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UNLEASH YOUR POTENTIAL!
Successfully Navigate Your Way Through Global & Virtual Teams
Our Team
Beth HowellEmployment Compliance Officer
Human Resources
Howard M. Jenkins, Jr.Manager Diversity & Outreach
Human Resources
Amanda Thomas Generalist III
Human ResourcesSarah Walker
Director of Diversity & InclusionSenior Human Resources Business Partner
& Data Privacy Officer
Sarah Nicholson Manager Compliance & Ethics
Human Resources
Dorothy Goettler Program Lead
Knowledge Management
Objectives
• Understand the challenge of virtual teams
• Understand style and behavioral differences
• Examine effective strategies for team leadership
• Define cultural intelligence
Is it More Challenging to Lead Virtual Teams?
The answer is not in managing geography,it is in managing the relationships
• Adapting leadership style• Understanding cultural
differences• Encouraging collaboration• Building a dream team
Leadership Takes Effort… …and style is everything
• Manage varying individual styles• Create opportunities to
communicate• Extract alternative viewpoints• Embrace differences• Educate team members
Cultural Intelligence Matters
• Gender• Language• Decision Making
• Time Management• Conflict Management• Leadership & Authority
Collaboration Counts
• Disjointed conflict resolution
• Lack of clarity• Willingness to share
information• Missing the water
cooler talk• Technology
People Make the Difference
• Trust and ground rules• Focus on communication• Empowered decisions• Conflict resolution skills• Knowledge of labor laws• Flexibility for time zone
differences
Building the dream team requires…
Questions and Answers
Summary
• Adapt leadership style based on team diversity
• Build cultural intelligence• Collaboration and trust
takes effort• Engagement requires
creativity“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.”Stephen R. Covey