Tag Archives: Communications

Face Time

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Kathy

You manage by objectives and your manager does too, right? Of course you do. Nobody manages knowledge workers by face-time any more, watching when employees show up at the office and noting the minute that they leave in the evening. … Continue reading →

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Multi-Tasking in Project Meetings

Posted on September 7, 2008 by Loyal

In my many years in the technology industry, I’ve spent thousands of hours in meetings, most of them as boring as all get-out. During this time I’ve seen many interesting changes. I’ve seen meeting presentation technology evolve from flip charts … Continue reading →

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Communicating Effectively in Virtual Teams: Part 4 of 4

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Loyal

In this final part of my series on communications in virtual teams, I will discuss the most important medium to evolve so far during the computer revolution: e-mail. Pretty much everyone has an e-mail address these days, and many of … Continue reading →

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Communicating Effectively in Virtual Teams: Part 3 of 4

Posted on August 26, 2008 by Loyal

In this part of the series on optimizing virtual team communications, I’ll cover Instant Messaging, or IM as it is commonly called.  IM has evolved a great deal from the early consumer versions in the mid 90’s. It is now … Continue reading →

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Communicating Effectively in Virtual Teams: Part 2 of 4

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Loyal

In part one of this series I talked about the problems with speakerphones in virtual teams.  In this installment, I’ll discuss the problems with another type of phone, the Cell.  Most modern cell phones have a built-in speakerphone feature, and … Continue reading →

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Communicating Effectively in Virtual Teams: Part 1 of 4

Posted on August 23, 2008 by Loyal

We all know that effective communication is critical to every well-executed project. Everyone involved in getting that next product to market must constantly exchange bits of information with many people. Everything from project proposals to release-to-manufacturing documents must be created, … Continue reading →

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