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Virtual Collaboration and 5 Myths About Leading Virtual Teams

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Many managers admit they don’t know how to manage and lead virtual teams effectively — particularly when it comes to trust, communication, managing deadlines, and achieving consensus in decision-making. Even worse, there are some common myths about virtual teams, which can cause friction within the team or even seriously damage its performance.

You can watch the recording here:

The five myths:

  1. Myth #1: It’s too difficult to build trust
    Reality: It’s not more difficult; it’s just different.
  2. Myth #2: It’s too difficult to build synergy
    Reality: Synergy is intentional, not incidental.
  3. Myth #3: Team members feel too isolated and detached
    Reality: Some personalities thrive under remote work arrangements.
  4. Myth #4: Interpersonal skills aren’t important
    Reality: If anything, interpersonal skills are even more important.
  5. Myth #5: You can’t measure and reward performance
    Reality: Sometimes you can do it even better.

After the webinar, I asked participants “What was the most useful thing you learned today?” Here are some of their answers:

“The opportunities are out there so make the most of them”

“It was all useful and I enjoyed the webinar (although in this case not applicable to me)”

“reminder of how to include others in virtual activities”

“That moving away from a physical office is not as scary as I thought”

“Collaboration tools and debunking the myths”

“Debunking of the 5 myths”

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