The Unashamed Guide to Virtual Management / Ben Bisbee and Kathy Wisniewski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bisbee, Ben, author.

Wisniewski, Kathy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personnel management.

Business enterprises--Employees.

Business enterprises.

Virtual work teams.

Communication in management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Alexandria, VA : ATD Press, [2019]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Manage Virtual Teams for Maximum Results Working remotely is a reality of today’s and tomorrow’s workforce. With organizations switching from a model of only on-site employees to on-site and virtual employees working globally, managers need guidance on how to address the traditional and not-so-traditional issues that occur when staff is not collocated. The Unashamed Guide to Virtual Management provides that direction for topics such as onboarding new staff and delivering performance reviews as well as for the more offbeat issues like handling office romance and doing laundry on the job. Using short chapters and a fun, whimsical, yet straightforward style, Ben Bisbee and Kathy Wisniewski answer the critical questions about how to manage virtual teams. No matter your problem, you’ll be able to evaluate what went wrong, determine how the solution fits within your organizational personality, and implement a process to make it stick. Rather than scrambling to figure out how to handle an unexpected situation, virtual managers can consult the authors’ advice on more than 30 topics, including: time zones, flexible schedules, and privacy hiring and interviews, onboarding, and professional development team building, morale, and celebrations interruptive pets and children, errands, and meetings from the bathroom. From the mundane to the awkward, this book covers it all—because you will have to manage it from wherever you are!

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

Game of Zones: Understanding the Virtual World

1. All About Time Zones

2. What Is Nine-to-Five in a Global, Virtual Workplace?

3. How to Address and Accommodate a Flexible Schedule

4. How to Ensure Privacy

The New VHR: Handling Virtual Human Resources and Team Management

5. Hiring and Interviews

6. Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity

7. Orientation and Onboarding

8. Day to Day

9. Meetings

10. Communications, Awkward Moments, and Casual Screw-Ups

11. Performance Reviews and Promotions

12. Professional and Educational Team Development

13. Bandwidth

14. Disciplinary Meetings

15. Dismissal

16. Family, Friends, and Nepotism

17. Snow Days, Elections, and Holidays

Culture Is King: Understanding and Building Virtual Teams

18. Team Building

19. Maintaining Morale

20. Involving Outsiders: Special Guests, Speakers, and Third-Party Training

21. Birthdays, Happy Hours, and Holiday Parties

22. Cliques

23. Gossip, News, and Lies

24. Best Benefits: Soda, Coffee, Field Trips, and Volunteerism

Home vs. Home Office: Addressing Procedure With (or Without) a Policy

25. Laundry, Cooking, and Running Errands

26. Taking Meetings on the Toilet

27. Puppies, Kitties, and Children

28. Office Romance

29. Harassment and Bullying

30. Dealing With Loss and Bereavement

Acknowledgments

References

About the Authors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-228) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781949036565

1949036561

OCLC:

1139722807