Leading Virtual Teams: 20 Minute Manager

  • 1h 23m 2s
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Gildan Media
  • 2016

Leading any team involves managing people, technical oversight, and project administration, but leaders of virtual teams perform these functions from afar. Leading Virtual Teams walks you through the basics of:

  • Connecting your people to each other - and to the team's mission
  • Surmounting language, distance, and technology barriers
  • Identifying and using the right communication channels

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About the Author

Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 13 international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.

In this Audiobook

  • Chapter 1 - What Is a Virtual Team?
  • Chapter 2 - Get the Right People on the Team
  • Chapter 3 - Manage the Technology
  • Chapter 4 - Get to Work
  • Chapter 5 - Communicate Effectively
  • Chapter 6 - Cope with Common Problems