Virtual teams: 5 ways to ensure communication works well

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Virtual teams 5 ways to ensure communication
works well
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• Good communication is an essential
  characteristic to perform high-performing in
  teams. Without good communication with employees
  than the team doesnt perform well and they are
  always suffering at that time.
• When you are comes in virtual teams-which
  are becoming more commonplace in the modern
  workplace and clear and regular communication
  with them.

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clear and broad expectations
Trust is an essential feature of successful
teams. In virtual teams, people are pulling in
different directions at different times,
particularly if theyre in different time zones,
which makes it less likely our expectations
around communications will be met.
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Create a common language
When we communicate non-verbally using
technology, we lose much of the context we get
when speaking to someone on the phone or
face-to-face. Creating a common language in
virtual teams helps mitigate against this and,
when combined with setting expectations as above,
reduces the potential for uncertainty and
negative interpretations of others communication.
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clear and broad expectations
Trust is an essential feature of successful
teams. In virtual teams, people are pulling in
different directions at different times,
particularly if theyre in different time zones,
which makes it less likely our expectations
around communications will be met.
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Select communication channels appropriately
When it comes to communication channels, its
easy to regress towards the status quo (which in
many cases is email) or use one communication
channel for everything. But most tools are suited
to specific forms of communication based on
variables like length of message required or the
type of message being communicated (highly
technical, for example).
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Encourage both task and social-oriented
communication
Communication between virtual teams comes in two
flavours task-focused (work-related) and social
(non-work related).
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