Virtual Team Dynamics - The Ulfire Podcast

Determining the appropriate level of training and support for your personnel before sending them off for an international assignment can mean the decision between a full training program and little to no training at all. In the first of a group of articles, we discuss the levels of training to be considered.

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For many who spend large periods of time on overseas assignments the risks and opportunities of going native need to be carefully understood. There are many positives with the phenomena such as a greater level of connection to the host country and culture, but taken too far, personnel can become destructive or obsessive, leading to poor overall results for the business and its staff.

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Understanding how impostor syndrome may impact you or your colleagues and how it may be holding back your business is an important way to be able to get the most from yourself and your company. This article aims to begin to describe how impostor syndrome can affect us all one way or another.

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Determining whether a virtual team approach is right for your business, your project and your personnel is a critical decision that must be carefully considered.

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As virtual reality technology becomes more accessible and, the software and server power needed to bring it into more of a mainstream business environment, its worth considering who virtual reality technology could impact virtual teams communication.

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In this article we consider the meaning of big data and how it may impact on virtual teams and those who work within them. Big data is such a fashionable term, yet many still don't really have a grasp on why it is one how it may change their lives.

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Trust, respect and fear are the three emotions that most impact the ability of a business or a project to be effective. Sadly, fear is always going to play a part somewhere along the way, but trust and respect must be strong and present in all relationships for a long, sustainable and productive relationship to be built and maintained.

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Businesses everywhere are struggling with whether to try to control the ways in which their personnel use social media in connection with their working lives. Some businesses are embracing the possibilities of using social media to support stronger and more resilient virtual teams, while others are still unable to let go of control of the message, insisting that their personnel don't use their social media accounts for any form of business relationship.

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Understanding and developing the skills to be a great leader of virtual teams is something that all members of these teams need to build. Leading virtual teams requires a skill set that builds on the skills of a leader of a co-located team.

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Maintaining the appropriate levels of simplicity in communications in virtual teams is an unending challenge. Resisting the temptation to write ever more complex, jargon filled emails or use multitudes of communication platforms is hard when there are so many tools to choose from and the jargon is such a part of our working lives.

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