The Virtual Divide: Tackling Your Challenges of Leading in a Virtual World

The Virtual Work World ... You May Love It ... or Hate It!

Do you manage a remote team?
Are there times that you feel frustrated and stressed?
Have expectations been set without the "how-to" in getting there?

Today's work world is different. Workers are different. Employers are different. Locations at where to work are different. And expectations are different from leadership, management, employees, and customers.


With the advent of the "virtual workplace", and the drive for team-based organizations, it is critical that professional managers understand two critical elements:

  1. How modern technology has caused a change in the manner of group dynamics.
  2. How team members need to be managed.

Too often, new managers are thrown into a potential lion's den of virtual piranhas without the critical training that would pave the way to success as a new manager of a remote team. Setting expectations without providing the know-how in delivering the results.


The Virtual Divide reveals that there is no perfect leadership style; how to get results with team meetings and ways to communicate clearly and effectively, and how to inspire and build trust within the team.

Leaders have two roles in a virtual organization, to stimulate creativity and innovation, and to urge participation and achievement.

Throughout The Virtual Divide, you will discover author Ron Beach's Nuggets--virtual nuggets created that are derived from his combined 30 years of leading both face-to-face and remote teams. His wisdom is demonstrated daily as he teaches managers and leaders how to lead the new generation of workplaces: the virtual workplace.

Ron Beach, PhD, is a speaker, trainer, professor and proud United States Marine Corps Veteran. He conducts classes globally from his offices in Colorado to a balcony room on a cruise ship. Ron believes in staying connected with his team--no matter where he is and where they are. His website is www.RonaldBeach.com.

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The Virtual Divide: Tackling Your Challenges of Leading in a Virtual World

The Virtual Work World ... You May Love It ... or Hate It!

Do you manage a remote team?
Are there times that you feel frustrated and stressed?
Have expectations been set without the "how-to" in getting there?

Today's work world is different. Workers are different. Employers are different. Locations at where to work are different. And expectations are different from leadership, management, employees, and customers.


With the advent of the "virtual workplace", and the drive for team-based organizations, it is critical that professional managers understand two critical elements:

  1. How modern technology has caused a change in the manner of group dynamics.
  2. How team members need to be managed.

Too often, new managers are thrown into a potential lion's den of virtual piranhas without the critical training that would pave the way to success as a new manager of a remote team. Setting expectations without providing the know-how in delivering the results.


The Virtual Divide reveals that there is no perfect leadership style; how to get results with team meetings and ways to communicate clearly and effectively, and how to inspire and build trust within the team.

Leaders have two roles in a virtual organization, to stimulate creativity and innovation, and to urge participation and achievement.

Throughout The Virtual Divide, you will discover author Ron Beach's Nuggets--virtual nuggets created that are derived from his combined 30 years of leading both face-to-face and remote teams. His wisdom is demonstrated daily as he teaches managers and leaders how to lead the new generation of workplaces: the virtual workplace.

Ron Beach, PhD, is a speaker, trainer, professor and proud United States Marine Corps Veteran. He conducts classes globally from his offices in Colorado to a balcony room on a cruise ship. Ron believes in staying connected with his team--no matter where he is and where they are. His website is www.RonaldBeach.com.

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The Virtual Divide: Tackling Your Challenges of Leading in a Virtual World

The Virtual Divide: Tackling Your Challenges of Leading in a Virtual World

by Ronald B Beach
The Virtual Divide: Tackling Your Challenges of Leading in a Virtual World

The Virtual Divide: Tackling Your Challenges of Leading in a Virtual World

by Ronald B Beach

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The Virtual Work World ... You May Love It ... or Hate It!

Do you manage a remote team?
Are there times that you feel frustrated and stressed?
Have expectations been set without the "how-to" in getting there?

Today's work world is different. Workers are different. Employers are different. Locations at where to work are different. And expectations are different from leadership, management, employees, and customers.


With the advent of the "virtual workplace", and the drive for team-based organizations, it is critical that professional managers understand two critical elements:

  1. How modern technology has caused a change in the manner of group dynamics.
  2. How team members need to be managed.

Too often, new managers are thrown into a potential lion's den of virtual piranhas without the critical training that would pave the way to success as a new manager of a remote team. Setting expectations without providing the know-how in delivering the results.


The Virtual Divide reveals that there is no perfect leadership style; how to get results with team meetings and ways to communicate clearly and effectively, and how to inspire and build trust within the team.

Leaders have two roles in a virtual organization, to stimulate creativity and innovation, and to urge participation and achievement.

Throughout The Virtual Divide, you will discover author Ron Beach's Nuggets--virtual nuggets created that are derived from his combined 30 years of leading both face-to-face and remote teams. His wisdom is demonstrated daily as he teaches managers and leaders how to lead the new generation of workplaces: the virtual workplace.

Ron Beach, PhD, is a speaker, trainer, professor and proud United States Marine Corps Veteran. He conducts classes globally from his offices in Colorado to a balcony room on a cruise ship. Ron believes in staying connected with his team--no matter where he is and where they are. His website is www.RonaldBeach.com.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781947746008
Publisher: Organizational Leadership Foundations, LLC
Publication date: 11/16/2018
Series: Virtual Nugget
Edition description: Virtual Divide ed.
Pages: 88
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.18(d)

About the Author

Ron Beach is a speaker, trainer, professor, and proud United States Marine Corps Veteran. As the Program Chair for the Ashford University Forbes School of Business Bachelor of Business Administration degree program, he conducts classes globally from his office in Colorado to a balcony room on a cruise ship. Dr. Beach believes in staying connected with his team-no matter where he is or where his team members are. Earning his Ph.D. and master's degrees in Organization and Management (with an emphasis in Leadership) from Capella University, and a BLS in Liberal Studies from the University of Oklahoma, he brings his breadth of over 30 years of corporate experience as the Senior Director of US Manufacturing for a billion dollar a year electronic data storage division and was a United States Marine electronic countermeasures technician supporting operations in Laos and Cambodia during the Vietnam War. Being an Organizational Sociologist, Dr. Beach is one of a very small number from North America who has traveled to Cambridge, England, and earned the highly coveted Belbin Team Role Assessment Certification. When not working with his remote teams, you might find him scuba diving, serving as a Colorado State Baldridge Examiner, or a Quality Matters Reviewer. Spare time finds him pursuing his quest as a Titanic history buff. He resides in the beautiful state of Colorado with his wife

Table of Contents

Contents

Foreword.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. v

CHAPTER 1 The Virtual Work World … You Love It …

and Hate It!.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

CHAPTER 2 Team Roles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

CHAPTER 3 Impact of Cultural Differences

on Virtual Teams.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........19

CHAPTER 4 Technology and Virtual Leadership.. . . . . . . . . . . . .25

CHAPTER 5 There Is No Perfect Leadership Style.. . . . . . . . . . . 31

CHAPTER 6 Do You Have What It Takes to Be a

Great Virtual Leader?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. 43

CHAPTER 7 Are You a Manager or a Leader?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

CHAPTER 8 Leading Virtual Team Meetings.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

CHAPTER 9 This End Is Just the Beginning of the

Virtual Nuggets Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............69

About the Author.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

How to Work with Dr. Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

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