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7 Essentials for Managing Virtual Teams: Lessons for Contingency Planners March 12, 2010
Dana E. Jarvis, MPA, MSW
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Thank-You
Thank-You
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³Managing a virtual team is not Rocket Science, it¶s People Science. We MUST have meaningful connections among team members to achieve sustained excellence´. ± Dana E. Jarvis
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Agenda
1. Introduction 2. Contingency Planning and Virtual Team Research 3. 7 Essentials for Managing a Virtual Team Model 4. Virtual Gap Analysis 5. Simulation
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Introduction
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Contingency Planning ³A plan, drawn up in advance, to ensure a positive and rapid response to a changing situation. A contingency plan often results from scenario planning and may form part of an organization's disaster management strategy´.
- BNET Business Dictionary EXAMPLE: ³Swedish health authorities presented a contingency plan in case the Scandinavian country is hit with a flu pandemic, suggesting that enough antiviral drugs be stored for at least society's most important groups´.
Virtual Team ³Groups of people who work together although they are often dispersed across space, time, and/or organizational boundaries´.
-Jeremy S. Lurey and Mahesh S. Raisinghani, An empirical study of best practices in virtual teams. PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. 2001. EXAMPLE: International building materials distribution company¶s Strategy Team has 8 members across the U.S. who meet quarterly faceto-face and spend most work in a virtual environment.
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Brief Bio: Dana E. Jarvis, MPA, MSW is a Former U.S. Marine and strategic leader with a strong background in Human Resources and Organizational Development. He is an international speaker, management consultant, adjunct professor and author.
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Conduct SWOT Analysis
Evaluate, Learn and Adapt Contingency Plan for Alignment
Design Contingency Plan with End Game
At any time during a Contingency Planning Process, a Virtual Team is likely required.
Implement Contingency Plan in ³Classroom´ and ³Real-Room´
Develop Contingency Plan with Goals, Objectives and Tactics
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Three Rivers Contingency Planning Association Pittsburgh, PA 7 Essentials for Managing Virtual Teams
Muscle Memory
Mind Memory
Contingency Planning Excellence
7 Essentials for Managing Virtual Teams
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Key Virtual and Co-Located Stakeholders Manufacturers Union Dealers Suppliers Bond Holders Corporate
Could stronger Contingency Planning and Virtual Teams have lessened the blow to GM?
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Contingency Planning Virtual Team Snapshot:
Your Virtual Team Brief Analysis (Please Drop Off at End)
To put us all on the same page and have a basic understanding, let¶s share examples of working on virtual teams in contingency planning.
Name: Title: Company: Email: Phone: OK to Continue Conversation: Yes or No #1 Strength of Virtual Team
#1 Development Opportunity of Virtual Team
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Contingency Planning and Virtual Team Research
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³Emotional Fall-Out´
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Disaster Preparedness Business Continuity Planning
Organizational Development
Learning & Development Strategic Thinking
Virtual Team Engagement Learning Culture
Contingency Planning
Contingency Planning Learning Model
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VT Failure Rate
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Virtual Distance 1. Physical Distance ± geographic, temporal and organizational. Operational Distance ± size of team, how often team meets face-to-face, degree of multitasking with other teams and degree of skills of members to engage technology. Affinity Distance ± (most important) degree to which team members share cultural values, similarities in communication style and attitudes toward work, how much team members feel dependent on each other for success, amount of time of previous work together, shared social networks and degree and source of power.
Lojeski¶s MeasureFocused Research
HIGH VIRTUAL DISTANCE = DRASTIC DECLINE FOR VTs
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93% Innovative Behavior 83% Trust 80% Job Satisfaction 50% Team Performance 30% Team Leader Effectiveness www.danajarvis.org/virtualteams
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³Social Skills´
³SelfSufficiency´
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VT +/-
How important are virtual teams to your Contingency Planning? Low - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - High 1 10
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Three Rivers Contingency Planning Association Pittsburgh, PA Good News for Most Here?
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Praying Mantis Tiger Monkey Crane
Exercise: VT Performance/Dispersion Map
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7 Essentials for Managing Virtual Teams Model
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Three Rivers Contingency Planning Association Pittsburgh, PA 7 Essentials for Managing Virtual Teams
Muscle Memory
Mind Memory
Contingency Planning Excellence
7 Essentials for Managing Virtual Teams
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Virtual Team Model for Contingency Planning Building and Sustaining Trust 1
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Stimulating a Culture of Excellence Establishing and Executing Purposeful Goals Accelerating Peak Performance Proactively Engaging Employees Embracing Dynamic Change Maximizing Technology
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VT TRUST Practices
Strategic On-boarding Personality Assessment Win-Win-Win Scenarios Values and Ethics Follow Values and Ethics Train on Values and Ethics Rules of Engagement
Given time restraints, we will focus on 1 VT Trust Practice ± Which would you like to discuss to help your VTs in Contingency Planning?
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VT CULTURE Practices
Learning Circles Top Performer Analysis Adult Learning Principles Hall of Fame Teamwork Walt-365 VT New Idea Factory Legacy of Awesomeness
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Given time restraints, we will focus on 1 VT Culture Practice ± Which would you like to discuss to help your VTs in Contingency Planning?
