Remote Teams, Virtual Leadership
In der Beratung von räumlich oder organisatorisch verteilten Organisationseinheiten, Matrixteams oder Projektteams, sind wir immer mit dem Phänomen der Distanz konfrontiert. Das Ziel in der Beratungsarbeit ist dabei, Produktivität und Arbeitszufriedenheit auch in...
by | | Blog, Distance and Productivity, Remote Teams, Strategic Alignment, Virtual Leadership
Corona and the “New Normal” We still need a long time before we can take things for granted! Our journey into relatively unchartered waters is just beginning. A lot of things are currently being tried out and practical experience is gathered. We must now...
by | | Distanz und Produktivität, Remote Teams, Strategic Alignment, Virtual Leadership
Corona und das „New Normal“ Wir brauchen noch lange bis zur neuen Selbstverständlichkeit! Der Weg in nur halbwegs vertrautes Gebiet fängt erst an. Derzeit wird viel probiert und Praxiserfahrungen werden gesammelt. Wir müssen jetzt die speziellen Spielregeln erkennen,...
by | | Blog, Facilitation, Remote Teams, Virtual Leadership
For more than 10 years, I have been working virtually, as a consultant and as a user. The question of the difference between in-person and virtual collaboration has always had different facets: One is explorative “What can you do better in-person and what...
by | | Facilitation, Virtual Meetings
Ever heard of Death by Powerpoint? Even if you have not, you probably have sat in on presentations where the presenter uses presentation slides more to remind himself of the things he wanted to say than to help you understand his message. To me, the worst version of...
by | | Blog, Collaboration Tools, Remote Teams, Virtual Leadership
How we use tools and why we use them is more important than which tools we use In a recent post, I talked about the physical workspace of a remote worker. In this post, I want to talk about the virtual environment, the digital tools, that make up the other half of her...
by | | Facilitation, Virtual Meetings
What YOU can do to make virtual meetings better for yourself Many remote workers spend much of their time in virtual meetings and conference calls. Many of these calls are not well organised nor are they properly facilitated, but what is worst, you can still have...
by | | Communication, Facilitation, Remote Teams
What to do when your remote co-worker does not deliver Modern work requires you to work with others. Whether you are working in a company, in a small business or as a freelancer, at the very least you have to work with your client, in most cases with more people. On...
by | | Blog, Trust, Virtual Leadership
For some time, we have been observing a general tendency within society to seek simple and clear-cut solutions to complex questions. And, when you think of trust in distributed teams, there seems to be a similar approach. The work situation in those teams is usually...