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Podcast 40 Catching my Breath
I’m not someone who minds getting old, so reaching 40 was quite an event for me. So, even though my 40th birthday was three years ago, I’d like to use my 40th episode as an excuse to celebrate it all...
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The Three Types of Communication You Need in Your Virtual Team
The time will come when we stop referring to virtual teams as “virtual” and begin to call them just “teams”. Technology will be so ingrained in our workflow that, not matter whether we’re next to each...
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PODCAST: Results in Virtual Teams
Today’s episode of the 7-part Virtual not Distant® series focuses on Results. How can we track results in virtual teams? How do we set objectives and how do we monitor our progress? For the articles...
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PODCAST: Trust in Virtual Teams
In today’s episode, Pilar talks about that ever elusive trust. We need to start with our own behaviour: How important is it that others trust us? How likely are we to trust others? Why is trust...
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PODCAST: Upgrowth in Virtual Teams
If we want to grow as a team and as individuals, we need to provide the conditions for learning in our virtual teams. Learning through the work, through working with others and through reflecting on...
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PODCAST: Appreciation in Virtual Teams
None of us like to be taken for granted, but Appreciation goes beyond saying ‘thank you’. Feeling like our work matters and being involved in decisions that affect us go a long way to us feeling...
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PODCAST: Leadership in Virtual Teams
In the last episode of this series on leading virtual teams, Pilar talks about the need to adapt your leadership style to the virtual environment, the kind of communication needed for team members to...
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Podcast 44: Meetups and Management 3.0
Pilar talks to Andrea Darabos and Ryan Behrman form the London Management 3.0 Meetup Group. 00:10 Pilar recommends some podcasts. 09:55 Why they set up the meet ups. Link to meet up. Their...
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Podcast 48 Working Out Loud
Pilar introduces the virtual icebreaker that her and Lisette played during the virtual coffee and why games are useful for teams. Pilar and Lisette play “Budding Authors” a virtual teambuilding game...
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What We Can Learn from Recognition Software
I never know whether to smile or cringe when I come across a piece of software designed to replace face to face conversation. But, in a world where organisations are so large that people can easily...
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Who Can Help Your Virtual Team?
Advocacy is something that’s formally forgotten about when we talk about team leadership. In virtual teams, it might be more difficult to advocate for your team and to have access to a wide network...
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Onboarding in Virtual Teams
We all know the importance of looking after people who have just joined our team, of guiding them through our processes, of showing them where to look for help. But often we overlook the fact that new...
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Leadership in Virtual Teams – Webinar
Date: Tuesday 9th February 2016. Time: 7pm GMT / 11am PDT Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/61020974… It’s time to change the role of the manager in a team. Virtual teams...
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How To Disengage Your Employees and Let Down Your Brand Advocates
This is a guest post by Leila Machiavelli, who specialises in making sure organisations don’t evolve and that flexible working doesn’t work so that everyone has to be in the office at set hours,...
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Leadership and Motivation in Virtual Teams Webinar
Join us for the first of our coffee break webinars. Book your place through Eventbrite on 6th April @11.30am, 13th April @10.30am or 18th April @1pm (all times BST). Book your place through Eventbrite...
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Communication in Virtual Teams
In the first episode of Management Café, I share some research on the communication patterns of high performance teams. There are two points I’d like to highlight which I think are particularly...
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New Podcast: Management Café
A new show, hosted by Pilar Orti, who shares reflections about managing and leading teams in the 21st Century. In this first episode: Great Team Communication. For more on how to apply the research...
View ArticleManagement Café #6 Building Trust
Do you think trust matters? What does lack of trust look like in a team, in an organisation? What does “plenty of trust” look like? And is there such a thing as “too much trust”? A word of warning,...
View ArticleWLP106 Communication and Motivation in Virtual Teams
In this episode Pilar and Lisette review some of the latest news in the world of work and offer some guidance on how to review your communication infrastructure in your virtual team. 54:10mins Pilar...
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