- 32 pages
- English
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Leading Dispersed Teams
About this book
Dispersed teams have members in different countries, cultures, and time zones. Such teams share some important characteristics with local teams, but they also present unique challenges. Organizations need to prepare for and support them properly to realize their full potential.
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Launching a Dispersed Team
Every dispersed team starts out with a purposeāa problem or new product or other project that needs the support of a worldwide team. But as with more traditional local teams, effectiveness doesnāt just happen. Right from the start, itās important for leaders to consider two critical issues. The first of those is the readiness of the organization to launch and support such a team to the extent that it can be successful. The second is the setup and implementation of the teamās first meeting. That first meeting may be the leaderās most important step toward promoting membership and trust, establishing communication channels, and laying the groundwork for managing the teamās tasks.
Assessing Readiness
A thoughtful and detailed analysis can help you determine whether your organization can support a dispersed team. That support includes structural issues such as communication tools and reward systems, as well as cultural issues such as a willingness to innovate and openness to different perspectives. Leaders who take on the responsibility of a dispersed team can often pursue this analysis by asking questions such as these:
ā¢ What best practices do the organizationās current teams (local and dispersed) exhibit?
ā¢ Are lower-level employees empowered to make decisions?
ā¢ What attitudes toward change are found in the organization?
ā¢ Are there human resource policies in place to deal with recognizing and rewarding individual team members and entire teams?
ā¢ Are there policies in place to help expatriates and others working from a distance deal with feelings of not being included, isolation, and low morale?
ā¢ Can the organization provide and support stable, user-friendly communicati...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- What Is a Dispersed Team?
- Act Global, Think Local
- Launching a Dispersed Team
- Leading a Dispersed Team
- Dispersed Teams: Leadership Challenges for an Interconnected World
- Suggested Readings
- Background
- Key Point Summary