LEADING THE VIRTUAL WORKFORCE 
World markets are unsteady, unemployment is on the rise, housing foreclosures are up, asset values are down, and the political landscape is shifting. Under such tumultuous conditions, people often look to leaders to soothe battered nerves. But in today's rough and tumble environment, there are reportedly few leaders the average person relies upon. 
Over 80 percent of Americans believe that we are in the midst of a major leadership crisis. And over 75 percent of executives from around the world are seriously concerned about whether businesses can develop good leaders for the future. And yet not one leadership book squarely addresses the issue of the changed workforce, the virtual workforce, and why old leadership models just don't work―until now. 
Leading the Virtual Workforce builds off the ground-breaking concept of Virtual Distance introduced in Sobel Lojeski's seminal first book, Uniting the Virtual Workforce. And in never-before-published interviews, leaders from IBM, Merck, Western Union, Alcatel-Lucent, HP, AT&amp;T, and more share detailed case studies about what's different about leadership today and how to become a great leader in the Digital Age. Leading the Virtual Workforce covers: 
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<li>The most common myths about leadership for today's virtual workforce</li> <li>Why old leadership models need to be reshaped for a new era</li> <li>What great leaders do differently to thrive in the globally connected enterprise</li> <li>A new leadership model custom-built for today's workforce realities</li> <li>Advice from the greats for those looking to advance their leadership and management effectiveness for the virtual workforce</li> </ul>
The virtual workforce is a relatively new phenomenon. The Virtual Distance Model provides the quantitative data and predictive power needed to understand how new behaviors, born out of the Digital Age, impact performance, innovation, and other critical success factors. And now the time has come to reshape leadership models to best serve worldwide organizations in the twenty-first century. Leading the Virtual Workforce does just that―paving the way for future leaders to create unmatched competitive advantage and performance improvements in the growing world of virtual work.

Leading the Virtual Workforce: How Great Leaders Transform Organizations in the 21st Century

Business & Money

Sobel Lojeski, Karen

Management & Leadership

wiley

This revised second edition presents 14 years of data on virtual distance―shedding light on disconnection in the virtual workplace The still-evolving Digital Age continues to present new challenges. The burgeoning of remote work with its increasing reliance on electronic communication and virtual interactions have led to the escalation of a phenomenon called virtual distance. Virtual distance, which influences our behavior through three components―physical distance, operational distance, and affinity distance―affects not only how we interact with others thousands of miles away but even co-workers in a nearby office. Most importantly, virtual distance causes declines in teamwork, innovation, leadership and overall performance. Surprised? Uniting the Virtual Workforce, 2nd Edition is a must-read for those who want to understand the true cost of the virtual workplace and get more satisfaction out of work. It reveals an updated set of data, including the first award-winning analysis, collected from executives, managers and individuals alike, that represents situations, problems and solutions in more than a dozen international industries. Readers will get a “first look” at the data and its revelations on how to be less isolated and more integrated. Helping managers globally, this book: • Offers new, real-world case studies and a chance for readers to participate in thought experiments to help with personal performance, group synergy, or family dynamics • Demonstrates (with trend analysis over the past decade and predictions moving forward) that virtual distance remains a strong, growing and stable phenomenon • Offers expert advice on managing the “unintended consequences” of today’s workplace transformation technologies Companies that successfully manage virtual distance have substantial competitive advantage. The second edition of Uniting the Virtual Workforce is a valuable, one-of-a-kind resource for C-suite executives, human resource professionals, divisional managers, project managers to improve leadership, increase employee satisfaction, and bring about a more meaningful workplace.

The Power of Virtual Distance: A Guide to Productivity and Happiness in the Age of Remote Work

Reilly, Richard R.

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Leading the Virtual Workforce: How Great Leaders Transform Organizations in the 21st Century

The Power of Virtual Distance: A Guide to Productivity and Happiness in the Age of Remote Work