The beauty of the Internet means that you are no longer limited to using resources and suppliers in your region, state or country. Web applications such as Basecamp and similar allow you to keep in touch with your clients in other timezones without clogging up your in-box. The world has become flat and accessible to anyone with an internet connection.
My personal philosophy of business relies on collaboration between all stakeholders in a project. But what is collaboration and how can it be used in today’s online society?
Collaboration quite simply is the process of working together with another person to accomplish goals and/or objectives. What this means to my business is that opinions, experience and insights from the client, myself, my suppliers and my associates are all weighed in when attempting to achieve the project objectives.
The key to true collaboration although is in your willingness to listen and learn from others. Managing a team be it virtual or actual is something that doesn’t come easily for all of us.
What strategies do you use for collaboration within your team? Are your team members responsive to this way of management? How do you deal with micromanagers and their need to control every aspect of a project?
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I believe, that transparency is vital for your project management and for your business. When your customers see what you do and when they beging to trust you. Trust is very important. It’s great that nowadays technologies let us to make our businesses transparent. I’m afraid I don’t share your exitement about Basecamp. I manage my business in Wrike http://www.wrike.com/ and involve my clients into collaboration.
As someone who collaborates with people all over the globe every day, I totally agree.
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