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Across the Hall,
Around the World: Teambuilding Tips for Distributed Businesses
by Claire Sookman & Susan
Garms
Having trouble engaging and energizing teams
across your business? Many people are struggling with motivating teams,
especially ones where some team members work in different locations -- even
across the world.
In this book, Claire Sookman and Susan Garms, experts on motivating distributed (a.k.a. "virtual") teams, bring you a number of teambuilding activities and exercises that you can put to immediate use.
The techniques and exercises in this book will help you
- Build collaboration
- Help team members get to know each other
- Conduct more effective meetings
- Bridge the gap between different cultures, and
- Overcome the obstacles of working in virtual teams
Tips for Virtual Team Management: Using the DiSC Behavioural
Profile to Better Manage Distributed Teams
by Claire Sookman & Susan Garms
Is your team spread across the hall, the building,
the city, the province or the state, the country, or even the globe? Guess
what, you have a virtual team, congratulations! Now what?
Well, as you know, creating virtual teams is not challenge-free.
The foundation of a strong virtual team is communication. But how do you get to know your team when you are not face-to-face? How do you know whether your team members are highly analytical or, at the other extreme, very social? And how do you figure it out with only virtual cues?
If you knew that, then you would know how to best communicate with them. This book will guide you through a step-by-step approach to identifying and adapting to the people on your team whether you are face-to-face or using email, instant messaging, teleconferences, or web-conferences.
With the help of this book, you can create a strong, cohesive virtual team that meets its objectives.
Effective Virtual Meetings: Tips for Teleconference and Webinar Leaders
by Claire Sookman
Virtual team meetings (teleconferences, webinars,
video conferences, etc.) are increasing in popularity as organizations look for
ways to decrease costs and increase productivity, service delivery, and
employee well-being.
Virtual meetings can be as effective as face-to-face meetings, at only a fraction of the cost; however, the effectiveness of these meetings is constantly threatened – 70% of participants in teleconferences and other virtual team meetings admit to being distracted during the events by other work activities.
This audio recording of an interview with Claire Sookman, a leading expert for over 15 years on virtual team management, reveals solutions to many common virtual team problems. She shares:
- How to use language effectively to facilitate communication and participation
- 6 ways for reducing distractions during virtual meetings, keeping participants engaged and increasing the flow of information
- How to create more structure for virtual meetings to facilitate team bonding and collaboration
- 3 techniques for dealing with challenging or difficult team members
- 5 additional ways to encourage collaboration and build relationships
- 3 things to avoid when managing virtual teams
Manage Your Teams Better with a Team Operating Agreement
by Claire Sookman
Do you have staff at various locations across
town, across the country or around the world?
Do you struggle with making your teleconferences more effective, or wish you could find a way to create involvement and engagement during your teleconferences?
Do you wish that you could improve your virtual team's communication skills?
One of the most important things you can do for your virtual teams is to create a Team Operating Agreement (TOA). This product will guide you through a step-by-step approach to creating a TOA and it will also give you some sample TOA items which you can use with your team. It will also provide you with tips and techniques to manage some of your virtual challenges.
This product is a bundle of a DVD titled "Managing an Effective Virtual Team" and an Adobe PDF eBook on CD-ROM titled "Building a Team Operating Agreement."
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