Leadership Teams

In the previous two blogs, we discussed the promises and challenges in working virtually across geography, time, and culture. Virtual Teams, especially those that operate globally, are essential at both Leadership and Functional levels, and provide significant value in both their ability to think strategically and drive execution excellence across the company. These “lateral” teams…

In our previous Blog, we referenced the difficulty for teams in working virtually across geography, culture, and time. These Global Virtual Teams (GVT’s) are essential in getting work done whether they are at the top of the house or are project/functional teams across the organization. And these teams should bring great promise to the company…

While the phrase “globalization” is commonplace in business vernacular, the ability to actually work well across geography, culture and time remains a huge challenge for teams who must operate virtually. Global Virtual Teams are a necessity in today’s business environment and have great promise. The reality is that this is a promise that is rarely…

We developed the Global Team Assessment (GT2A) in response to the demand for a way to measure a global and/or virtual Team’s effectiveness, and to drive dialogue around the key leverage points for improvement. The GT2A was based on our Top Teaming Assessment, which we have used with leadership and management for the past 4…

About 2 weeks ago I was asked to do a presentation to a group of CFO’s and other senior finance professionals about how the nature of their work was changing and what was expected of them as they navigated the “Now, the New, and the Next.” Our dialogue, backed by several excellent articles from HBR…

Global Teams almost always have a virtual presence dictated by geographic distance, time and cultural differences. One casualty to what should be a powerful and aligned team is what I think of as The Invisible Man (or Woman) syndrome. Who is this Invisible Man? Think about the conference calls you have with your teams. This…

As we continue to work with Global and Virtual Teams, we are impressed by how critical these leadership and functional teams are to their company’s performance, yet alarmed by how difficult it is for them to really capture what is possible as an aligned team. Time and geography, culture and communication, the demand to both…

One of the things we hear in our work with management and operations teams across the globe, are their views of the Human Resources function and how HR could be even most valuable to them. What is surprising is that on many occasions, their experience of HR is not congruent with what they want from…

About 3 weeks ago we were with a team of Global HR officers. The original mission was to help them become an even higher performing team – a Top Team. But there was something missing in the room – something that was obvious, but not explainable on their Team Assessment. There was an enormous lack…

In a previous blog, we suggested that given the increasing complexity, uncertainty and rate of change in the world that the very nature of change itself has, in fact, changed. Rarely do we find anymore that change occurs and we then return to a previous state of equilibrium. That is almost old thinking. We then…