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. What to do? 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. Since all you have are your communication tools — email, phone, instant messaging, video conferencing, etc. 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 >>

In reality, that description extends beyond social media to any form of online collaboration, including team members collaborating on work projects. In the past week, I’ve seen some serious missteps occur in teams with a tool focus, rather than a team focus. The Tool Trap. Getting Perspective. MORE >>

As a manager you may be willing to hire the best talent for your team no matter where they’re located, but how do you go about determining if a potential hire is, in fact, excellent? You may also learn about other tools they’ve used that can be of value to your existing team. Keep the question open. home office? MORE >>