Poor management, communications breakdowns, unsuitable or badly integrated team members, ill-equipped staff, personality clashes — there are many reasons why a virtual team can fail. What can you do to ensure that your team succeeds? Here are five common failings of virtual teams, and ways to avoid them. 1. MORE >>

But what’s an internationally dispersed team to do in the meantime? If you lead a team with members from one of these countries, try making one-on-one phone calls before the formal meeting to hear the real deal. This way, participants can confront each idea during the meeting — without confronting the person associated with it. MORE >>

Binfire offers distributed teams a free solution for online collaboration that makes it simple to stay on track. On top of these helpful features, here are a few of the other things you can do with Binfire: Communicate with Your Team. The quick status updating feature makes it possible for team members to keep each other in the loop. MORE >>

We all know that we can achieve more in a good team than we can alone. But in many teams, that idea is misappropriated to mean that teams should necessarily move more quickly than individuals can. When viewed in this context, the shorter timeframes implied by the increased capacity in a team must necessarily expand. MORE >>

Let’s consider the social team one that works closely together, regardless of distance, hierarchy, timezones, or, within certain boundaries, degree of project involvement. social team is one that’s able to make the most of possible offerings or contributions from within or beyond the team efficiently and productively. MORE >>