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Is Your Virtual Open Door Policy Working?

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Theresa Sigillito Hollema

How effective are your communication channels with your virtual team? Does bad news come to you quickly or are you often surprised? Have you invested in creating effective communication channels with your virtual team? Recently Surinder Kahai and I started the interview phase of our book writing process (on leading virtually across cultures) as a means

Posted in Leadership Development, Team Development, Working Virtually

Tell Your Story with your Headphones on

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Theresa Sigillito Hollema

Have you heard a good story lately? Most of us love to hear a good story, and we all have a great story to tell – our own. Barker and Gower show through the Narrative Paradigm Theory that story telling is a cross-culturally accepted communication tool and a quick method to build relationships, especially in a diverse environment.

Posted in Team Development, Working Across Cultures, Working Virtually

Can your remote colleagues become a team?

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Theresa Sigillito Hollema

Why do so many managers of virtual teams forget that their team works virtually? When the manager sets aside the time and money to focus on a team building session, why do they fail to put ‘building virtual competence’ on the agenda? Perhaps because they do not realize that to work virtually is more than an

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Teambuilding On-Line: Feasible or Inconceivable?

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Theresa Sigillito Hollema

You are leading a virtual team with people scattered in different locations and perhaps you wonder – is it really possible to do team building online? Do I have to wait until we all get together in the same place? Often when I am facilitating a workshop about working virtually across cultures, the question will

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Virtual Teams: When to meet? Leading with Emotional Intelligence

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Theresa Sigillito Hollema

As I provide workshops and consult on the topic of leading multi-cultural virtual teams, I am often asked “how often should my team meet in person and virtually?” Leaders asking this question are looking for a guide that they can easily apply to their own teams – have a biweekly conference call to update everyone, meet

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