UNLEASH YOUR POTENTIAL!

Successfully NavigateYour Way Through Global and Virtual Teams

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Approved for public release, LogNo. 2015- 43, Distribution Unlimited, August 6, 2015.

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Stephanie BrysonDirector

InternationalHuman Resources

Beth HowellEmployment Compliance Officer

Organizational DevelopmentAnd Employment

Rebecca McGraneDirector

Maneuver Collaboration Center (mc2)

Rupali LunaniManager

Requirements andSystems Architecture

Debbie PuzzuoliManager

Quality andProcess Excellence

Our Team

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Objectives

• Understand the challenge of global teams

• Understand style and behavioral differences

• Examine effective strategies for team leadership

• Define cultural intelligence

Unleash Your Potential!Successfully Navigate your Way Through Global and Virtual Teams

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Is it More Challenging to Lead Global and Virtual Teams?

• Adapting leadership style• Understanding cultural

differences• Encouraging collaboration• Building a dream team

The answer is not in managing geography,it is in managing the relationships

Unleash Your Potential!Successfully Navigate your Way Through Global and Virtual Teams

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Leadership Takes Effort… …and style is everything

• Manage varying individual styles• Create opportunities to

communicate• Extract alternative viewpoints• Embrace differences• Educate team members

Unleash Your Potential!Successfully Navigate your Way Through Global and Virtual Teams

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Cultural Intelligence Matters

• Gender• Language• Decision Making

• Time Management• Conflict Management• Leadership & Authority

Unleash Your Potential!Successfully Navigate your Way Through Global and Virtual Teams

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Collaboration Counts

• Disjointed conflict resolution

• Lack of clarity• Willingness to share

information• Missing the water

cooler talk• Technology

Unleash Your Potential!Successfully Navigate your Way Through Global and Virtual Teams

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People Make the Difference

• Trust and ground rules• Focus on communication• Empowered decisions• Conflict resolution skills• Knowledge of labor laws• Flexibility for time zone

differences

Building the dream team requires…

Unleash Your Potential!Successfully Navigate your Way Through Global and Virtual Teams

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Questions and Answers

Unleash Your Potential!Successfully Navigate your Way Through Global and Virtual Teams

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Summary

“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.”Stephen R. Covey

• Adapt leadership style based on team diversity

• Build cultural intelligence• Collaboration and trust

takes effort• Engagement requires

creativity

Unleash Your Potential!Successfully Navigate your Way Through Global and Virtual Teams