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Four C’s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A picture of a boat? On the Global Integration blog? Indeed. It caught our roving reporter\u2019s eye for the boat name: The Four Cs. (You can tell it was taken in Europe \u2013 our US canal locks just don\u2019t look the same.)<\/p>\n

At Global integration we use the four C\u2019s as a way of organizing course content for virtual teams training<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Building and managing virtual teams needs different skills to hierarchical teams based in a single room within organizations – especially if that team is also internationally based.<\/p>\n

Our C\u2019s are communication, co-operation, community and control \u2013 all of which are challenges in virtual and remotely based teams. Of course they\u2019re not finite, but most challenges can be grouped around these subject areas. In our experience, sometimes it\u2019s finding the time for the things that don\u2019t<\/em> seem necessary \u2013 like a kick off meeting (which can, of course, also be virtual) \u2013 that can be the things that add the most value over the lifetime of the team. By contrast, you may need to travel less than you imagine.<\/p>\n

No-one claims that working remotely is easy: we lack the clues that seeing someone in person offers. We can\u2019t tell how busy someone is because they\u2019re not there, and have no idea that now is a bad time to call. We can\u2019t see how our message is being received.<\/p>\n

But there also benefits to working remotely, not least of which is the access to talent that you might not be able to access otherwise.<\/p>\n

Virtual teams are a challenge, but they don\u2019t need to be hard. Good training can help: our course attendees have reported speeded up projects, lower costs, savings in time and expense alongside \u2018softer\u2019, less quantifiable, but equally important benefits such as improved job satisfaction and better communication. It can prove to be the investment that turns a project around.<\/p>\n

Life would be very boring if it was all \u00a0\u2018plain sailing\u2019 but if the \u2018crew\u2019 pulls together and there\u2019s \u2018a firm hand on the tiller\u2019 (knowing which way to sail) we can navigate those stormy \u2018virtual team\u2019 waters a whole lot better. (And on that note, we\u2019ve sent the pun writer home in disgrace.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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