Chapter 11
Establishing Best Practices of Engagement
IN THIS CHAPTER
Clarifying team purpose
Setting realistic goals and expectations
Developing a virtual team community
Building a team agreement
Planning and conducting virtual team meetings
Worldwide engagement levels are at an all-time low with only one out of three employees reporting being fully engaged at work and 17 percent of all employees reporting they are completely disengaged. Engagement impacts customer satisfaction, profits, productivity, turnover, safety issues, absenteeism, quality, and more. Not surprising, engagement is also costing your company big time. The Gallup organization estimates that more than $300 billion a year is lost due to disengaged workers. It’s obvious that engagement needs to be a strategic priority for every leader in every company.
What is known for sure is that engagement is one of the most important and challenging aspects of virtual teams. Numerous research studies, including the virtual ...
Get Virtual Teams For Dummies now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
