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Who should be on your team?
What are the team member duties?
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http://wikicourses.wikispaces.com/Topic+Working+in+Teams
In today’s world, almost everything is accomplished by
teams. Large companies often use project teams that
span the globe. Small companies use teams to ensure
that their products and services reach their customers.
Non‐profit organizations put teams together to accomplish
goals. Instructors teach and develop curriculum
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and other academic employees. Government
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institutions have increased the teamwork component
of many courses, and students work together
both in person and online to create documents, put
together presentations, and complete projects.
The prime advantage to working in teams is the
ability to combine skills and talents. An academic or
work team benefits from a wide array of skills that no
single student or employee could possess alone, from
analytical skills to marketing skills to technical skills
and everything in between. Complex projects at school
or in the workplace demand all of these skills, especially when things need to get done in
a specific time frame.
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Working with distributed teams: How I learned to stop worrying and love WebEx
1. Working with distributed
teams
or How I learned to stop worrying
and love WebEx
Larry Kunz
October 29, 2014 #writersua #techcomm
2. What we’ll cover today
• The workplace of yesterday
vs. the workplace of today
Oct 29, 2014
@larry_kunz
• What’s a manager
(or anyone) to do?
• Corporate culture
3. The workplace of
Oct 29, 2014
@larry_kunz
yesterday
Gathering around the water cooler
Image: Really, really bad clip art
4. Oct 29, 2014
@larry_kunz
…and today
Gathering around the water cooler
Gathering around the WebEx…
…maybe at 6:00 am
Image: ivci.com
5. So what’s a manager to
Oct 29, 2014
@larry_kunz
do?
• Make plenty of opportunities for the
team to meet in real time (at least
weekly)
• Have everyone contribute
• Ensure easy access to
software builds
• Create a team directory
6. The workplace of
Oct 29, 2014
@larry_kunz
yesterday
Communication channels are obvious
and well understood
7. Oct 29, 2014
@larry_kunz
…and today
Communication channels are obvious
and well understood
Team members prefer different styles
No common understanding of tools
and expectations
8. So what’s a manager to
Oct 29, 2014
@larry_kunz
do?
• Don’t assume that everyone
communicates in the same way
• Explicitly set up communication
channels
• Reinforce messages
• Monitor to make sure everyone is
taking part
• One size doesn’t fit all…
…do what’s right for your team
9. The workplace of
Oct 29, 2014
@larry_kunz
yesterday
Everyone (or nearly) everyone shares
a common background:
Cultural mores
Work experiences
Goals and expectations
10. Oct 29, 2014
@larry_kunz
…and today
Everyone (or nearly) everyone shares
a common background
Heterogeneous
Cultures
Skill sets
Expectations
11. So what’s a manager to
Oct 29, 2014
@larry_kunz
do?
• Respect differences in style
• Understand cultural differences
• Ensure that everyone has
a chance to be heard
12. The workplace of
Oct 29, 2014
@larry_kunz
yesterday
Everyone works for The Company®
Image: Apple “1984” commercial
13. Oct 29, 2014
@larry_kunz
…and today
Everyone works for The Company
The team is likely to include
Full-time employees
Part-time employees
Independent contractors
Employees of one or more contract
agencies
14. So what’s a manager to
Oct 29, 2014
@larry_kunz
do?
• Don’t expect the same things from
everybody
• Provide an easy repository for
policies, style guides, etc.
15. The workplace of
Oct 29, 2014
@larry_kunz
yesterday
There are lots of “old hands”
Mentoring is natural and common
16. Oct 29, 2014
@larry_kunz
…and today
There are lots of “old hands”
Mentoring is natural and common
Institutional memory is hard to come by
Mentoring is harder when the team is
geographically dispersed
17. So what’s a manager to
Oct 29, 2014
@larry_kunz
do?
• Encourage mentoring when specific
needs arise
• Make mentoring short-term and
focused
• Make expectations clear to all
(mentors and protégés)
18. Oct 29, 2014
@larry_kunz
Case study
The corporate culture at Automattic
From Scott Berkun’s The Year without Pants:
• There was a corporate office; hardly anyone ever
went there
• Little use of email; strong reliance on discussion lists
• Great value placed on peers helping each other
• Scott’s team met 3 or 4 times a year for
a few days of intensive work (and fun)
• Corporate culture:
– We all work hard.
– We’ve all got each other’s back.
– If you're good with that, come join me.
– If you’re not, don't.
http://scottberkun.com/yearwithoutpants/
19. Oct 29, 2014
@larry_kunz
Case study
The corporate culture at Automattic
• Scott insists that you can establish a corporate culture
if you really want
• Whether people work remotely or not, is immaterial
Scott’s tweets:
When the boss reads and writes carefully, everyone
else follows. When they read and write thoughtlessly,
everyone follows.
Culture is grown, not built. Leader has to defend
cultural values in their behavior, & hire people who
match them. That's it.
20. Corporate culture
Oct 29, 2014
@larry_kunz
• Provides a framework for
– Employee interaction
– Collaboration
– Connecting with clients, customers
• Is not outmoded
• Just might be more vital than ever
22. Oct 29, 2014
@larry_kunz
Stay in Touch!
Larry Kunz
Twitter: @larry_kunz
larrykunz.wordpress.com
Editor's Notes
Today we’ll cover:
The workplace of yesterday vs. the workplace of today
What’s a manager to do?
