Bridging Culture Distances with Virtual Teams

One of the strengths of virtual teams is that they typically offer a wealth of diversity in membership. Not surprisingly, one of the greatest challenges of virtual teams is that they typically offer a wealth of diversity in membership. Leveraging the advantages and managing the challenges of diverse cultural backgrounds are both vital to the development and strength of any virtual team. Join us for an in-depth discussion on bridging cultural distances between team members. You'll have the opportunity to complete a self-assessment and ask questions specific to your situation.

Learning Outcomes:

• Define "culture."
• Identify five key areas that have the potential to become points of contention or frustration among team members if not addressed up front and managed along the way.
• Complete a self-assessment designed to help you recognize cultural impacts on your behavior.
• List three tools to help bridge culture distances.

Presented By:

Kimball Fisher & Mareen Fisher
Co-Founders
The Fisher Group

Kimball and Mareen Fisher are co-authors of the bestselling book The Distance Manager: A Hands-On Guide to Managing Off-Site Employees and Virtual Teams (McGraw-Hill, 2001) and the critically acclaimed The Distributed Mind: Achieving High Performance Throuhg the Collective Intelligence of Knowledge Work Teams (Amacom, 1998). Kimball is also the author of the best-selling classic on team management, Leading Self-Directed Work Teams (McGraw-Hill, 2000). They are cofounders of The Fisher Group, Inc., www.thefishergroup.com , and have worked with clients across North America, Mexico , Europe, South Africa, and Asia.

Continuing Education:

• This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hour toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage.