Blog - Articles on Multicultural Virtual Teams by Theresa Sigillito Hollema

How Distance Impacts How We Think

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Theresa Sigillito Hollema

What happens to us when we work virtually? How do cultural diversity and distance impact how we act, think, and feel? Actually quite a bit. For instance, let’s look at the very common hybrid virtual team. Teams can be 100% co-located, 100% virtual, and the hybrids are everything in between, where at least one member

Posted in Team Development, Working Virtually

The Risks Lurking Within Your Hybrid Virtual Team

Posted on June 18, 2019 by Theresa Sigillito Hollema

A Common Hybrid Team Story A virtual team were responsible for delivering a solution to a European client. The team consisted of 2 marketing persons in France, 3 developers in India and 4 salespeople in Spain, including José the team leader. Everyone was excited for the new customer and wanted this to succeed, but struggled to

Posted in Team Development, Working Across Cultures, Working Virtually

Offshoring: Shoring Up the Distant Team

Posted on May 24, 2019 by Theresa Sigillito Hollema

Virtual teams do not need to meet to focus on their improvement. Here are examples of how virtual teams improved their cultural competence, and improved the way they worked together – all while staying in their own locations. This article appears on TrainingIndustry.com Offshoring: Shoring Up the Distant Team

Posted in Team Development, Working Across Cultures, Working Virtually

Know Your Cultural Self

Posted on May 17, 2019 by Theresa Sigillito Hollema

When I first moved to the Netherlands and was dating my current Dutch husband, I kept noticing things which were unusual to me. I often asked, “Why do the Dutch do this?” and “Why do the Dutch do that?”. He was surprised by all my questions as, for him, it was normal. Living in his

Posted in Leadership Development, Working Across Cultures

Unconscious Bias and 20 Ways We All Screw Up

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Monika Navandar

I had the opportunity to experience Professor Mahzarin Banaji’s Unconscious Bias (UB) awareness program. I was lucky to spend an hour in a cab ride with her on the roads of Mumbai discussing our journeys and the role of cognitive biases in our careers. Prof. Banaji is the Head of Psychology Department at Harvard University

Posted in Leadership Development, Working Across Cultures

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