Pilar and Lisette have plenty of thoughts and advice on how best to make the transition from office-based to virtual, in organisations and teams. Introduction Pilar's homage to Federico García Lorca, in case you like this Spanish playwright. http://www.spainuncoveredpodcast.net/lorca-podcast/ ‎ Grab the PDF with questions to help you identify the tools and processes you might want to keep while making the transition to virtual here: http://virtualnotdistant.com/your-transition-to-virtual/ Mentoring Group starts 14th Sept. More details here: http://training-for-virtual-teams.teachable.com/courses/mentoring-group Flipping the Online Classroom bit.ly/flipsept Let us know if you want to join Virtual Team Talk. http://virtualnotdistant.com/contact-us/ Subscribe to the Management Café Podcast https://managementcafepodcast.com/ If you would like to give your opinions on products and get paid for it, in the UK and Ireland, register with Saros through this link. https://www.sarosresearch.com/participate/join-saros-research/?id=100243  Virtual Coffee with Lisette: From Office-Based to Virtual Team 09:02mins Pilar recommends The Fizzle Show Should you read emails while you’re on holiday? When should you stop making up stuff for yourself to do? 19:20mins Virtual teams as the excuse to create a new form of team, that operates differently. Virtual gives us an excuse for change. Being clear and honest about why we’re making the transition is really important and it will inform how the change is brought about. Is it because the company needs to cut costs or is it because the employees are asking for it? Are we seeing that pockets in the org are already doing and do we want more of that and help them do it better? Different parts of the organisation will need to come together to collaborate to make this work. Should the transition be fast, so that we just get on with it? Or do we want to take more time to make the transition so that it’s less painful? See what tech you’re already using and evaluate whether you want to ditch, change or sustain. http://virtualnotdistant.com/your-transition-to-virtual/ 26:00 mins Visibility How do you share information? How do people find out about company news? How do you share availability? Identity How do you review your team process? When do you feel most connected? When and how do you gather together? Results How do you make decisions as individuals? How do you make decisions as a team? What do you need to make decisions? How do you solve problems? Trust When do people talk honestly to each other? How is work delegated / taken on? How do we share our values? Upgrowth How do you receive feedback? How do people learn from each other? How do people learn from their experiments (or “trying things out”)? Appreciation How do you show appreciation? How do you celebrate? How do people know they’re contributing to the team? Leadership When do you innovate? When do people take the initiative? How is change introduced? 30:20mins Set up the home office and put processes in place – don’t make a big, elaborate plan but you need to set some targets. Start small with small experiments. Get people go equipment – a webcam, noise cancelling head set, pay for a coworking space. Do an assessment of where things are now and what will people need. How do you want your people to feel about the transition if it’s been made for them? Do you want them to feel supported or made to work in unsuitable conditions from home? These are not “work from home days” when you work at home in order to focus and have some quiet time. You need to think of working from home but still communicating with colleagues. People are thinking You’re giving me unsuitable conditions and You’re disconnecting me from my colleagues – even before we’ve made the change, let’s take a day when we work from home, but when we do need to be working together and see how it feels. Do it little by little before you have to go full on? Even try from the office itself usi