The age of the distributed team is upon us. Teams can now operate and collaborate from
locations other than a central office and events surrounding the 2020 COVID pandemic have
thrown its practicality into sharp relief. Managing a team whose members are distributed across
several locations requires a different mindset and will remain a must-have for all areas of
business from this point forward. Building and Managing High-Performance Distributed Teams
explains what the distributed teams concept means to the future of your company. Author Alberto
S. Silveira Jr. leverages his industry knowledge to explore why the high-performance
distributed team model is vital to the future of business and explains how to build and
maintain one through times of change. You will learn to differentiate between distributed teams
remote work offshoring and what each means in a modern context. Silveira also weaves in
stories from his other life as a boater and sailor using analogies and lessons gained from
humankind's thousands of years of maritime adventure to illustrate the value of well-managed
teams and to also convey the importance of life-work balance in today's working world. The
book analyzes team management strategies from some of the great successes and failures in
recent years so that you can learn from the experiences of others. Building and Managing
High-Performance Distributed Teams is your definitive guide for building a dynamic distributed
team using collaboration technology to attract and engage the most important element of any
business-your people. Whether you are a department head a business owner or a team leader
this book presents the no-nonsense knowledge you need now to chart your course for success.
What You Will Learn Understand what the new era of connected business means and the role
distributed teams will play. Differentiate between distributed teams remote work nearshore
and offshoring and what each means to modern business. Discover the true heart of a
high-performance distributed team (hint: it's not the technology). Find out what the era of
distributed teams means to existing infrastructure. Uncover what we can learn about team
management from some of the great successes and failures of recent years. Appreciate the
techniques honed by seafarers pilots and software designers combined to create a successful
project plan for team management and company navigation. Comprehend the effective simplicity of
the power of three in building successful teams. Apply proven techniques of measurement and
metrics without leaving the human factor behind to improve team morale and productivity. Who
This Book Is For Team leaders or officers of small-ish companies with populations in the tens
through to the mid-hundreds. It's also for managers of somewhat autonomous departments within
larger companies and for everyone else in the boat because everyone in a company ultimately
needs to know what being in a distributed team is all about.
