If you’re anything like me, “meeting from anywhere” means dialing an phone number into a conference bridge, toggling awkwardly on your smartphone for the 10-digit passcode and hitting the mute button so the other attendees don’t hear the airport background …
Mentoring is great for office-based employees, but it is especially powerful for mobile team members, argues one HR expert. Think of mentoring and you’ll probably picture some silver-haired senior staffer talking through the challenges of climbing the career ladder with …
It’s no secret that today’s workforce is on the move; by 2015, it’s projected that the global mobile workforce will number 1.3 billion. Truly collaborating while mobile, however, can be tricky without the proper tools. Luckily, there a number of …
We had the pleasure of chatting with VSee CEO and communication expert Milton Chen about how remote workers can use video to make up for the productivity drop that occurs when teams move from colocation to the virtual space. In …
Great virtual meetings do not just happen. They require planning and preparation just to be good. Web meetings, teleconferences, and, video conferences can be complete failures and a waste of valuable time and resources without proper prep. To prevent this, …
Good collaboration software is essential when working in a virtual team. I’ve been using Basecamp with my team for a while now, and though we all work apart – some from home, some on the move – the software helps …
We had an invaluable chat with flexible working expert Carmela Southers, who’s written a book about ‘Managing Your Virtual Boss‘. Carmela shared lots of advice with us, including tips on: Building relationships Marketing yourself to your boss Managing your own …
How can you learn to trust your mobile workers and get them to trust each other? Distrust is a huge productivity suck. Skeptical bosses spend precious time micro-managing mobile workers (many of whom no doubt resent it, lowering morale), while …
Long gone are the days when work only happened in front of a PC. Now, it’s in your hands, it’s on your own time and it’s out of the office. We’re influenced by our consumer experiences, and it’s having an …
