Recommended Reading
REMOTE LEADERSHIP AND WORK
In addition to my book The Quick Guide to Interaction Styles and Working Remotely here are several other very good resources on the topic of remote work.
COMMUNICATING ACROSS CULTURES
by Don W. Prince and Michael H. Hoppe
Center for Creative Leadership, 2000
This book focuses on the challenges of working with people of different cultures.
Key topics include:
- When Being Yourself Isn't Enough
- Anticipate and Adapt to Cultural Differences
- Listen and Watch for Cultural Differences
- Speaking and Writing Across Cultures
- What's in a Name
- Using Humor Appropriately
- Communicate Respect for Other Cultures
- Expanding Horizons
DEVELOPING CULTURAL ADAPTABILITY
by Jennifer J. Deal and Don W. Prince
Center for Creative Leadership, 2003
This book focuses on the challenges of working with people of different cultures.
Key topics include:
- What is Cultural Adaptability?
- Why is Cultural Adaptability Important?
- Developing Your Cultural Adaptability
- Cultural Adaptability at Work
LEADING DISPERSED TEAMS
by Michael E. Kossler and Sonya Prestridge
Center for Creative Leadership, 2004
This book focuses on the challenges of leading teams who aren't co-located.
Key topics include:
- What is a Dispersed Team?
- Act Global, Think Local
- Launching a Dispersed Team
- Leading a Dispersed Team
- Dispersed Teams: Leadership Challenges for an Interconnected World
THE WORK AT HOME BALANCING ACT
by Sandy Anderson
Quill, 1998
This book focuses on the challenges of working at home.
Key topics include:
- Is home-based work right for me? (Sizing up yourself and your situation)
- Managing children and the household load
- Establishing rules, boundaries and schedules
- Dealing with isolation, motivation and stress
- Organizing your time and work space
- Making the transition to a work-at-home lifestyle
MASTERING VIRTUAL TEAMS
by Deborah L. Duarte and Nancy Tennant Snyder
Jossey-Bass, 2001
The focus of this book is virtual teams.
Key topics include:
- Understanding virtual teams
- Creating virtual teams
- Mastering virtual teams
A CD with useful checklists is included.
THE DISTANCE MANAGER
by Kimball Fisher and Mareen Duncan Fisher
McGraw Hill, 2001
This book focuses on the challenges of managing people who work in another location. Key topics include:
- Inspiring and motivating individuals and teams from afar
- Coaching for peak performance via e-mail, the telephone, and teleconferencing
- Building a cohesive team comprised of workers in different locations
- Managing projects from a distance
- Using the Web to set up effective shared workplaces and files
- Leading people who don't report to you
- Keeping work on track and on time
WORK NAKED
by Cynthia Froggatt
Jossey-Bass, 2001
This book is particularly useful if you are thinking about having remote workers and/or want to know how to implement a remote worker plan.
The author discusses eight key principles:
- Initiative
- Trust
- Joy
- Individuality
- Equality
- Dialogue
- Connectivity
- Workplace Options
Multiple references to other resources and web sites are included.
WORKING VIRTUALLY
by Trina Hoefling
Stylus Publishing, 2001
This book explains what is needed in a virtual work environment. It answers questions such as:
- What makes working virtually work?
- How do we start?
- How do you develop new leaders in a virtual environment?
- What skills do virtual managers and team members need?
- How do you determine how ready they are?
- Which technologies are most appropriate for your purposes?
- What's the impact on existing systems and structures?
VIRTUAL LEADERSHIP
by Jaclyn Kostner, Ph.D.
Warner Books, 1994
Written as a fable, this book will help you learn how to:
- identify and overcome your three worst enemies -- geography, isolation, and history
- build your leadership power base by accessing the power each person already has
- establish trust and unite people who don't share a common work space
- leverage resources across distance
- use technology as the bridge across your team's physical distances