"Lead effectively from remote sites; Communicate across cultural boundaries; Increase your team's performance"-- Cover

"Briefcase books."-- Cover

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

B. Dedication -- C. Preface -- Special features -- Acknowledgments -- D. About the authors -- 1. What is a virtual team? -- The challenges of working with virtual teams -- Why are virtual teams becoming so common? -- Defining virtual teams -- What's in this book? -- Manager's checklist for chapter 1 -- 2. Managing space, time, and culture -- The three key variables affecting virtual teams -- What besides geography causes cultural distance? -- Use whatever advantages you have -- Manager's checklist for chapter 2 -- 3. The seven competencies of effective virtual team leaders -- The seven competencies of virtual team leaders -- Distance manager effectiveness assessment -- Manager's checklist for chapter 3 -- 4. What virtual team employees need from their manager -- How do you control distance workers? -- What do virtual team members need from their leaders? -- Manager's checklist for chapter 4 -- 5. Bridging cultural differences -- Techworld mini-case study -- How do cultures differ? -- Dealing with different country-of-origin cultures -- Cultural self-awareness assessment -- Manager's checklist for chapter 5 -- 6. Starting up (or refocusing) a virtual team -- Selecting virtual team members -- Orientation for new virtual team members -- Creating a team charter -- Practical tips for chartering -- Role clarification -- Operating guidelines -- Technology-use protocols -- Setting technology protocols -- Manager's checklist for chapter 6 -- 7. Building trust from a distance -- The problematic e-mail -- Tips for developing trust -- How overcoming isolation in virtual teams builds trust -- Celebrating from a distance -- Manager's checklist for chapter 7 -- 8. Using telephonic collaboration technologies -- Mini-case study: a day in the life of a virtual team leader -- Using communication technologies effectively -- Effective phone use -- Telephone tips -- Effective teleconferencing -- Tips for effective teleconferences -- Instant messaging -- Videophones -- Manager's checklist for chapter 8 -- 9. Using videoconferencing and internet-based collaboration tools -- Videoconferencing -- Using e-mail—without letting it take over your life -- Web conferencing -- Using whiteboards -- Social networking -- Manager's checklist for chapter 9 -- 10. Improving the business iq of team members -- Understanding your business -- Basic economics -- Understanding customer expectations -- Working with business partners -- Improving the value chain -- Manager's checklist for chapter 10 -- 11. Teaching finance fundamentals to virtual teams -- Budgets -- Calculating a cost/benefit analysis -- Understanding profit -- Reading income statements -- Financial terms and concepts -- Manager's checklist for chapter 11 -- 12. Improving communication and feedback skills -- The communication process -- Empathic listening -- Giving feedback -- Receiving feedback -- Manager's checklist for chapter 12 -- 13. Creative problem solving for virtual teams -- Six-step problem-solving process -- Problem-solving tools -- Creativity tools -- Manager's checklist for chapter 13 -- 14. Managing performance from a distance -- Performance management basics -- Goal setting and accountability systems -- Mini-case: lars and the disconnected team members -- Six-step goal-setting process -- Individual development plans -- Socratic coaching -- Manager's checklist for chapter 14 -- 15. Effective decision making over distance -- Decision-making challenges -- Common decision-making methods -- Why virtual teams usually use consensus -- Reaching consensus as a virtual team -- Manager's checklist for chapter 15 -- 16. Virtual team building -- Two types of team building -- Assessing virtual team effectiveness -- Road-tested team-building examples -- Manager's checklist for chapter 16 -- 17. Maintaining a balanced personal and work life -- The work and home life balance problem -- A brief history of organizational design -- The technology tether -- The personal system -- Tips for working at home -- Manager's checklist for chapter 17.

A hands-on guide for managing people and projects working from home, on the road, or in client sites; covers every aspect of virtual management--motivation, building teams, meeting deadlines, file sharing, teleconferencing, email, coaching, and videoconferencing.

Also issued in print and PDF version.

Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on Aug. 21, 2014.