http://www.successconnections.com/articles/2008/02/25/5-key-elements-to-quick-start-a-high-payoff-virtual-team/ The Entrepreneur\'s Success Coach shares the secrets to having more freedom, more profits, and more prestige! Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:52:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.successconnections.com/articles/2008/02/25/5-key-elements-to-quick-start-a-high-payoff-virtual-team/#comment-4771 SoloSavvy -- Blog for Self Employed Solo Entrepreneurs Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:21:49 +0000 http://www.successconnections.com/articles/2008/02/25/5-key-elements-to-quick-start-a-high-payoff-virtual-team/#comment-4771 [...] because we don’t even know what they are! Melanie Benson Strick’s recent blog post, 5 Key Elements to Quick-Start a High Payoff Virtual Team, provides the groundwork to setting and sharing expecations so you can get off on the right foot [...] [...] because we don’t even know what they are! Melanie Benson Strick’s recent blog post, 5 Key Elements to Quick-Start a High Payoff Virtual Team, provides the groundwork to setting and sharing expecations so you can get off on the right foot [...]

]]> http://www.successconnections.com/articles/2008/02/25/5-key-elements-to-quick-start-a-high-payoff-virtual-team/#comment-4735 Stephanie LH Calahan Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:17:11 +0000 http://www.successconnections.com/articles/2008/02/25/5-key-elements-to-quick-start-a-high-payoff-virtual-team/#comment-4735 I could not agree with you more. My entire team is virtual and I love it. The real keys for me were 1) make sure the right jobs are with the right people/skills 2) have a processing guide for tasks documented. This is an area many of my clients struggle too. It is not as bad or as time consuming as one might think. We work with people all of the time to define work flow and job duties. Our clients quickly learn that they can spend their time on much more value added activities when they have competent professionals handling back room things. There is also some amazing technology available today that allows you to have tracking and communication methods even if you are not in the same location. If this is something that you are hesitant to take on, do a little at a time. Take one project and outsource it. See how it goes. Then add more as you are comfortable. To your success! I could not agree with you more. My entire team is virtual and I love it. The real keys for me were 1) make sure the right jobs are with the right people/skills 2) have a processing guide for tasks documented. This is an area many of my clients struggle too. It is not as bad or as time consuming as one might think. We work with people all of the time to define work flow and job duties. Our clients quickly learn that they can spend their time on much more value added activities when they have competent professionals handling back room things. There is also some amazing technology available today that allows you to have tracking and communication methods even if you are not in the same location. If this is something that you are hesitant to take on, do a little at a time. Take one project and outsource it. See how it goes. Then add more as you are comfortable.
To your success!

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