And BTW – what’s an employee to do?
If you’re not the manager, you can still follow these best practices
A few words about corporate culture
Feel free to ask questions at any time
I intentionally picked an outmoded piece of clip art
To illustrate how outmoded the Workplace of Yesterday has become
Gathering around the water cooler
…and bumping into people in the break room, or in the hallway…
Meant that everyone got to know each other as individuals
Interaction was more informal, usually more comfortable
You felt like you were part of a team, because the team was all around you
Built camaraderie, trust
Also, everyone had easy access to the software as it was being developed…
“Step into the lab; look at this”
Today – no water cooler
No office in common
Instead, we “meet” by phone conference or Web conference
Often at unconventional times of the day, because team members are located in places like India, China, and Japan
Regular phone (or web) meetings
At least weekly
Call on everyone in turn – don’t wait for them to speak, or some will monopolize & others will stay silent
Make sure everyone has easy access to software builds
Distribute regular updates, or grant access to a shared server
Create a team contacts directory – even with hobbies, interests, etc., if appropriate
Include photos – anything so that team members see each other as people
Forums/wikis for exchanging info
Ideally in a less formal, more “human” way
This will build a team identity
Pick the things that will work with your team
Every team is different
Communication channels are obvious and well understood
Everyone’s in the same place
Everyone knows how the communication process works
Team members prefer different communication styles
Some like voice conversation, others prefer written
IM vs email
Etc.
There’s no consensus on the best communication methods
Don’t assume that everyone communicates in the same way
Some people communicate loudly; some softly
For some, silence is assent – for others it’s disagreement
Some won’t speak up in a group meeting, only one-on-one
Some might not speak verbally at all (especially if they’re ESL) but prefer to communicate in writing
Assume that in every conversation, the risk of misunderstanding is at least doubled
Reinforce messages: Validate a phone call with an email, for example, saying “here’s what we agreed on”
Don’t assume that everyone came away with the same message
Monitor communication to ensure that all are taking part; no one’s being left behind
Homogeneous work teams
Same cultural values
Similar work experience
Many members have worked their entire careers for the same company
If not for the same company, then similar training and similar backgrounds
Similar goals, expectations
Similar ideas about work/life balance
Similar work ethic
Now everything has pretty much turned on its head
Maybe I’m a UI designer
Someone else is a technical writer
…or a programmer
…or something else
Maybe you have people from several different countries (more on that later)
Respect differences in style
Ask additional questions to draw out someone who’s reluctant
Understand and respect cultural differences
Ensure that everyone has a chance to be heard
[recognizing that communication styles differ, as above]
They knew the corporate culture
Their loyalties lay in the same place
They were more likely to know – and more motivated to know….
….Corporate style guides, policies, standards, etc.
Now you can’t count on people knowing the “culture”
The good news is: People bring several different perspectives
No one assumes that there’s only one right way to do things
Don’t expect the same things from everybody
Provide an easy repository for policies, style guides, etc.
And provide training
Even if it’s informal training, a one-on-one briefing when a new person joins the team
There are lots of “old hands”
Plenty of institutional knowledge
Processes and requirements were well understood
Even if not by everyone, there was always “Joe down the hall” who you could ask
….Often there were several “Joes”
Mentoring is natural and common
With close, in-person interaction, mentors and protégés often took to each other
Now you can’t count on people knowing the basic “how to” things
“Joe down the hall” might no longer exist because of downsizing, spinning off of business units, offshoring, etc.
If he does exist, he’s not someone I know personally – so I’m less likely to approach him
Many times no one knows policies & procedures
On a team I recently joined, I often find that this is often the case
I have to search for the P&Ps on the web
And then I find other team members seeking me out, because suddenly I’m the expert
Even if people do know the processes….
….The lack of physical proximity makes casual mentoring relationships difficult
Mentoring doesn’t just happen – someone has a need, someone sees the need and offers to help
Encourage team members to mentor each other when specific needs arise
By this I mean: Ask someone specifically to mentor another person
Don’t just say “mentoring is good,” sit back, and wait for it to happen
When you set up a mentoring relationship, make it short-term and focused on a specific thing
Example: Sally, teach Bob how to prepare the project files for translation
If it blossoms into a full-blown mentoring relationship, great
If it doesn’t, don’t force it
Make sure expectations are clear to all (mentors and protégés)
Mentors don’t feel caught by surprise
Protégés don’t feel shortchanged
Automattic is the company responsible for wordpress.com
Its name is a play on the first name of its founder, Matt Mullenweg
Small company (Scott was something like employee #50)
People worked from all around the world
Matt was definitely the focal point
He projected a culture of openness, hard work
Key observation: Matt projected a corporate culture, and people bought in
The staff will follow the boss’s example – for good or for bad
If you focus on establishing a corporate culture, you can build one
Larry’s corollary: If you don’t focus on establishing a corporate culture, you might build one anyway – by default
But it’s probably not going to be the one you want
Scott’s tweets (posted on Twitter by @berkun in October 2014)
These reflect the way Matt Mullenweg ran his company
Let me say a word about corporate culture
Obviously it was important to Scott Berkun
I’m a fan of it too
With the move toward distributed teams, it might seem that corporate culture is becoming a thing of the past
But I’d argue that corporate culture is more important than ever, since communication and collaboration must be more intentional than in the past
(I think Scott Berkun would agree with me)