Summary
Distributed teams come with benefits—but with management challenges, too. It is trite to say that we work in a global economy, but over the past decad…
What this means for you
For Chinese readers in the US who work in teams spread across different regions, the article notes that over the past decade more companies have begun to hire workers from different regions of the world and have them work in teams separated by large distances. It says video conferencing and messaging platforms make it easy to share information among remote teams. At the same time, it states there are still significant challenges in enabling these teams to work well together.
Source: Fast Company
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If you have worked on a team separated by large distances, did video conferencing and messaging platforms make sharing information easy for you, or did significant challenges in working well together stand out more?
