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Virtually Disastrous: What you really need to know about leadership across distance
How do you lead virtual teams to high performance?
Globalisation is here to stay - yet no one is really prepared. Many teams tasked with managing globalisation are clearly out of their depth. This is primarily because these teams work virtually and internationally over great distances. The team members no longer sit face to face in their offices, instead they communicate across countries and continents via modern communication media.
Leading a conventional team to top performance is difficult enough, not least because of the inevitable group dynamic involved. When the context becomes virtual, this all too often leads to management failure. This book describes the art of leading virtual teams in an entertaining style including practical tips, helpful suggestions, and numerous illustrative examples that span many industries and countries along the four core challenges of virtual team leadership today.
Gary Thomas is a trainer, consultant and managing director at assist International Human Resources, an internationally operating HR organisation based in Germany. As many of his clients are international organisations and corporations, he has been assisting intercultural and virtual teams and leaders for over 20 years to develop their full potential.
Globalisation is here to stay - yet no one is really prepared. Many teams tasked with managing globalisation are clearly out of their depth. This is primarily because these teams work virtually and internationally over great distances. The team members no longer sit face to face in their offices, instead they communicate across countries and continents via modern communication media.
Leading a conventional team to top performance is difficult enough, not least because of the inevitable group dynamic involved. When the context becomes virtual, this all too often leads to management failure. This book describes the art of leading virtual teams in an entertaining style including practical tips, helpful suggestions, and numerous illustrative examples that span many industries and countries along the four core challenges of virtual team leadership today.
Gary Thomas is a trainer, consultant and managing director at assist International Human Resources, an internationally operating HR organisation based in Germany. As many of his clients are international organisations and corporations, he has been assisting intercultural and virtual teams and leaders for over 20 years to develop their full potential.
277 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 15, 2017
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August 27, 2026
Es kam über Nacht: Videokonferenzen und die wachsende Herausforderung, mit virtuellen Teams zu arbeiten. Als IT-Manager, der bisher seine Mitarbeitenden immer Vor-Ort hatte, war das eine echte Herausforderung. Wie organisiere ich Meetings? Wie baue ich zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen über hunderte von Kilometer auf? Wie versteht der Gesprächspartner meine Anforderungen? Und wie vermittle ich die Priorität eines Themas, wenn meine physische Präsenz nicht gegeben ist?
Fragen, die heute noch mehr als damals (es müsste 2014 gewesen sein), notwendig erscheinen. Und das Buch hier hat mir total geholfen, diese Anforderungen so gut es eben geht, zu bewältigen.
Fragen, die heute noch mehr als damals (es müsste 2014 gewesen sein), notwendig erscheinen. Und das Buch hier hat mir total geholfen, diese Anforderungen so gut es eben geht, zu bewältigen.
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