Secrets of Virtual Success

Secrets of Virtual Success

How to adjust to managing a geographically dispersed team? Several INSEAD experts take stock of the practices of virtual management.

Author(s): Erin Meyer

Publisher: INSEAD Working Knowledge

Date of publication: 2010

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Summary

How can you manage a team spread across several continents and time zones? In this short article, Erin Meyer interviews several INSEAD experts on virtual management practices. They succinctly cover five domains in which leaders must radically adapt their methods:  leadership, decision- making, trust, negotiations, and communication. This very brief article underlines a few powerful ideas.