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How to be An Effective Leader in a Virtual Team
One of the major problems companies are facing is how to manage their workers. Most of them have this wrong belief that remote workers and workers at home are not as productive as an in house staffer.

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9 Tips to Improve Trust in Virtual Teams
We work in virtual teams more now than ever before. Many people spend most of the career working with people in high pressure situations, yet they have not ever physically met. Here are 9 tips that can improve the effectiveness of virtual teams.

SIX LESSONS FOR EFFECTIVE VIRTUAL TEAMS: A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
Virtual teams are more prevalent than ever. But the fact that virtual teams continue to grow in popularity doesn’t mean they’re always being used and managed properly. Quite the contrary. To help organizations maximize their investment in virtual collaboration, we conducted a study of 48 virtual teams to understand the success factors of top performing virtual teams. We identified six lessons for effective virtual teamwork.

Leading From a Distance: Five Best Practices for Virtual Team Leaders
It shouldn’t surprise you to hear that quality leadership is essential for a virtual team’s success. Unfortunately, leading virtually is not an easy job and it can be hard to find leaders who have both the technical and interpersonal skills necessary to get the job done right. We studied 48 virtual teams and their leaders to find out which behaviors differentiate the best from the worst.
Virtual Team Failure: Six Common Reasons Why Virtual Teams Do Not Succeed
The popularity of virtual teams in today’s business world keeps growing. Mostly because new and emerging technologies have made it easier than ever and the potential cost-savings of virtual teams is perfect for companies trying to reduce their budgets. Unfortunately, too many companies fail to take the steps necessary to ensue their virtual teams are successful.

Hello, Is Anybody Out There? Facilitating High Impact Virtual Meetings
OnPoint’s global research study on virtual collaboration identified the factors that differentiate high performing virtual teams, or a success profile of “what good looks like”. One important differentiator was effective virtual meeting management, such that top performing teams have high-quality virtual meetings (v-meetings) and lower performing teams struggle with this.
Five Ingredients For Virtual Success
Rising travel costs, coupled with the global dispersion of talent, are just some of the reasons that organizations have migrated toward telecommuting and virtual work. While numerous organizations have made significant investments in virtual teams and the technology to support them, a surprising number of virtual teams are not reaching their full potential. OnPoint Consulting surveyed 48 virtual teams across industries and found that there are specific practices associated with successful virtual teams.

Virtual Collaboration is Not For Everyone: The Characteristics of Top Performing Virtual Leaders and Team Members
Many organizations have migrated toward telecommuting and virtual work due to rising travel costs, a global customer base, and the dispersion of talent. While numerous organizations have made significant investments in virtual teams and the technology to support them, a surprising number of virtual teams are not successful.

The Profile of Success: Building High Performing Virtual Teams
Although many companies have made significant investments in virtual teams and the technology to support them, a surprising number of these teams do not reach their full potential. A recent study conducted by OnPoint Consulting, and described in more detail in Virtual Team Success: A Practical Guide to Working and Leading From a Distance, surveyed 48 virtual teams across industries to identify specific practices associated with the most successful teams.

Bridging the Virtual Gap: It’s All About Developing New Habits
In a study conducted by our company, OnPoint Consulting, we found that many companies that had made significant investments in technology and virtual teams were not performing to their full potential. In fact, the study found that more than 25 percent of the virtual teams were not fully performing. The cause, we believe, is that organizations are approaching working on and leading virtual teams as if the dynamics are the same as those of team members who are working in the same location.
Is Your Organization Prepared to Support Virtual Work?
Whether your virtual teams are in the formation stage or have been operating for a few months – it is critical to ensure that they are set up for success and get off to a good start. Organizations that proactively plan how to structure their virtual teams to set them up for success will see a better return on their investment than those that do not.
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