Establishing Effective Virtual Teams: Best Practices and Recommendations

This presentation provides best practices and recommendations for establishing effective virtual teams. It covers trust creation, regular physical meetings, monthly workshops, definition of roles and responsibilities, and feedback. The presentation emphasizes the importance of choosing the right team members, delegating responsibilities efficiently, and openly inviting feedback to improve collaboration. References from Forbes are included.

EFFECTIVE
VIRTUAL TEAMS

BEST PRACTICES AND
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ESTABLISHING
VIRTUAL TEAMS
◆ TRUST CREATION: A good virtual team must comprise of
the basic attributes that are good communication skills,
sound knowledge of the work assigned, high emotional
intelligence and the ability to work independently and
maintain integrity. Choosing right kind of people is the
key to the trust building among the team members.

◆ REGULAR PHYSICAL MEETINGS: Regular team meetings
enable the team members to approach each other and
thus enhances the team spirit (Savitz, 2012). This also
gives the opportunity to monitor progress and raise the
issues face to face.
◆ MONTHLY WORKSHOPS: Monthly workshops must be
conducted for the solution of the doubts and conflicts.

◆ DEFINITON OF ROLES AND REPONSIBILITES:
Responsibilities must be efficiently delegated
and the roles must be clearly defined at each of
the locations (Goman, 2012).
◆ FEEDBACK: Feedbacks from the team members
must be openly invited to improve the
collaboration.

REFERENCES
Goman, C. K. (2012) 5 Tips for Virtual
Collaboration. [online] Available from:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolkinseygoman/2
012/06/05/5-tips-for-virtual-collaboration/
#1b69d8827c13 [Accessed on 11/08/18].
Savitz, E. (2012) Building Virtual Teams:
Strategies For High Performance. [online]
Available from:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2012/03/3
0/building-virtual-teams-strategies-for-high-
performance/#647cb3336b66 [Accessed on
11/08/18].