From the course: Best Practices for Managing Global Projects
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Sustaining a one-team culture
From the course: Best Practices for Managing Global Projects
Sustaining a one-team culture
- While facilitating a workshop for a company that had become part of a larger global organization, I noticed how participants from every facility around the world had the company logo embroidered on their shirts. But this was not enough to generate real teamwork. The company had originated in Germany and the global development teams were working in an environment that often alienated team members from other countries. So what could this team's project manager have done to help sustain true team work? The number one thing to push for is to have face to face meetings. Including face to face meetings as part of your project plan will help the success of your project dramatically. When we meet face to face with other team players we begin to realize that while we may not belong to a same company or national culture, we still have other factors that create connections. We start recognizing things we have in common, like our age, our tenure with the company, or a favorite sport which can…
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