Virtual Team Success – A Practical Guide for Working and Leading from a Distance A Practical Guide for Working and Leading from a Distance

Highly practical and easy to navigate, this book leverages robust research studies to provide a immediately usable resource for virtual team members and leaders. The research study is one of the most applied comprehensive studies ever conducted on virtual teams and all of the recommendations are based on these findings. To help organizations and leaders enhance virtual team performance, the book shows: Top Performance Barriers identify key challenges that teams and team leaders face and will outline these. Team Differentiators while many books provide recommendations on virtual teams, the research examines the key factors that differentiate top performing virtual teams. Profile of High Performing Teams- addresses the characteristics of the most effective virtual teams and discuss what makes them unique. PEAK Model of Team Effectiveness introduces a research-based, yet practical model of virtual team effectiveness. Profile of Most Effective Virtual Team Leaders identifies the practices of the most successful virtual team leaders. Performance Boosters identifies the behaviors to help enhance the performance of low and average performing virtual teams. The book also includes sections on future challenges and issues facing virtual teams and leaders, a quick reference guide for diagnosing virtual team problems, background on the research studies, and a number of tools and worksheets. 

List of Tables, Case Studies, Figures, and Exhibits. Acknowledgments. Foreword. Introduction. SECTION ONE: Building High-Performing Virtual Teams. Chapter One: Why Virtual Teams Fail. Key Challenges. Four Pitfalls to Virtual Team Performance. Conclusion. Chapter Two: Profiles of Virtual Team SuccessWhat Good Looks Like. Team Composition. Communication and Training. Leadership. Conclusion. Chapter Three: Virtual Team Launch Kit. Test Your Virtual Team Launch IQ. Setting Virtual Teams Up for Success. Is Your Organization Prepared to Support Virtual Team Work? Conclusion. Chapter Four: What Differentiates Great Virtual TeamsHow to RAMP Up Your Team's Performance. What Differentiates Top Virtual Teams? The ShingleSeal Standstill: How Would You Handle It? RAMP Up Virtual Team Performance. Conclusion. SECTION TWO: Leading Virtual Teams. Chapter Five: How to Lead Virtual TeamsTips, Techniques, and Best Practices for High Performance. Challenges Virtual Team Leaders Face. Raygen Company Slump: How Would You Handle It? Virtual Team Leadership Self-Assessment. What Makes an Effective Virtual Team Leader? Obstacles at a Glance: A Quick Reference Guide. Conclusion. Chapter Six: What Factors Really Accelerate Virtual Team. PerformanceThe Four Top Performance Boosters. Taking Virtual Team Performance to the Next Level. Conclusion. Chapter Seven: Facilitating High-Impact Virtual MeetingsTechniques. That Really Work. The Facilitator's Role. V-Meeting Checklist. Building a V-Meeting Agenda. Keeping Virtual Meetings on Track. Dealing with Other Common Challenges. Conclusion. Conclusion: Six Lessons for Successful Virtual Teams. Lesson 1: Focus on People Issues. Lesson 2: No Trust, No Team. Lesson 3: Soft Skills are Essential. Lesson 4: Watch Out For Performance Peaks. Lesson 5: Create a High-Touch Environment. Lesson 6: Virtual Team Leadership Matters. Closing Thoughts. Appendix: OnPoint's Global Virtual Team Study. Notes. About the Authors. Index.