Welcome to the 22 February, 2009 edition of the Get International Clients Sunday Blog Carnival.
Managing International Teams
Jeanne Brett presents Managing Multicultural Teams posted at Bnet saying “If your company does business internationally, you’re probably leading teams with members from diverse cultural backgrounds. Those differences can present serious obstacles. For example, some members’ lack of fluency in the team’s dominant language can lead others to underestimate their competence. When such obstacles arise, your team can stalemate.”
Sean McPheat @SeanMcPheat presents Dealing with Workplace Diversity as a Manager posted at MDT saying “You’ll find that the way you deal with multiculturalism and diversity within your workplace as an individual may be different than your organisation handles it as a whole. You, however, will have the unique opportunity to work directly with each of your employees and your sensitivity to their individual needs is paramount. So what are some of the things you’ll need to do as an individual to show your support?”
Erasmus presents Management skills: Managing a virtual team posted at Eramus saying “A virtual team is usually a group of multi-functional professionals, geographically dispersed, working with a common goal. They typically have some kind of limitation of space, time or organization, and are related through information technologies and communication. Its management is to some extent different from that of a traditional team, and many experts have studied its advantages and disadvantages.”
Lisa Koning presents Tips for Managing Culturally Diverse Teams posted at suite101 saying “In business today, it is commonplace to have global teams, sometimes with team members located around the world. Even with teams based at the same location, the world is very multi-cultural and people move around a lot; teams tend to be made up of people from many different ethnic backgrounds. This brings many advantages; businesses can choose the right people for the team from a range of sources (from within their global organisation or from global service providers) and people from ethnically diverse backgrounds bring to the team their own unique experiences. Here are some tips to help manage this situation successfully.”
CommuteZero presents Starting a Virtual Team posted at CommuteZero saying “It is relatively easy to lead a project whose contributors are all participating from different locations (virtual). In addition to the usual team and project leadership practices, you need only follow a few simple additional guidelines for your project to be successful. This page lists the steps you should take to launch the project and manage your virtual team throughout the life of your project. It is based on proven techniques that work for most types of teams.”
Steve Clarke presents How my team didn’t slip up in the snow posted at Silicon saying “No business should slow down simply because workers aren’t in the office. A surprisingly large number of companies are still counting the cost of the UK’s worst snow in 18 years. Latest estimates say the early February storm will have cost companies up to £1bn.”
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