Virtual Team Concepts

Virtual Teams terminology is a concept introduced in the last few years and can be defined to represent a team of people that are focused on a set of tasks with a common purpose and meet without all team members being physically present or working at the same time or place. Virtual teams can be short-lived or called upon to help any member of the team at any given time, providing effective answers or suggestions to a specific question or situation that needs immediate attention.

Virtual Team Tools

Virtual teams may use a variety of communication tools:

Conference calls
Video Conferences
E-mail
Application sharing tools
Faxes
Etc.

Virtual Team Essentials

Have clear and shared goals
Specific skilled team members
Mapped course
Available selected technology tools
Focused on Human Factors

Virtual Team Challenges

The main challenge presented by these virtual teams is an effective coordination of efforts and ability to use available and new communication technology in ways that are clear and specific. The absence or reduced face-to-face communications contributes to these and other challenges.

Our Contribution to Solve These Challenges

Another of the Wheeler Performance Group’s value added training packages is directed to help companies that are currently involved with virtual teams or plan to have them in the future, to become more effective and productive in the proper use of day to day technology communications etiquette among team members. Minimizing or eliminating conflicts that are prone to happen in organizations with lack of proper vision and training.