The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented changes in the way we are doing business, leaving hundreds of thousands employees working from their home and thus redefining the concept of “distance”. But how easy is it for a team to readapt to this radically changed status quo?
A new book, entitled ‘Virtual Teams: Holding the Center When You Can’t Meet Face-to-Face’, comes in a time more relevant than ever to provide a set of valuable tools for resilient, high performance teams, who can still work remotely but equally efficiently, as organizations are shuttering offices worldwide.
Written by Carlos Valdes-Dapena, a motivational speaker expertizing in the concept of teamwork and collaboration for organizations, as well as the founder of Corporate Collaboration Resources LLC, the book elaborates on a simple but vital for organizations fact: That it takes more than technology to keep teams together in a crisis.
Drawing on the insights of the author’s earlier book, ‘Lessons from Mars’, ‘Virtual Teams’ is a short and direct book with secrets and based-on-research techniques for teams to establish a foundation of shared identity, building on practical, emotional and spiritual skills that could make them more resilient, even in a time of crisis so big as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Simply put, ‘Virtual Teams’ is a valuable handbook from a collaboration expert to team leaders, inspiring them to apply the proposed methods and manage the transition to the virtual workplace of today. In this way, the book becomes a valuable toolkit for managers and leaders, who want their team, not only to survive, but also flourish amid the adverse consequences of a pandemic and a post-pandemic world.
In a greater context, the author’s described methods and practical examples go beyond the concept of business leaders, offering an insightful and pleasant read for anyone who is a member of a team, in any time, but even more in post-coronavirus virtual world.
In the face of COVID-19 and ubiquitous work-from-home orders, workplace teams face a looming calamity. The workday is longer. Teams are meeting virtually more than they ever did at the office, creating collaborative overload. Boundaries between work and home have blurred. The cumulative stresses will reach a breaking point unless teams do something differently. My book provides tools teams can use to focus their collaboration only on the work that matters most, saving them time, energy and effort,
…said the author in a statement to SAFETY4SEA.