Chapter 9. Leading Virtual Teams: Potential Problems and Simple Solutions

Thomas A.O'Neill, Rhys J.Lewis, Laura A.Hambley

It is difficult to overemphasize the importance of good leadership. Leaders fulfill several key roles, including motivating people, coordinating efforts, and developing potential. This chapter explores these leadership roles in the context of virtual teams. Specifically, barriers to motivating, coordinating, and developing virtual teams are identified, along with suggestions for how leaders might overcome them.

Such issues in virtual team leadership will likely grow in importance over time. Combine the prevalent use of teams in organizations and an increasingly globalized and technology-dependent workplace, and the result is ...

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