How to Manage in a Flat World : Get connected to your team - wherever they are

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Thanks to the internet and a globalising economy, businesses today are often stretched across different locations and different time zones, and increasingly communicate online rather than face-to-face. For a manager, it is very hard to manage and motivate a team that spans continents. Managing in a Flat World gives today’s manager much-needed advice on how to communicate, manage and motivate in the flattened company and how to operate effectively in the flat world. Within this book, authors Susan Bloch and Philip Whiteley expose insights from in-depth interviews and research with managers and leaders in global businesses to show the successes, struggles and triumphs amid a constant battle for balance within a changing world, based on technology. You can learn from their experience how best to collaborate as teams and groups within the flat economy, how to equip yourself as a team leader or team member with fresh ideas on ways of working with your colleagues so as to make the most of the advantages that the networked world can offer.For Sale in Indian subcontinent onlyFeatures Practical, hands-on advice on how to manage your team when they span different locations Presents a new role model for leading and participating in effective teams in the flat world. Make the best use of technology to stay in touch with your colleagues Establish and maintain an acceptable work-life balance for yourself Decide when you really need to travel to meet people face-to-face Lead and motivate your team, wherever they are Create a culture of trust and motivation that will lead to higher performance Prepare for and adapt to change so that you are not left behind. Contents INTRODUCTION Part 1: The Team Chapter 1 ‘Flat’ teams need direction Chapter 2 The medium and the message Chapter 3 Does culture still matter? Chapter 4 Engage leadership skills: Command and control doesn’t work Chapter 5 Teams are not self-assembly Part 2: The Individual Chapter 6 EQ is not enough: intelligence matters Chapter 7 Keeping a life: questions of balance in the flat world Chapter 8 Ten strategies for managing in a flat world Conclusion