Today's global companies conduct business 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from 6 different continents. Today's teams do not share an office, floor or even a zip code but cross space, time and cultural boundaries. What are the challenges faced by leaders of these virtual teams? More importantly what are the solutions available to maximize a leader's effectiveness in allowing these teams to function seamlessly around the clock and around the world. In this program Kimball and Mareen Fisher will share the expertise collected from consulting with some of the world's finest global companies.
Participants in this program will learn:
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What are the six types of virtual teams
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How do you determine which type of team you have
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How to best select team members and management methods for each team
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How to build trust and manage performance virtually
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Kimball and Mareen Fisher are the co-founders of The Fisher Group. Kimball is an internationally acknowledged authority on leadership and teams and has consulted with some of the finest corporations across the globe. Kimball's career began as a manager for Procter and Gamble. He was the first recipient of BYU's prestigious William G. Dyer Outstanding Alumni Award for significant contributions to the field of Organizational Behavior. Mareen has been selected as an honored member of the International Who's Who of Entrepreneurs. She is also a member of the Socio-Technical Systems Roundtable. They are the author or co-author of numerous critically acclaimed books including The Distance Manager, The Distributed Mind and Leading Self Directed Work Teams.
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