Categories

Subscribe to My Feed   Follow Me On Twitter   Join Me On LinkedIn   Friend Me On Facebook

Best Practices to Increase the Success of Your Virtual Project Team V

Communications

It is essential to set up processes and procedures for effective communications early on in virtual teams. Involve the virtual team members in determining processes and procedures for effective communications as undoubtedly each team member has a preferred way of communicating. I try to accommodate the team members’ individual preferences as much as […]

Effective Communications for Complex Projects

The more complex your initiative, the more detailed your communications plan must be to ensure that you reach all individuals with whom you need to communicate and so that you communicate the right information at the right time. Planning your communications up front enables for:

Improving the effectiveness of communications overall, including frequency and […]

Are You Managing the Grapevine?

Let’s face it; every business has a grapevine – regardless of the size of the business.

A grapevine is defined as an informal means of circulating information (Langenscheidt’s Pocket Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1997, p.329). You know they exist; heck, you’ve probably been part of one.

This grapevine is an important source of information for any manager, […]

Speaking in Plain English to Your Customers

Often, we are deluged with junk mail. Recently, my credit card company decided to increase the value of my credit card statements by making them easier to read. My Clarity Commitment TM Credit Card “Is intended to provide you with a clear and straightforward description of your Bank of America credit card rates and fees.”

[…]