How many of your relationships are Virtual??

How Many of Your Work Relationships Are Virtual – and Does It Matter?

27	Mar
	2012

Relationship Skills

Virtual teams are becoming a norm of today’s modern office, so the question of how best to create quality, collaborative relationships among these teams has become a major new research subject for me. My own company has employees in LA, NY, Chicago, Pennsylvania, and Iowa, and we hold regular virtual meetings for both the entire team and various work groups. I’m writing a series of blogs on the topic for Harvard Business Review Blog Network. Check out the latest: Virtual Teams Can Outperform Traditional Teams That post is part of an online HBR package, The Secrets of Great Teams, that includes dozens of useful pieces on how to lead your team to excellence. And while I’m at it, a few links to some of my fellow HBR bloggers – I’m so proud to be part of such a smart cohort:

• The Magic of Doing One Thing at a Time, by Tony Schwartz
• Get Ahead with a Mentor Who Scares You, by Jodi Glickman (also our guest on the Social Capitalist)
• Why Your Company Should Partner with Rivals, by Eric Lowett

For discussion today: How much of your work life is virtual today, versus five years ago, and how has that affected your professional relationships?