Comments on: 5 ways to better manage your team virtually http://creativebriefing.com/5-ways-to-better-manage-your-team-virtually/ for the marketer, designer, and entrepreneur Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:16:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Zura http://creativebriefing.com/5-ways-to-better-manage-your-team-virtually/#comment-164 Zura Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:32:10 +0000 http://creativebriefing.com/5-ways-to-better-manage-your-team-virtually/#comment-164 Thank you for this post. I manage a virtual team of creative people (visual and written art) and find it hard to find good encouragement. So many of the management sites deal with offices. This was very inspiring. Thank you for this post. I manage a virtual team of creative people (visual and written art) and find it hard to find good encouragement. So many of the management sites deal with offices.

This was very inspiring.

]]> By: Verne http://creativebriefing.com/5-ways-to-better-manage-your-team-virtually/#comment-162 Verne Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:40:16 +0000 http://creativebriefing.com/5-ways-to-better-manage-your-team-virtually/#comment-162 That's a great personal anecdote, Urn! I'd love to talk to you sometime to hear more about how you operated the company (80 virtual workers! woo!) and all the little things you did to make the virtual model work for you. I really liked your idea of the 10 min BS sessions at the start of the meetings - it sort of loosens everyone up and gets them comfortable for the productive meeting ahead. Question for you - what did you use to hold your meetings online? That’s a great personal anecdote, Urn! I’d love to talk to you sometime to hear more about how you operated the company (80 virtual workers! woo!) and all the little things you did to make the virtual model work for you.

I really liked your idea of the 10 min BS sessions at the start of the meetings - it sort of loosens everyone up and gets them comfortable for the productive meeting ahead.

Question for you - what did you use to hold your meetings online?

]]> By: Urnusan http://creativebriefing.com/5-ways-to-better-manage-your-team-virtually/#comment-161 Urnusan Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:06:42 +0000 http://creativebriefing.com/5-ways-to-better-manage-your-team-virtually/#comment-161 2 things I think should be added, however, It could be that you ment them with the HR part. 1st > be the virtual shrink :), talk to them about their personal life and if everything is ok, if not , do what you can to help. 2nd. > Virtual socializing within the team. while running an 80 people virtual team in the past, the first 10min. of our online meetings (daily base per group, and full team on friday) the first 10 minutes of the meetings where about talking BS :) just every day life stuff and funny things / jokes / interesting news /etc. It had nothing to do with company but is funny and you learn about how the mentality of the person is. Work on team building, its hard but most importend, you need your team to bond with eachother. Also what we tried (however we could never find the right game :)) we wanted to do a gaming tournament (groups vs groups). To give you some background, we where running a mobile game company, with 8 groups .. Design, Art 2d, Art 3d, 3d development, 2d development Java, 2d Brew, 2d mophun, testing for 4 years. on top of that we have an Indian team for the past 6 years. (however, they are all in the same location) Regards, Urn 2 things I think should be added, however, It could be that you ment them with the HR part.

1st > be the virtual shrink :), talk to them about their personal life and if everything is ok, if not , do what you can to help.

2nd. > Virtual socializing within the team. while running an 80 people virtual team in the past, the first 10min. of our online meetings (daily base per group, and full team on friday) the first 10 minutes of the meetings where about talking BS :) just every day life stuff and funny things / jokes / interesting news /etc. It had nothing to do with company but is funny and you learn about how the mentality of the person is. Work on team building, its hard but most importend, you need your team to bond with eachother.

Also what we tried (however we could never find the right game :)) we wanted to do a gaming tournament (groups vs groups).

To give you some background, we where running a mobile game company, with 8 groups .. Design, Art 2d, Art 3d, 3d development, 2d development Java, 2d Brew, 2d mophun, testing for 4 years. on top of that we have an Indian team for the past 6 years. (however, they are all in the same location)

Regards,

Urn

]]> By: Gökhan Ercan http://creativebriefing.com/5-ways-to-better-manage-your-team-virtually/#comment-157 Gökhan Ercan Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:51:45 +0000 http://creativebriefing.com/5-ways-to-better-manage-your-team-virtually/#comment-157 I do have a virtual project team. It's really hard to keep project alive without face-to-face meetings. My project is not "virtual" anymore it becomes "abstract" i think. Great article. Thank you. I do have a virtual project team. It’s really hard to
keep project alive without face-to-face meetings.
My project is not “virtual” anymore it becomes “abstract” i think.

Great article. Thank you.

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]]> By: Satish http://creativebriefing.com/5-ways-to-better-manage-your-team-virtually/#comment-17 Satish Sat, 07 Jul 2007 19:03:47 +0000 http://creativebriefing.com/5-ways-to-better-manage-your-team-virtually/#comment-17 Glad my buzz-words come to use every so often - TCPs are key to success! One benefit of managing a virtual team is the ability to engage and work with individuals from outside your local area... how does #5 translate for these types of working scenarios where meeting f2f is next to impossible (pocket and time wise)? Glad my buzz-words come to use every so often - TCPs are key to success!

One benefit of managing a virtual team is the ability to engage and work with individuals from outside your local area… how does #5 translate for these types of working scenarios where meeting f2f is next to impossible (pocket and time wise)?

]]> By: Derrick http://creativebriefing.com/5-ways-to-better-manage-your-team-virtually/#comment-16 Derrick Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:01:26 +0000 http://creativebriefing.com/5-ways-to-better-manage-your-team-virtually/#comment-16 Love it. Sounds like an article I would read in Canadian Business Magazine :) Too bad I don'th a virtual team to manage...hah Love it. Sounds like an article I would read in Canadian Business Magazine :) Too bad I don’th a virtual team to manage…hah

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