How to Manage People Online

Leadership online requires that management overcomes communication challenges that can occur when working virtually.  Without face to face interaction, it can be tricky to create engagement, challenge employees, spark interest in the tasks required, and facilitate projects.  New models need to be created to define the behaviors, skills, and attributes of a successful leader in an online setting.

Differentiating average and exceptional virtual leaders in an organization is similar to the recognizing the difference between mediocre and professional athletes.  A mediocre athlete may be technically precise, but lack the intuitiveness and ease of a professional. Likewise, an online manager must exhibit the behavior and skill of a virtual leader. However, data from studies suggested that highly effective virtual leaders intuitively display ‘constellations’ of attributes.   By effectively blending core attributes, these leaders build a collaborative online culture that furthers instructional objectives. 

What is a Virtual Leader?

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Design and Build Your Professional Reputation Online

In today's world, technology has influenced different aspects of humanity. Technology is on its peak of providing great changes to the society that we are living today. The cloud offers numbers of great advantages in terms of connecting to the world for business and industry. There are numbers of reasons to polish your virtual image on the Web.

How to Make Decisions in Cloud Based Teams

Virtual leadership is the practice of leading an organization in a virtual environment regardless whether the organization is hybrid or virtual.  E-teams are increasingly being created in organizations that can span time and distance, taking on new challenges of globalization.  Effective virtual leadership encompasses the leadership of virtual teams by effectively increasing the trust of stakeholders working remotely, and reducing process losses by effectively using technology. A virtual team leader leads a virtual team asynchronously and synchronously using electronic means of communication.

What is successful leadership in the online environment?

Leadership Models and Theories

In weighing the options for using individual or combined leadership theories in organizational settings, there are many factors to consider. To determine the most cost-effective and feasible solution, several of these factors will be analyzed and recommendations set forth based on this analysis. Among the factors considered are the organization, the vision and goals of the company, culture, traits of followers, and implications of the use of each theory analyzed.

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Planning is everything when you are launching and running a business. Creating a business plan keeps you on point but allows for flexibility to meet unexpected challenges and surprises. There are several free business plan templates available online.  If you need assistance and guidance, consult a professional to get you on track. Free downloads of business plan templates are at the end of this post.

DIY - Build an Online Video Library

Build your own video library on topics relevant to your business.  The Web literally has millions of short videos (many of them on YouTube) about every topic imaginable. Some are very basic; some can be very complex, based on your level of expertise. The goal is to build a library of specialized topics you'd like to know more about.  Write a short review of each video as a reference, so you can refer back to your library and build your skills, solve problems, or increase your knowledge on topics of interest.

Self Hypnosis for Achieving Goals

What comes to your mind when you think of hypnosis? Probably stage shows where people are made to do silly or mystifying things. Possibly also the controversial subject of “lost memory retrieval,” or dramas where unsuspecting victims are made to commit crimes without their knowledge. In any case, it’s not something you think of in the context of ordinary life.

So this may come as a shock –  each one of us is basically in a state of self-hypnosis all the time. We are constantly entrancing ourselves with a steady stream of hypnotic suggestions in the form of beliefs about ourselves, our lives, the future, and everything we consider to be “real.”

How to Present Yourself to Others 2015

When it comes to interviews, presentations, important or personal meetings, and any situation where you need to make a good impression, looking professional is just as important as being professional. But looking professional means more than just having a top-of-the-line briefcase, Italian shoes, the best laptop money can buy, and a bright smile. Here are some tips you may never have thought of in the course of your career.

Don’t Get Chained To Your Computer: Time Management for Online Entrepreneurs

Online entrepreneurs need not be chained to their computers because of lack of time management. Even if you have family or personal commitments, managing your time well will leave enough space for you to do your own personal things together with spending time with your family. Successful online entrepreneurs always say that the key is to manage your time wisely. Here are ways to do it:

How to Brand your Business on Social Media

Having a strong online professional reputation today is more important than ever. Your credibility as a leader is at stake when people cannot find you online.

Further, if you are found online and what is found is outdated, incomplete, negative, or inconsistent, then you as the leader are at risk of being viewed as a poor leader. This is like having bad press, and no leader or company can afford bad press in a world driven by consumer perception and opinion.

In case you want to know how to brand your business online, follow the methods below.

Building a Successful Online Business

The lifestyle that comes from running an online business is great and you get to work from home each day, set your own hours, and enjoy abundant income. When we think about income generation, we immediately think of the web.

Building an online business is an exercise in personal development. Running online business tests you in many ways — your self-discipline, your intelligence, your communication skills, your focus, etc. If you’re lacking in any of these areas, your business results will reflect it.

Create the Ultimate Home Office

The key to being successful at working from home is maximizing your productivity. The best way to ensure you get the most out of your home-office days is to create the ultimate home office for yourself.