Blog - Articles on Multicultural Virtual Teams by Theresa Sigillito Hollema

Value of One-on-Ones

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Theresa Sigillito Hollema

Research from Microsoft shows the value of one-on-one meetings between the remote manager and employee. One-on-ones have always been valuable meetings between manager and employee, but even more so in a remote context. Microsoft found: – the topics were holistic and covered more than work – employees appreciated the attention to their unique situation –

Posted in Working Virtually

Virtual Creativity

Posted on December 28, 2020 by Theresa Sigillito Hollema

If you want to be creative with your remote team, this article has ideas to consider. Some ideas challenge standard ways of thinking about creativity. For instance, being far away from each other activates a bigger picture focus so that we do not get lost in the details. Also, consider anonymizing ideas to overcome biases.

Posted in General

The Lonely Isolate on Thanksgiving

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Theresa Sigillito Hollema

For years I have been the lonely isolate on Thanksgiving in my geographically dispersed family. I live in the Netherlands and the rest of my family in the US. At the beginning of our virtual holidays, I would try to get their attention by calling or sending emails, but these efforts were futile as my family

Posted in Team Development, Working Virtually

Distance Does NOT Make the Heart Grow Fonder

Posted on October 16, 2020 by Theresa Sigillito Hollema

Geographic distance can lead to psychological distance. Generally, the further away colleagues are, the less connected we may feel. Cultural differences may also lead to psychological distance because we feel closer to people who are similar or who work in a way that makes sense to us. If we feel psychologically distant from our colleagues,

Posted in Leadership Development, Team Development, Working Virtually

FREE WORKSHOP: CULTURE ON A VIRTUAL TEAM – DOES IT MATTER?

Posted on October 14, 2020 by admin

Join for 1.5 hour FREE session with Theresa & RemoteLab 20 October, 2020 9.00 CET Culture on a Virtual Team – Does it matter? Working remotely often means we are working with colleagues from different countries. But that should not be a problem, since you are staying in your own country, right? Wrong. We bring our cultural

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