{"id":17805,"date":"2022-03-27T12:46:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T20:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=17805"},"modified":"2023-02-05T13:55:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T21:55:33","slug":"skills-360-managing-virtual-teams-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2022\/03\/27\/skills-360-managing-virtual-teams-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Skills 360 &#8211; Managing Virtual Teams (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17805-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/360.88-Virtual-Teams-2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/360.88-Virtual-Teams-2.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/360.88-Virtual-Teams-2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/360.88POD\/index.html\" title=\"Business English 360 - Managing Virtual or Remote Reams 2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-Skills-360-LESSON-Managing-Virtual-Remote-Teams-2.jpg\" alt=\"Business English Skills 360 - Managing Virtual or Remote Teams (2)\" width=\"1500\" height=\"642\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-Skills-360-LESSON-Managing-Virtual-Remote-Teams-2.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-Skills-360-LESSON-Managing-Virtual-Remote-Teams-2-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-Skills-360-LESSON-Managing-Virtual-Remote-Teams-2-600x257.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-Skills-360-LESSON-Managing-Virtual-Remote-Teams-2-768x329.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/business-english-360\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Business English Skills 360<\/a> podcast for today&#8217;s lesson on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/management\/\" title=\"Management English\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">managing virtual teams<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Before the COVID-19 pandemic, there were a lot of doubts about whether people could be truly productive working from home. Well, guess what we discovered when workplaces went virtual? People are not just as productive while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/video-conference-english\/\">working remotely<\/a>, many are more productive. With no travel time, back-to-back meetings, and less time at the water cooler, many people get more done working from home. <\/p>\n<p>That doesn\u2019t mean we never have to worry about accountability for remote workers. But measures to ensure accountability have to be counterbalanced by systems that allow workers some autonomy and control over their workflow. Post-pandemic, many workers are simply unwilling to return to a rigid style of management. So we need to find the sweet spot between structure and flexibility. And we need to support that balance with the right technology and systems.<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Lesson Resources: <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/360.88POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lesson Module<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/360.88QIZ\/presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quiz &amp; Vocab<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/360.88-Virtual-Teams-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PDF Transcript<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Download: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/360.88-Virtual-Teams-2.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Podcast MP3<\/a><\/strong>[\/tp]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this Business English Skills 360 lesson on management 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