Grass Roots Management shows you how to grow initiative and responsibility in all your people. It might not appeal to purists, but using the narrative of a business based on a garden open to the public the author gives a very simple, accessible and readable account of 'self-managed teams'.

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The most widely used tool for mobile, distributed and virtual teams is still the plain old telephone conference call. However it is also the most badly used! So whether you are talking over Skype, mixing it with screen sharing and messaging, using your corporate PABX or just calling in to an external service if you follow these 12 simple rules you will get much better calls.

Rules and manners for effective virtual meetings

Digging through some of the archives I spotted an interesting short article by Loretta Prencipe, in ITWorld.com, way back in April 2001 entitled “Do you know the rules and manners of an effective virtual meeting”

I am pleased to announce the launch of "The Bumble Bee's Top Collaboration Techniques" as a mini site within www.bioteams.com as a practical resource for coaches, facilitators and team leaders who are incubating or supporting teams, networks, groups or communities, either Virtual or Co-located.