Even though the topic has certainly gained in importance in recent months - due to the global pandemic - the two get to the bottom of the success factors for virtual high-performance teams.
What does it take to create an environment in which it no longer matters where the collaborators and project teams are located?
Globally active companies and corporations have been using the advantages of virtual collaboration for a long time. Small and medium-sized companies are now becoming aware that high-performing employees and teams do not necessarily and by no means permanently have to be together in the same place in order to create extraordinary things.
Globally distributed and active teams require one thing above all: a suitable mindset, especially in project management and at the leadership level.
In times of radical change (VUCA world), old hierarchical structures, 5-year business plans and command and control are simply no longer practicable. Of course, the transformation to a sustainable business model and company does not bear fruit overnight.
It is a process that takes time. This podcast is an invitation to all those who are on their way there or are already on the tracks of New Work.
Questions and points discussed in this episode:
- How to increase productivity?
- What does a virtual team need to have in order to be productive and perform at its best?
- How can I act as a leader to keep my team productive - or perhaps increase performance compared to the traditional office environment?
- Why doesn't the "9 to 5" face-to-face work schedule work in the virtual environment?
- What happens when managers don't set goals and expectations are not transparent?
- Weaknesses and errors in the corporate culture and structure become immediately visible in virtual collaboration - what are typical examples?
- Synchronous communication vs. asynchronous communication
- High opportunity costs for documentation
EXCERPTS YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUMP IN
Increasing productivity in virtual teams and collaboration [03:06]
Crucial factor: communication [05:37]
We already have a plan. What agile isn't. Breaking down silos in communication. The progress of the last few years [07:16]
Why implementing good tools isn't enough - certainly not half-assing it. [13:59]
The consultant hype around virtual and remote work - "Don't tell us it can be done, tell us how!" [15:30]
Remote work and home office - just a temporary phenomenon or the future of knowledge workers? [22:00]
Where are the big challenges for management? [29:50]
Building commitment, trust and engagement [37:32]
People don't buy change, we don't want change either - we want to have improvement! [40:28]
Where do we need change, where can we make sense of it? [45:10]
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