Presentation on Engaging Leadership of virtual and remote teams. This is a reminder for the participants of my sessions. Please contact me or visit www.lars-sudmann.com for further qurestions

1. Engaging Management of
Virtual Project Teams
Lars Sudmann
mail@lars-sudmann.com
@LarsSudmann

2. More than 100 million people
work in remote teams
Source: Manpower

3. www.flickr.com/seabamirum/

4. Flickr/thms.nl

5. Virtual teams can
outperform co-
located teams
Source: Siebdrat, Hoegl, Ernst 2009

6. …but…

7. …but…

8. How does it
feel to work
like this?

9. Like this?
Flickr/jerrybunkers

10. 90% of virtual team
Or more members complain
about insufficient
like this? possibility to build
relationships and
trust*
*Source: e.g. RW3 study report
http://rw-3.com/VTSReportv7.pdf

11. Foundations

12. ‘Remote
Mindset’
Under- Full virtual
utilized power
Issues to Tech
make it work overload
‘Technology
in place’

13. 1
Audiences

14. 1: Virtual Management
2: Virtual Meetings

15. #1
Proactive
Interaction

18. Virtual
Coffees

19. #2
Reflect on Your
Virtual Image

20. “Alright, let me send this
email”

21. “Now the phone call…”

22. “I will just update the
micro-blog of the
company”

23. “Let’s do a video
conference with my new
team”

24. “Ok…that is done…work
went well today”

25. “’Do that!’ as email text “He was typing all the
time while on the phone
How rude of him!” – he does not care!”
E-Mail Phone
Video Blog
“How banal - here
“Did you see that surely is somebody
funny picture in the who cannot blog…
background? Was he and even spelling
in his kid’s room?” mistakes….hahaha”

26. …

27. Johari-Window
for a Virtual
Image check

28. Johari-Window in Virtual Interaction
Known Not known
to self to self
Known to Blind
others Spots
Not known
to others
Based on: Luft / Ingham "The Johari window”

29. #3
Over-share with
your team

30. Share the way
you work

31. Regularly share
tips on optimal
use of technology

32. #4
Performance
Management

33. “Wow, what a week”

34. “The full re-work of the
model is done”

35. “Then I also developed the
training program for all
employees”

36. “Then the coordination
and execution of the
meeting here on site”

37. “Argue…”
“Argue”
“Argue”

38. “Not to mention the
site team building event
that I organized”

39. “Now the last thing for the
week – my call with my
boss”

40. “Boy, it’s busy here…”

41. “…I didn’t hear from you all week,
I wish I had also such a calm job!”

42. …

43. #5
Do virtual
teambuilding

44. Teambuilding

45. Games Relax
Human Insights
Fun Non-work
Stories Work/Life
Play bond
Getting to know

47. Piano Drum
Violin Flute

49. 1 Virtual
Management
#1 Proactive Interaction
#2 Virtual Image
#3 Over-Share
#4 Performance & Exposure
#5 Virtual Teambuilding

50. 1: Virtual Management
2: Virtual Meetings

51. Google
Powerpoint Karaoke

55. Foundation

56. Do you remember
your last phone
conference?

57. Mute all

59. Foundation
Know Your
Technology by Heart

60. #1
Over-Visualize

61. Topic Time Who? Next Step Until when?

62. #2
Make Mini-Movies

63. TV

65. Change

66. Change

67. #3
Speak like a
Radio DJ

68. Radio

69. #4
Interact

70. Yes
No
Who cares?
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

72. #5
Co-Create

74. Advantages Disadvantages
Communica
Work from
tion issues
home
24/7 project work in Not so
global teams personal
Best practices No No’s
Making
Proactive
assumption
reaching
s in emails
Interactiveout Expecting
meetings that ‘they
will notice it’

75. 1 Virtual 2 Virtual
Management Meetings
#1 Proactive Interaction #1 Over-Visualize
#2 Virtual Image #2 Make Mini-Movies
#3 Over-Share #3 Radio-DJ
#4 Performance & Exposure #4 Interact
#5 Virtual Teambuilding #5 Co-Create

79. Happy Birthday
Robert

81. Engaging Management of
Virtual Project Teams
Lars Sudmann
mail@lars-sudmann.com
@LarsSudmann