Virtual Business Success Strategies
Douglas Ferguson
President @ Voltage Control | Facilitation Academy | Author | Educator
As the world changes, so does the workplace. After all, we were forced to shift from in-person to completely virtual communication and collaboration seemingly overnight. This means leaders have had to continue having those important meetings, collaborating with team members, capitalizing on innovative ideas, and transforming their businesses—albeit virtually.
We must continue to adapt in order to not only survive, but thrive in this changing workplace, and thankfully, today’s top tech can help. Let’s take a look at the best tech available to efficiently and effectively make the shift, while fostering and maintaining a positive and connected company culture.
As we discussed in our Virtual Work Guide, the new virtual business landscape is ripe with opportunities for partnership and teamwork—opportunities that simply weren’t possible before.
Check out this article to view the full list!
Control Room App
Our favorite new tool, based on our own facilitation experiences, is our own Control Room App to help you run and facilitate exceptionally good meetings, events, and virtual workshops. With 20 free activities and additional premium features, Control Room will keep your team engaged, maximize meaningful connection, boost productive work, and help you capture feedback about what’s working and what isn’t.
As we’ve mentioned on the blog before, with greater diversity in collaboration comes more creative ideation and problem-solving. Let’s use this changing workplace shift to more virtual and hybrid offices to solve problems, create collectively, and collaborate more effectively than ever before.
Armed with the right tools, we can.
Douglas Ferguson | President, Voltage Control
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Magical Meetings
Redesign meetings so people actually want to attend.
Are your meetings playful and purposeful? Do they leave all attendees proud of their work?
In this workshop, we will introduce the skills you need to create a magical experience at every meeting. We will review meeting mantras that you can apply to your meeting culture, and we’ll go way beyond the agenda to show you frameworks to use before, during, and after your meetings. Join us to gain the tools and expertise you need to be a meeting magician.
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+ Articles +
Why Conflict is an Important Part of Collaboration
I often talk about the importance of achieving consensus. But make no mistake, I don’t mean that everyone should acquiesce to leadership, or the loudest person in the room. Conflict is an important part of collaboration, and tension is a vital part of the decision-making process.
Recalibration Session
Today’s story is with Erica Wood, a leadership and performance consultant from New York, New York. I spoke with Erica about the Recalibration Session, the reason behind it, and what risks she encountered.
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Design Thinking Foundations
This course provides you and your team with the key foundations in design thinking to better solve problems and seize opportunities.
We'll lead you through all five stages of the Design Thinking process, teaching how the various steps fit together and why and how they work. You’ll learn tips and tricks for using Design Thinking across your work.
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2yThanks for this compilation, and for all the resources on the Voltage Control website!