“How Do I Work Without Being in the Same Room With My Colleagues?”

Here are our best tips for coordinating operations eye to eye over long distances.

by getAbstract

Introduction

Virtual Freedom

Hiring virtual staffers – whether overseas or local – can increase your productivity and efficiency.

Chris Ducker BenBella Books

The Inevitable

Twelve “trajectories” of technology are accelerating the world to “impossible” horizons.

Kevin Kelly Viking

The Surprising Science of Meetings

Save time and energy by facilitating better meetings. (Hint: the best ones are 48 minutes long.)

Steven G. Rogelberg Oxford University Press (USA)

Long-Distance Leadership

Global Teams

To succeed at globalization, businesses need efficient teams operating at their peak worldwide.

Jo Owen FT Press

The Remote Leader’s Guide to Managing a Team

What best practices work when you’re leading a remote team?

Matthew Barby Matthew Barby

The Long-Distance Leader

Leaders can create solid relationships with long-distance workers.

Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.

Working on a remote team

The Complete Guide to Working on a Remote Team

Working from home isn’t rocket science.

Megan Berry Medium

The Do’s and Don’ts of Online Video Meetings

Video conferencing from home doesn’t have to be daunting – for yourself or your colleagues.

Brian X. Chen The New York Times

The Classic

Virtual Teams

Just when you thought you’d mastered the art of teambuilding, they went virtual.

Jessica Lipnack and Jeffrey Stamps Wiley

Our Channels

Remote Teams

The home office trend became the home office mandate with the outbreak of COVID-19, leaving managers with a challenge. Getting team members to function together smoothly is hard enough when everyone can meet. How do you generate teamwork in cyberspace? How do you work with far-flung employees at every step, from supervision to advancement. The experts recommend connection, communication, culture and mutual accountability. Here’s how that works.

Holding Meetings

Meetings can be productive or deadly; it’s all in the planning.

X Reality

X Reality, or cross reality, refers to virtual reality (VR), mixed reality (MR), augmented reality (AR) and others. These “new realities” use hardware and software to fuse our perception of the physical world with the digital world. Are you really here, or are you already in The Matrix?

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