Managing the Mobile Workforce: Leading, Building, and Sustaining Virtual Teams

by David Clemons, Michael Kroth

Overview

Tools and strategies for hiring, training, supporting, and motivating the fast-growing modern mobile workforce, which in 2011 will surpass 1 billion worldwide

• Clemons, a leading training solutions innovator, outlines the eight essentials for creating and sustaining a passionate and productive mobile work force
• Includes sections on choosing the right technologies to enable and empower mobile workers

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071744652
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	11/12/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Author Information
David Clemons is the CEO / Founder of Achieve Labs Inc, a company that designs enterprise solutions for the enterprise mobile workforce.

Michael Kroth (Boise, ID) is an assistant professor of Organizational Learning and Leadership at the University of Idaho, and author or co-author of Career Development Essentials, and other books.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part One: Connecting to Connectivity; Chapter 1: Moving to Mobility; Chapter 2: Keeping up with the Phoneses; Chapter 3: It's not just the Equipment, Stupid....; Chapter 4: Introducing The Passionate Mobile Workforce Model; Part Two: Seven Essentials for Creating and Sustaining a Passionate Mobile Workforce; Chapter 5: Deciding if and how a mobile workforce can build sustainable competitive advantage; Chapter 6: Choosing the workers needed to be competitive; Chapter 7: Providing the right technological support; Chapter 8: Providing the right managerial support; Chapter 9: Building collaborative structures; Chapter 10: Trust or bust; Chapter 11: Developing an Integration Plan for your Entire Organization; Part Three: The Players: Success Stories; Chapter 12: Examples of Executive Leadership in a Mobile Work Environment; Chapter 13: Examples of Small Business Leadership in a Mobile Work Environment; Chapter 14: Examples of Managerial Leadership in a Mobile Work Environment; Chapter 15: Examples of Individual Leadership in a Mobile Work Environment