Whether your teams are miles apart or sit down the hall from one another, managing the virtual workforce is one of the top priorities for leadership around the world. "Any person who uses a...

At a major financial services organization, virtual team training was falling short of expectations. With people spread across the globe his hunch was that working virtually was not working...

Over the past three weeks, we have discussed many aspects of virtual distance and social well-being. Virtual distance, the sense that we are separate from one another no matter where we are...

In the new world of work, many believe that face-to-face interaction is the solution to reducing virtual distance and fostering social well-being. But in many cases, the need to be in the...

Virtual distance slows the development of social well-being. The first blog post in this series described one way this happens: Relying heavily on electronic communications creates virtual...

Everywhere people go, so too are smart devices: smart phones, iPads, laptops, or, simply stated, screens. Consider this: Whether sitting in an office alone or waiting in line for a Broadway...