The document discusses the challenges of virtual teamwork, emphasizing the need for effective communication and building trust among team members who are geographically dispersed and culturally diverse. It highlights four key challenges: building trust, overcoming isolation, balancing technical and interpersonal skills, and enhancing virtual team performance through assessments. Recommendations include initiating small commitments, organizing team-building activities, improving communication skills, and using multi-tiered assessment processes.

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Virtual
Teamwork
Challenges

2. VIRTUAL TEAMS
Group of interdependent people working
together to achieve a common goal.
Coordinate and communicate via technology.
Physically located far away from each other.
Mostly members are of different cultures.

3. An exponential increase in
virtual teams
9/11 Event
2001-2002 recession
Travel restrictions due to
Novel Corona Virus (Covid-19)

4. 4 Virtual
Teamwork
Challenges

5. 01
04
BUILDING TRUST
VIRTUAL TEAM
PERFORMANCE
02
03
OVERCOMING
ISOLATION
BALANCING
TECHNICAL AND
INTERPERSONAL
SKILLS

6. Building Trust
Being approchable and friendly as people trust
the leaders the like.
Do not expect too much too soon.
Start with small commitments and expectation to
go for larger ones in future.

7. Overcoming Isolation
Organize virtual team building activities frequently.
Open communication
Avoid comparison
Celebrate small victories

8. Balancing Technical
and interpersonal Skills
Improving vocabulary improves communication.
Participation in problem solving brings creativity.
Always upgrade you skills by taking small coures.
Practice makes the men perfect.
Approach seniors who to learn more about your
field.

9. Virtual team performance
Use multi-tiered assessment process with a balanced
scorecard of:
Growth
Profitabilty
Process improvement
Customer satisfaction

10. Thank you
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