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Leading Project Teams Virtually Project Leaders: For those with headsets, run your audio setup wizard after logging in Use the chat area or next page to
Leading Project Teams Virtually Project Leaders: For those with
headsets, run your audio setup wizard after logging in Use the chat
area or next page to let us know if you will be using: 1.headset
and mic 2.teleconference option, or 3.chat box to communicate.
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Leading Project Teams Virtually Getting Connected! On headset
with micUsing teleconference Using chat box
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3 1) 2) If you dont have a headset or cant seem to get the mic
to work, click the teleconference icon once you are in the main
room (arrow 1) and it will give you a call in # arrow 2) that will
allow you to use your phone to talk live both in the main room and
in Breakout rooms
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4 Leading Project Teams Virtually Getting Connected Maintaining
Momentum Deliverables to Celebration 1 2 3
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Whos here and where are we going? What have you found helps in
virtual world? Heres some of what we found - best practices Getting
a virtual project started 5 Agenda - Getting Connected for
Success
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Could 6
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7 other
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8 You share what you know about Well offer what we know about 2
way idea exchange What did you discover last week? Go slow to go
fast to build relationship/trust Collaborative Learning
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Why is virtual work so challenging?
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10 Team Communication Communication of feelings and attitudes
Albert Mehrabian
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11 Team Communication Communication of feelings and attitudes
Albert Mehrabian
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12 Team Communication Communication of feelings and attitudes
Albert Mehrabian
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13 Team Communication Communication of feelings and attitudes
Increase congruence = Increase trust Albert Mehrabian
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Writing on whiteboard in breakout rooms 14 When you are in your
breakout room and the instructions slide is pushed out, you will
see a menu, like above, where you can navigate to a blank page and
enter group discussion notes. Use this same menu to go back and
forth between the instructions slide and your notes page. 1. In
your breakout group, .. 2.Read the quote and .. 3.Summarize your
thoughts using .. Breakout Discussion
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15 Click on the drop down Menu, then pick the blank page you
want to go to jot down thoughts/notes. 1. In your breakout group,
.. 2.Read the quote and .. 3.Summarize your thoughts using ..
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16 Leadership Virtual World 1.Clarifying the project 2.Getting
the technology to work 3.Connecting the team 4.Setting initial
accountability agreements
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Virtual Group Experience Take 12 minutes total Getting Started
o Briefly, introduce yourself and provide a little context
(Council, hometown, etc.) What have you found works well for
leading virtual team projects? o Ask someone to capture the
discussion on your whiteboard and someone else be ready to share
with the larger group in the main room 17
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18 Best Practices Select some team members who know each other
and some boundary spanners (people who are well-networked in the
organization) Clarify goals/outcomes for the project (what change
will occur? What will be different?) Establish norms/team
agreements (prework material) Break work into chunks that can be
worked on independently at locations
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19 Best Practices Meeting Virtually Share pictures Use chat
area and whiteboard Silence is not golden! - tell people you will
be calling on them for a specific response Have a 2 nd facilitator
to help out (e.g. watch chat area, etc.)
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20 Ok, let me tell you what Im thinking The reason Im
advocating here is.. I think we have a few options here _____, tell
me more about what your thinking here Make Your Thinking
Transparent My only concern here is ____, help us understand how
you got there
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21 Best Practices Meeting Virtually Use a visual to remind
those in the room whos out there Describe whats happening in the
room Lewis Rachel Bob Lisa, D.C. Mike, NYC Sara, L.A.
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22 Virtual Meeting Management Beginning Use a form of check-in
During Ensure everyones participation End Summary notes; action
items are clear and posted to the online worksite
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23 Ask Team Members to help with meetings Setting up and
communicating the meeting Drafting an agenda Collecting input
beforehand Facilitating the meeting so you can focus on the
interaction Watching the chat area and secondary channels
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24 Ask Team Members to help with meetings Setting up and
communicating the meeting Drafting an agenda Collecting input
beforehand Facilitating the meeting so you can focus on the
interaction Watching the chat area and secondary channels
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Breakout #2 Roles and Team Standards 25 Breakout Rooms and
Topics Room 1 & 2 - Clarifying project roles Room 3 & 4 -
Establishing team standards Room 5 & 6 Managing expectations
via the iron triangle Discuss the prework content and your own
experiences working through these issues on project teams Identify
and note on whiteboard 2-3 practical suggestions Take 15 minutes
total
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Project Roles 26 Clarify scope of teams charter Identify the
team lead and support the team lead with securing resources Stay
available to team lead to maintain progress and manage scope creep
Keep upper management informed Sponsor Assemble team Work with
Sponsor to clarify scope Lead, manage and ensure completion of the
project Project Lead Develop and implement project Share
accountability for the success of the team (both content and
process/project management) Project Team Members
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Project Roles 27 Person/group with the problem the team is
trying to address Customer Consumer End-user Other people and/or
groups who have an interest in or are impacted by what the team
does Stake- holders Other?
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28 Team Contract / Agreements What Behavior standards we feel
are critical How we work together For us to achieve our vision we
must be this way with each other. Why Create boundaries Give team
members and newcomers minimum behavior standards they can expect of
each other Remind group of a standard we must try to maintain to
achieve our vision How One on one conversation and/or group
discussions Group members agree to adopt Ive been chatting with all
of you and thinking about how we need to be together for us to
complete this project, and have some fun while were doing it here
are some thoughts around that, what do you think?
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29 3 Key Team Behaviors/Agreements Being candid and loyal to
the absent I avoid gossiping (e.g., I dont bad mouth someone not in
the room and I encourage others to refrain likewise.) I dont
deliver messages for others and if I have a beef with someone, I
talk to them directly. 1 2 3 4 Team before personal: I put the
team/organizations goals before my own. If someone has an idea
thats working better than my own, I offer my time, budget,
resources to help them 1 2 3 4 succeed. Transparency: I am
completely open in sharing my thinking and information I have at
any given moment. If I disagree, I bring it up in the meeting vs.
in the hall, and I do it agreeably. I model the behavior of If I
have more information than you, I am obligated to share it. If it
seems you have more than 1 2 3 4 me, I am obligated to ask. Ive
been very consistent Not as consistent as I would like
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30 Project Management 101 Manage Expectations! 2. Time
(schedule) 3. Resources (cost) 1. Quality (scope) What do you want
done? Whats going to be different at the end? How good does it need
to be? When do you need it by? How firm is that? What kind of
budget is available? Who can I tap into? Can temps or other outside
resources be used?
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31 Best Practices - Quotes Trust within a team can be harmed by
breaches in confidentiality outside the team. Since breaches cannot
be physically observed, an important norm to discuss is what is
shared outside the team. Several of the teams we studied struggled
initially because they lacked a common set of procedures or way of
doing things. Meetings with a strong social element can be
resented, for example, when held early in the teams existence. In
the early phases, creating exciting work with a meaningful goal is
seen as more useful than hosting social events. We found that one
of the biggest reasons virtual teams fail is because the members
dont find the work interesting. The quickest way to build trust in
a virtual team, is to play fair and deliver on your promises. Our
technology use evolved over time.
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32 Questions/ Observations?
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33 1) How might you use a tool like the charter template to
clarify scope with a Sponsor and your team? 2) Watch the IDEO video
using the link on the LPTV website Module 2 page and discuss with
your learning team what insights you took away. For the Next
Session