Developing and Leading Teams" discussion of M.Azim Ulfati

Communication is the most important key in a virtual team. Today many business, contracts, negotiations are done through remote face to face technology like Skype video calls, conferences for instance, employees are hired through exchanging of emails, telephone, all in a virtual environment.

In an organization it is important for the employers to hire people who are well acquainted with technology and can be a great virtual team member and it is important for the employees to use their technology skills for the best quality, improvement and success of work within related department.

Frequent communication is very critical for the success, managing and negotiating business globally with a global team.

If there is frequency communication, it helps and creates a sense of supportiveness, participation, openness, trust and assistance among group or virtual team.

Leaders need to be considerate with time and as well as cultural and religious differences. For example if one of the teams is working in Afghanistan or Saudia Arabia, we need to make sure to set our video conferences in a specific time and also respect their praying time.

A successful leader is the one who will be cautious and mindful of all those mentioned differences.