I was recently asked to manage a team of graphic designers, all of them fresh graduates with hardly any professional experience. Always eager to help, I accepted the opportunity, knowing that it would be challenging and educational, for both myself and the team. The Benefits. Introduce these things gradually. Familiarity With Tools. MORE >>

Managers of remote teams have plenty to worry about. On top of the deadlines, interpersonal conflicts and competing priorities that face all team leaders, managers of dispersed teams need to concern themselves with keeping everyone connected and collaborating despite physical distance. mirror neurons are an extremely hot topic. MORE >>

How can curation help keep your remote team on the same page? It can be frustrating to try to get information you want to share to everybody on your team who could benefit from it. Your team (and your clients, and the public) can subscribe to the RSS feed of your Scoop.it page private if you prefer to use it for your team only. MORE >>

When you work with a new team for the first time, especially if your colleagues are located in different cities across the globe, you’ll be sending important information to them without knowing much about them personally. Teams with low initial trust lacked this enthusiasm. How do you encourage trust in your remote teams? MORE >>

As more and more companies and teams are going strictly virtual, there are a whole new set of issues to consider and challenges to address. Here are some needs virtual teams face daily: Communications. Team Member Integration. What systems and software do you have in place to run your virtual team? Management. Archiving. MORE >>