Comments on: Virtual managers less effective, study finds

By: Peter Jones

Peter Jones — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:33:49 +0000

Shocking but true. How I wish my boss worked from home :)

By: Canada Career Jobs

Canada Career Jobs — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 05:08:36 +0000

The issue of manager effectiveness disappears when both the manager and the people they manage are all virtual. Put everyone on a level playing field virtually and the problem evaporates. Posted by – http://www.canadajobsnew.com/

By: Barbara Sprenger

Barbara Sprenger — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:06:21 +0000

This begs the question of part-time telecommuting — perhaps the best situation is when one works sometimes at corporate (for team interactions and serendipitous exchanges) and sometimes closer to home (for preparing deliverables without interruptions and increased productivity). Changing it up is where this is going.

By: Jack Nilles

Jack Nilles — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:11:47 +0000

Sigh, another case of reporting conclusions based on partial data. Were the surveyed telecommuters and telemanagers who had problems trained in communication techniques before they began telecommuting? Otherwise you’re in a situation of being shocked that untrained drivers have more accidents than those who passed driver training. Clearly, the bosses who are themselves telecommuters get it.

By: Paul Miller

Paul Miller — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:28:19 +0000

Really interesting piece but the fact that jumped out for me was “When a boss’s reports were themselves telecommuters, it made no difference where the supervisor was located”. The issue of manager effectiveness disappears when both the manager and the people they manage are all virtual. Put everyone on a level playing field virtually and the problem evaporates. Good to see more research though on the effectiveness of face to face v virtual working – we need it.

By: samson

samson — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:12:33 +0000

Reblogged this on BULLETFAME.