InhaltsangabeVirtual Team Success In today's complex organizations it is not uncommon to have as many as 50 percent of employees working on virtual teams. As the "virtual revolution" continues to spread, how can companies ensure that virtual team collaboration is producing the desired results? Highly practical and easy to navigate, Virtual Team Success leverages the authors' robust global research study and hands-on experience to provide an immediately usable resource for virtual team members and team leaders. This groundbreaking book is a hands-on, practical toolkit filled with down-to-earth examples and insights that can enhance the virtual team experience for everyone involved. The authors' research study is one of the most comprehensive applied studies ever conducted on virtual teams, and all of the recommendations outlined are based on these findings as well as the authors' years of experience helping virtual teams and virtual team leaders effectively lead and collaborate from a distance. To help organizations and leaders enhance virtual team performance, the book includes: * Why Virtual Teams Fail-outlines the four pitfalls that frequently derail virtual teams * Profile of High Performing Teams-addresses the characteristics of the most effective virtual teams and what makes them successful * Virtual Team Launch Kit-provides practical guidelines and tools for successfully launching virtual teams * How to RAMP Up Your Team's Effectiveness-introduces a practical research-based model of virtual team effectiveness to improve team performance * Profile of Top Performing Virtual Team Leaders-identifies the practices of the most successful virtual team leaders * Facilitating High-Impact Virtual Meetings-includes tips and techniques to effectively lead "v-meetings" Virtual Team Success also includes practical resources for virtual team leaders, quick reference guides for diagnosing virtual team problems, and six lessons for virtual team success.

Darleen DeRosa, Ph.D., is a managing partner at OnPoint Consulting. She brings ten years of management consulting experience, with expertise in the areas of talent/succession management, executive assessment, virtual teams, and organizational assessment. Darleen has authored numerous articles on virtual teams. Richard Lepsinger is president of OnPoint Consulting and has a twenty-year track record of success as a human resource consultant and executive. He is the coauthor of four books on leadership including Closing the Execution Gap: How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results, Flexible Leadership: Creating Value by Balancing Multiple Challenges and Choices, The Art and Science of 360? Feedback, and The Art and Science of Competency Models, all from Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer.

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List of Tables, Case Studies, Figures, and Exhibits. Acknowledgments. Foreword. Introduction. SECTION ONE: Building High-Performing Virtual Teams. Chapter One: Why Virtual Teams Fail. Key Challenges. Four Pitfalls to Virtual Team Performance. Conclusion. Chapter Two: Profiles of Virtual Team Success--What Good Looks Like. Team Composition. Communication and Training. Leadership. Conclusion. Chapter Three: Virtual Team Launch Kit. Test Your Virtual Team Launch IQ. Setting Virtual Teams Up for Success. Is Your Organization Prepared to Support Virtual Team Work? Conclusion. Chapter Four: What Differentiates Great Virtual Teams--How to RAMP Up Your Team''s Performance. What Differentiates Top Virtual Teams? The ShingleSeal Standstill: How Would You Handle It? RAMP Up Virtual Team Performance. Conclusion. SECTION TWO: Leading Virtual Teams. Chapter Five: How to Lead Virtual Teams--Tips, Techniques, and Best Practices for High Performance. Challenges Virtual Team Leaders Face. Raygen Company Slump: How Would You Handle It? Virtual Team Leadership Self-Assessment. What Makes an Effective Virtual Team Leader? Obstacles at a Glance: A Quick Reference Guide. Conclusion. Chapter Six: What Factors Really Accelerate Virtual Team. Performance--The Four Top Performance Boosters. Taking Virtual Team Performance to the Next Level. Conclusion. Chapter Seven: Facilitating High-Impact Virtual Meetings--Techniques. That Really Work. The Facilitator''s Role. V-Meeting Checklist. Building a V-Meeting Agenda. Keeping Virtual Meetings on Track. Dealing with Other Common Challenges. Conclusion. Conclusion: Six Lessons for Successful Virtual Teams. Lesson 1: Focus on People Issues. Lesson 2: No Trust, No Team. Lesson 3: "Soft" Skills are Essential. Lesson 4: Watch Out For Performance Peaks. Lesson 5: Create a "High-Touch" Environment. Lesson 6: Virtual Team Leadership Matters. Closing Thoughts. Appendix: OnPoint''s Global Virtual Team Study. Notes. About the Authors. Index.