{"id":21023,"date":"2016-09-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/global2020prd.wpengine.com\/insights\/the-best-articles-of-2013\/"},"modified":"2020-05-11T15:58:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T15:58:17","slug":"the-best-articles-of-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/the-best-articles-of-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"The best articles of 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Honours for CEO&#8217;s article<\/h2>\n<p>We were delighted to discover last week that one of CEO Kevan Hall&#8217;s articles\u00a0had been one of the most popular of \u00a02013\u00a0on HR management site,\u00a0<a title=\"PersonnelZone\" href=\"https:\/\/www.personnelzone.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PersonnelZone<\/a>\u00a0, and was included as part of their top articles list on \u00a0inHR, their regular newsletter amidst a range of other fantastic articles, including some on appraisals and performance management. You can see the full article here:\u00a0<a title=\"Organisational development in the matrix\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/articles\/organizational-development-matrix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Organizational Development in the Matrix<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>This lead us to take a look at our own top performers.<\/p>\n<h2>Global Integration&#8217;s best of January 2014<\/h2>\n<p>On our own site, our own picks of January&#8217;s blogs include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"failed development\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/leadership-development-programs-fail\/\">Why leadership development programs fail<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Common Culture Creation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/creating-common-culture-global-organizations\/\">Creating a Common Culture in Global Organizations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"VT leaders\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/virtual-team-members-leaders-deserve\/\">Do Virtual Team Members get the Leaders they Deserve?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Honourable mention must also go to cross cultural awareness pieces on Chinese New Year (<a title=\"CNY\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/happy-year-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u7532\u5348\u8d3a\u65b0\u6625 Happy New Year by consultant TH Ong<\/a>), and on <a title=\"Australia Day\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/australia-day-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australia Day by consultant Tim Mitchell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>The best of 2013<\/h2>\n<p>As we know that visits to our site are very seasonal, we took a look at the best blogs on a month by month basis. \u00a0Here they are for your enjoyment.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Bemoaning Boeing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/bemoaning-boeing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January: Bemoaning Boeing, by Kevan Hall<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Importance of language\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/importance-language-global-teams-linguistic-perspective\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February: The Importance of language in Global Teams, by Phil Stockbridge<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Org structures\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/organization-structure-determinant-organizational-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March: Organization Structure as a Determinant of Matrix Performance, by Kevan Hall<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There was a close second runner to this one, which deserves a mention: <a title=\"Team spirit, team performance\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/confuse-virtual-team-spirit-virtual-team-structure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Don&#8217;t confuse virtual team spirit with virtual team performance, by Kevan Hall<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Why Silos Survive\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/silos-survive-whats-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April: Why Silos Survive, and What&#8217;s Good About That<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Untapped Potential\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/untapped-potential-virtual-teams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May: he Untapped Potential of Virtual Teams, by Kevan Hall<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Matrix chaos\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/matrix-management-recipe-chaos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June: Matrix Management, Recipe for Chaos? By Phil Stockbridge<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This very narrowly &#8216;pipped another article at the post&#8217;, so I chose to include a bonus: <a title=\"Organization structure\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/implementation-performance-matrix-organization-structure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Implementation and Performance of a Matrix Organization Structure, by Kevan Hall<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Can Trust be overshadowed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/trust-overshadowed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July: Can Trust be Overshadowed, by Robyn Green<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Influencing in a matrix\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/influencing-matrix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August: Influencing in a Matrix: Seven Tips and More, by Tim Mitchell<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Conflict in Teams\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/avoiding-conflict-global-virtual-teams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September: Avoiding Conflict in Global Virtual Teams, by John Bland<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Article signposts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/matrix-monday-articles-revisited\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October: Matrix Monday, Articles Revisited, by Claire Thompson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Horizontal functions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/rise-horizontal-functions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November: The rise of the horizontal functions, by Kevan Hall<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Multi-tasking Myth\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/multitasking-myth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December: The Multitasking Myth, by John Bland\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although few people have accessed the full resource, the individual articles which followed Kevan Halls&#8217;s participation in The Virtual Work Summit were very well received &#8211; you can access the full set here:\u00a0<a title=\"Virtual work\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/virtual-working-summit-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/virtual-working-summit-2013\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Based on views during the month. Time sensitive logs on specific cultural events, charity events, conferences\u00a0and celebrations were excluded for their lack of current relevance)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The most downloaded article of the year was <a title=\"Revisiting Matrix Management\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/articles\/revisiting-matrix-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People and Strategy: Revisiting Matrix Management<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of course, these are based solely on visitor numbers, rather than your enjoyment and actionable insights &#8211; are there any that particularly resonated with you? Are there things that you&#8217;d like to see more of? 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