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VT GOAL Practices
Leadership Style Strengths-Based Approach SMART Goals World-Shaking BHAG Engage Senior Leaders Goal Execution Action Work-Outs
Given time restraints, we will focus on 1 VT Goal Practice ± Which would you like to discuss to help your VTs in Contingency Planning?
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VT PERFORMANCE Practices Given time restraints, Fanatical Focus on Measurement we will focus on SWOT Analysis 1 VT Performance Structured Scorecard Practice ± Which USMC Values would you like to Resiliency Focus discuss to help your Virtual World Immersion VTs in Contingency Benchmarking Strategies Planning?
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VT ENGAGEMENT Practices
Student of Human Nature Employee Engagement Teachable Moments Effective Communication Diversity Engagement Coaching and Mentoring Success Celebration
Given time restraints, we will focus on 1 VT Engagement Practice ± Which would you like to discuss to help your VTs in Contingency Planning?
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VT CHANGE Practices
Key Aspects of VT Change Embrace Change ³What if?´ Mindset Virtual Laboratory Psychology of Change Resistance to Change Sincere Conflict Resolution
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Given time restraints, we will focus on 1 VT Change Practice ± Which would you like to discuss to help your VTs in Contingency Planning?
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VT TECHNOLOGY Practices
Best-Fit Technology Solid Technology Support Training on Tech Tools Online Networking Weblogs and Websites Channels of Visibility Innovation Perspective
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Given time restraints, we will focus on 1 VT Technology Practice ± Which would you like to discuss to help your VTs in Contingency Planning?
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1 Trust
2 Culture
3 Goals
4 Performance
5 Engagement
6 Change
7 Technology
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Virtual Priority Analysis
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Current Performance (1-10)
Assess ONE of Your Virtual Teams on a Scale of 1(Low)-10(High) 7 Essentials for Managing Virtual Teams
End Goal
(1-10)
Opportunity Margin
End Goal ± Current Performance = Opportunity Margin
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5.1-7.5 - Maybe Low End Goal + Exceed Goals Virtual Team Current Performance 1.0-2.5 - Perhaps Not Desired + Alignment OK 7.6-10.0
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- Room for Improvement + Excellent Results 2.6-5.0 - Challenged Resources + Re-Examine Structure
Virtual Team End Goal 1
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1T Trust 2B Culture 3C Goals 4D Performance 5E Engagement 6F Change
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Priority Analysis
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Virtual Team Current Performance
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Extended Virtual Priority Analysis 1. 2. 3. 4. How many Virtual Teams do you have? How geographically disperse are they? How well does each perform? What is your End Game for the Virtual Teams?
Current State Future State
Gap
Priorities
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Simulation
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SIMULATION Sunday March 6, 2010 Pittsburgh, PA US Steel Bldg. 0347: Bomb Explodes on 64th Floor Now What?
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Simulation Directions: We will do this simulation as a group via dynamic discussion. For each response, you have worksheets to detail your responses. Successful responses will be those that integrate real world experience and material from this meeting, as well as critical analysis and thoughtful examples.
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How would virtual teams be used? Why would trust on these VTs be important? What role might culture play on these VTs? In what ways would goals be executed on VTs? What practice would increase VT performance? How would routine coaching help VT success? What would occur if VT member resists change? How will VT members¶ actions be innovative?
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Team #1 Simulation Responses:
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1. How would virtual teams be used?
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Team #2 Simulation Responses:
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2. Why would trust on these VTs be important?
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Team #3 Simulation Responses:
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3. What role might culture play on these VTs?
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Team #4 Simulation Responses:
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4. In what ways would goals be executed in VTs?
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Team #5 Simulation Responses:
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5. What practice would increase VT performance?
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Team #6 Simulation Responses:
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6. How would routine coaching help VT success?
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Team #7 Simulation Responses:
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7. What would occur if VT member resists change?
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Dana E. Jarvis, MPA, MSW Thank-you. Let¶s continue the conversation« Please Drop Off Your Virtual Team Brief Analysis
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Works Cited
Jarvis, Dana E. 7 Essentials for Managing Virtual Teams. University Readers, 2001, San Diego, CA. BNET. www.bnet.com. The Go-To Place for Business. Lalonde, Carole. Crises management and organizational: Towards the conception of a learning model in crises management. Organization Development Journal; Spring 2007; 25, 1; ABI/INFORM Global. Lurey, Jeremy S. and Raisinghani, Mahesh S. An empirical study of best practices in virtual teams. Information & Management, Volume 38, Issue 8, October 2001, Pages 523-544. PricewaterhousCoopers, LLC, Oak Park, CA. Siebdrat, Frank, Hoegl, Martin and Ernst, Holger. How to manage virtual teams. Managing Collaboration, Operations Management and Research, July 1, 2009. Vowler, Julia. Continuity plan prevents human tragedy becoming business disaster at the BMA Computer Weekly; Nov 15, 2005; ProQuest Computing, pg. 34.
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