Organize stress free digital communication successful together in a network, agile project management, team spirit motivation psychology
Simone Janson (ed.)
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Working Efficiently in the Home Office
1st edition, 20.03.2020
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There is a big problem with virtual collaboration: we are and remain social beings. “How does leadership work in such an open structure when I don't see my people?” ask superiors. “How should you perceive my performance?” the employees want to know. There are answers for that.
For many companies in Germany, cultural quantum leaps can be made here. Leadership in itself does not become easier in the virtual world - and is not obsolete, especially in a culture of trust. It is neither about laissez-faire nor loss of control. Rather, in a culture of trust, “human understanding” on the one hand and personal responsibility on the other hand become the key to good leadership and work in the digital world.
Leadership becomes a serving leadership, providing support and support to the employees, a framework of values, a framework and the necessary orientation that we humans need as social beings to be perceived and appreciated.
This is necessary precisely when internal and external borders as well as local and global boundaries disappear, and we have to adapt to a completely fluid working environment, a constantly changing organization, oriented to projects and processes. A partnership-based communication on the basis of mutual trust, a valuable feedback culture creates clarity about work styles, diversity, goals and growth potential.
When used wisely, collaboration tools not only help to moderate virtual team meetings, coordinate goals, integrate results and solve problems together, but also to get to know and exchange personally more closely via online forums, chat rooms, project wikis and social media. Ultimately, however, it is about the “art of leadership”, really good leadership and communication at eye level.
The entire management process is becoming more complex and varied. You work with the best in your field worldwide. These experts are "knowledge workers": "Knowledge workers act autonomously and manage themselves, they define their tasks themselves." (Peter F. Drucker). That is why leading virtual teams is one of the supreme disciplines of employee management.
The role of the manager changes from the position of status and direction to one “Primus inter Pares” as a project manager or process owner, who, due to his personal standing, has no problem integrating himself again into a team in the next project. The manager serves the team as a coach, enabler, mentor, facilitator, who promotes the self-responsibility of the members and moderates efficient cooperation.
The decisive factor for success is the selection of the "right" employees. Employees who like to work in unstructured environments, deal well with ambiguities and continuous instability, and above all can organize themselves.
“Adult” employees know how to motivate themselves, get their tasks under control, set priorities and when or where they can perform best. In the virtual team, everyone must be able to manage themselves well, set goals and deadlines, find their own rhythm of work.
People with a high degree of self-discipline and self-organization therefore have an easier time in open structures. They act like independent entrepreneurs and take responsibility for themselves and for the company. Your teammates and managers can rely on them. The methods used to achieve the agreed results are up to you. "Letting go" instead of control.
Trust in the willingness to perform and the result orientation of employees and colleagues is the basic prerequisite for virtual work to be successful.