This document discusses a presentation about successfully navigating global and virtual teams. The presentation aims to help participants understand the challenges of leading diverse teams, examine effective leadership strategies, and define cultural intelligence. Several speakers are listed who will discuss topics like adapting leadership styles to cultural differences, encouraging collaboration, and building trust through flexible communication.

1. UNLEASH YOUR POTENTIAL!
Successfully Navigate
Your Way Through Global and Virtual Teams
Presented by
Approved for public release, LogNo. 2015- 43, Distribution Unlimited, August 6, 2015.

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Unleash Your Potential!
Successfully Navigate your Way Through Global and Virtual Teams
Stephanie Bryson
Director
International
Human Resources
Beth Howell
Employment Compliance Officer
Organizational Development
And Employment
Rebecca McGrane
Director
Maneuver Collaboration
Center (mc2)
Rupali Lunani
Manager
Requirements and
Systems Architecture
Debbie Puzzuoli
Manager
Quality and
Process Excellence
Our Team

3. Objectives
• Understand the challenge
of global teams
• Understand style and
behavioral differences
• Examine effective
strategies for team
leadership
• Define cultural intelligence
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Unleash Your Potential!
Successfully Navigate your Way Through Global and Virtual Teams

4. Is it More Challenging to Lead
Global and Virtual Teams?
• Adapting leadership style
• Understanding cultural
differences
• Encouraging collaboration
• Building a dream team
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The answer is not in managing geography,
it is in managing the relationships
Unleash Your Potential!
Successfully Navigate your Way Through Global and Virtual Teams

5. Leadership Takes Effort…
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…and style is everything
• Manage varying individual styles
• Create opportunities to
communicate
• Extract alternative viewpoints
• Embrace differences
• Educate team members
Unleash Your Potential!
Successfully Navigate your Way Through Global and Virtual Teams

6. Cultural Intelligence Matters
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• Gender
• Language
• Decision Making
• Time Management
• Conflict Management
• Leadership & Authority
Unleash Your Potential!
Successfully Navigate your Way Through Global and Virtual Teams

7. Collaboration Counts
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• Disjointed conflict
resolution
• Lack of clarity
• Willingness to share
information
• Missing the water
cooler talk
• Technology
Unleash Your Potential!
Successfully Navigate your Way Through Global and Virtual Teams

8. People Make the Difference
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• Trust and ground rules
• Focus on communication
• Empowered decisions
• Conflict resolution skills
• Knowledge of labor laws
• Flexibility for time zone
differences
Building the dream team requires…
Unleash Your Potential!
Successfully Navigate your Way Through Global and Virtual Teams

9. Questions and Answers
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Unleash Your Potential!
Successfully Navigate your Way Through Global and Virtual Teams

10. Summary
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“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.”
Stephen R. Covey
• Adapt leadership style based on team
diversity
• Build cultural intelligence
• Collaboration and trust
takes effort
• Engagement requires
creativity
Unleash Your Potential!
Successfully Navigate your Way Through Global and Virtual Teams