TY - BOOK AU - Fisher,Kimball AU - Fisher,Mareen Duncan TI - Manager's guide to virtual teams T2 - Briefcase book SN - 9780071754934 (pbk.) PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Teams in the workplace KW - Personnel management KW - Telecommuting KW - Virtual work teams KW - Management N1 - Includes index; What is a virtual team? -- Managing space, time, and culture -- The seven competencies of effective virtual team leaders -- What virtual team employees need from their manager -- Bridging culture differences -- Starting up (or refocusing) a virtual team -- Building trust from a distance -- Using telephonic collaboration technologies -- Using videoconferencing and internet-based collaboration tools -- Improving the business IQ of team members -- Teaching finance fundamentals to virtual teams -- Improving communication and feedback skills -- Creative problem solving for virtual teams -- Managing performance from a distance -- Effective decision making over distance -- Virtual team building -- Maintaining a balanced personal and work life N2 - A hands-on guide for managing people and projects working from home, on the road, or in client sites; covers every aspect of virtual management--motivation, building teams, meeting deadlines, file sharing, teleconferencing, email, coaching, and videoconferencing ER -