managing a virtual workforce – bringing reality to your virtual teams

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www.aim-strategies.com www.aim-strategies.com/blog Title of the Presentation. Copyright 2012 AIM Strategies. All Rights Reserved.

Managing a Virtual Workforce:

Bringing Reality to your Virtual team

Yael Zofi • June 23, 2012

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Founder & CEO, AIM Strategies®

Professor at New York University

Current:

AT&T, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan Chase, CIGNA, Nokia,

General Electric, Pfizer, Philips, Société Générale & Viacom

Clients:

Global Vice President of LD/PMP with J.P. Morgan

Change Management with PwC & Accenture

Prior:

Yael Zofi Author, Speaker, Virtual Teams

Expert & Cross Cultural Coach

Email: [email protected]

Blog: www.aim-strategies.com/blog

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/yaelzofi

Forbes.com, Business Week, CNBC, Silicon Valley Business Journal, Halogen Talent Management, All Business, eZine, Entrepreneur, and Bloomberg.com

Featured In:

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Yael S. Zofi, CEO

AIM Strategies®

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65% 52% of virtual team members work

beyond business hours

prefer face-to-face communication

85% see virtual teams becoming increasingly prevalent

90% have team-wide meetings at least once a week

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1. Gamification

2. Mobile Wallet

3. Virtual Togetherness

4. Online Video

5. Mobile Marketing

6. Apps

7. CPG Ecommerce

8. Social Graph

9. Regulating Privacy

10. Seamless Sharing

11. Micro-Blogging

12. Real-Time Advertising

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4 Key Ingredients

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Clarify

Team

Destination

Establish

Rules of

the

Road

Create

Your

Own Team

Code

Take it

for a

Test

Drive

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Three methods of understanding Context Communication:

1. Through Environmental Cues

2. Through the Medium

3. Through Relationships

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Lasting Trust

Accountability Instant Trust

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PERFORMANCE

What am I supposed to do and how should I do it?

TYPES OF VIRTUAL TEAMS CONFLICTS 4

DATA

What should I focus on first?

IDENTITY

Where do I belong?

SOCIAL Who are the people on my team and what are their personalities?

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ALIGNING

ESTABLISHING FREQUENCIES

TRACKING

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Risk Management

People

Communication

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WHAT DOES CULTURE MEAN TO YOU?

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Thank You

Thank You

Dankeschon Koszonom Grazie Salamat Arigato Merci Gracias Obrigado Dziekuje

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