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Subject: Book: Working Virtually: Managing People For Successful Virtual Teams & Organisations
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From: "Bala Pillai"
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Anbulla Thamil Innaiya Nanbargale,
Here's a chance to leap-frog the Tamil world, by us being the first
vernacular group that is very savvy in leading and managing large groups of
people online, as we have shown already. With a responsive interknitted
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management consulting organisation, except without the fat. Come join the
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Working Virtually:
Managing People for Successful Virtual Teams and Organizations
Author: Trina Hoefling
http://www.consultonegroup.com/services_virtual.htm
"This is both a very practical and comprehensive guide to the factors that
contribute to effective virtual teams. It offers a solid primer in the
collaborative tools currently available. The great utility of this book is
its pragmatic, cookbook approach to putting the human and organizational
structures in place that will enable a virtual team to succeed; and in
explaining why these structures are important." Carol Willett, Executive
VP for Learning and Innovation, Applied Knowledge Group, Inc.
"This is a tremendous book. It is substantive, well-researched,
conceptually sound and practical, all at the same time. If you want the
handbook for building, implementing and sustaining virtual teams and work
groups, buy this book." William E. Schneider, Corporate Development Group,
Inc.
The move to virtual work is growing exponentially. While the collaborative
technology is understood, what managers and team leaders lack is a clear
guide to the human skills for bonding individuals into cohesive,
high-performance teams across distances and differences.
This book explains what's needed in terms both of organizational and
individual development--and shows how the technologcial tools support and
expand the options for collaboration.
It answers such critical questions as "What makes working virtually work?"
"How do we start?" "How do you develop new leaders in a virtual
environment?" "What skills do virtual managers and team members need?"
"How do you determine how ready they are?" "Which technologies are most
apprpriate for your purposes?" "What's the impact on existing sytems and
structures?"
Through work charts, vivid "composite" examples, definitions and actual
cases, she explains how to reframe the organization without losing the
culture, how to manage the group dynamics of change, and create trust by
expanding emotional bandwidth. She sets out the criteria for selecting
technologies to adapt and guide communication and work flow processes for
a virtual environment, discusses new team roles, and how to select virtual
team candidates. She covers training, communication and management.
This book is an indispensable practical guide and reference for virtual
team leaders, and executives.
Endorsements
"Hoefling, a corporate trainer and consultant, says that "virtual"
organizations don't develop of their own accord but must be cultivated to
meet a particular corporation's needs. The company must identify in advance
the type of team, channels of communication, chain of command that it seeks
and commit to continuing work on fine-tuning such details as e-mail and
voice mail as well as management. Managers involved first hand with off-site
employees will find Hoefling's advice and checklists most useful."
Publishers Weekly Review
"This is a tremendous book! It is substantive, well-researched, conceptually
sound and practical, all at the same time. If you want the handbook for
building, implementing and sustaining virtual teams and work groups, buy
this book"
William E. Schneider, Ph.D.
Corporate Development Group, Inc.
author Reengineering Alternative: Making Your Current Culture Work
www.cdg-corp.com
"Working Virtually brings the growing world of "distributed work" into a
strategic perspective. Trina Hoefling not only highlights the important
distinctions between virtual workgroups and virtual TEAMS, but also provides
detailed practical steps and tools for implementation and management. It
provides a bridge across the chasm. This is a book the CEO should read
first...then pass along to all key managers."
David P. Mead
President and CEO
TSI Services, Inc.
a Telecommuting Consulting and Training Services firm
"An enlightening book! Trina Hoefling helped me better understand how we can
effectively and efficiently work virtually. She has a gift of communicating
in a compelling and practical manner that inspires one to action. This is a
must read book for anyone considering a virtual work environment".
Bob Garcia
Director, International Truck and Engine University
International Truck and Engine
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"Networking Minds in Halls Without Walls Since 1995"
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