CHAPTER 17
Four Tips for Effective Virtual Collaboration
by Elizabeth Grace Saunders
Team collaboration done right is a powerful force to align a group of individuals to accomplish a common goal in the most effective way possible. But even the best collaborations, filled with smart, capable, and experienced team members, can be a struggle. Done wrong, collaborative projects can feel like a waste of time where individuals spend more time talking about doing things than actually getting things done.
Collaboration is especially difficult in our new era of increased remote work. Organic collaboration is almost impossible when you’re working at a distance. Catching up on the latest projects and exciting new experiments—or where a project may be struggling—could ...
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