Virtual Team Building
StrategyVirtual Team Building requires conscious compensation for communication bandwidth loss and developing new accountability structures since traditional office dynamics don't exist. It's about creating objective tracking systems for performance visibility while modeling the emotional states and behaviors you want your team to exhibit, since company culture is simply a reflection of the leader's behavior.
About Virtual Team Building
Virtual Team Building requires conscious compensation for communication bandwidth loss and developing new accountability structures since traditional office dynamics don't exist. It's about creating objective tracking systems for performance visibility while modeling the emotional states and behaviors you want your team to exhibit, since company culture is simply a reflection of the leader's behavior.
Pagan discovered that virtual businesses can actually provide better visibility into employee performance through objective tracking systems rather than physical presence monitoring. His experience shows that leaders must 'go first' in modeling behaviors, and teams naturally mirror celebrations and relaxation patterns when leaders demonstrate them.
“smooth talkers usually aren't smooth doers”
— Eben Paganon Teaching about identifying execution capability in virtual team members
Perspective
“Physical presence and traditional office structures are necessary for accountability and team performance”
Virtual businesses can provide better performance visibility through objective tracking, while culture is created by leader behavior modeling rather than proximity
Evidence 91
Communication bandwidth loss is a major virtual business challenge, requiring conscious compensation strategies since facial expressions, voice tone nuances, and hesitations are lost
Eben explains that 'most communication is misunderstood at some level, even when you're in person' and virtual environme
From: Advantages Challenges Of Building A Virtual Businessat 7:25Virtual business owners must develop strong self-direction and management skills since the accountability structures of traditional offices don't exist
Eben compares it to the college transition where 'you got to do whatever you wanted. You could go to class if you wanted
From: Advantages Challenges Of Building A Virtual Businessat 8:59Virtual businesses can actually provide better visibility into employee performance through objective tracking systems rather than physical presence monitoring
Eben discovered that 'when people are working virtually, they can't come in and pretend to be doing a lot of busy work'
From: Advantages Challenges Of Building A Virtual Businessat 12:57Smooth talkers are typically poor executors despite their impressive communication abilities and system design skills
Pagan coined the phrase 'smooth talkers usually aren't smooth doers' and describes how they excel at drawing beautiful a
From: Be Cautious Of These Personality TypesPair smooth talkers with organizers to ensure execution and results delivery
Pagan recommends getting smooth talkers 'an organizer to keep their eye on them' either through direct reporting or part
From: Be Cautious Of These Personality Typesat 1:36Consultants and advisors are typically smooth talkers who expect you to implement their ideas rather than executing themselves
Pagan states there's an '80 or 90% chance' that consultants will be impressive communicators who 'pull out charts and gr
From: Be Cautious Of These Personality Typesat 2:07Professional service firms will switch sides after a lawsuit ends because their business model is hourly billing, not loyalty
Allan from Pagan's team observed that 'as soon as that lawsuit is over your opponent will call up that attorney firm to
From: Be Cautious Of These Personality Typesat 4:09Watch for 'sticky people' who build political systems and create dependencies that make them difficult to remove
Pagan describes sticky people as those who 'start building the political system' and 'building the black boxes and creat
From: Be Cautious Of These Personality Typesat 5:39One in 31 people are under legal system supervision, requiring vigilance in business relationships
Pagan cites from the book 'Micro Trends' that 'one out of every 31 people is under the supervision or jurisdiction of th
From: Be Cautious Of These Personality Typesat 6:09Investigate immediately when sensing anything weird with new team members to prevent major problems
Pagan shares a story of hiring someone with 'a great resume' and 'management experience' who 'quit and decided to take s
From: Be Cautious Of These Personality Typesat 7:45Common Problems This Addresses
How do I hire and retain top talent for virtual teams?
Focuses specifically on virtual team building and remote talent management strategies.
Evidence
Pagan discovered that virtual businesses can actually provide better visibility into employee performance through objective tracking systems rather than physical presence monitoring. His experience shows that leaders must 'go first' in modeling behaviors, and teams naturally mirror celebrations and relaxation patterns when leaders demonstrate them.
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