Today’s Virtual Team is a commonplace in the global business environment.  Cultural issues, time zones, business practices, communication technologies, and communication styles challenge the best of teams to achieve high performance.  The capability to communicate using a variety of communication mediums at any hour of the day can increase productivity, but may also create costly misunderstandings.  Understanding how to navigate across global boundaries requires an understanding of how technology and culture impacts the language of teamwork.

The Virtual Team program outlines strategies that address the challenges of communication technologies, cultural styles, and the 24 hour work day.  The Virtual Team enables team members to develop a shared approach to growing their business and enhancing team relationships through technology and cultural understanding.

1. Understand how cultural values and beliefs impact communications in the global workplace.
2. Evaluate communications mediums available to the organization and understand how to increase the effectiveness of these available technologies.
3. Develop strategies for building trust across the virtual team.
4. Learn how to balance diverse communication mediums and increase communication results.
5. Understand how to move effectively through the stages of team process within a virtual team environment.
6. Develop strategies to proactively deal with the common communication challenges faced by today’s virtual teams.
7. Increase the responsiveness and accountability of team members within a virtual team.

Virtual Team Members