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By: Managing Remote Teams – Lessons Learned Linkfest

Managing Remote Teams – Lessons Learned Linkfest — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:18:55 +0000

[...] Cross-border projects, Challenges for the project manager, and Tackling the issues of cross-border projects. by Elizabeth Harrin in Project Management 4 Girls. United Kingdom. [...]

By: A Girl’s Guide to Project Management » Blog Archive » Tackling the issues of cross-border projects

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:29:44 +0000

[...] about managing cross-cultural and international teams. Missed the earlier posts? Read the first bit here, and the second bit here. The biggest issues for international projects are cultural understanding [...]

By: Richard McLaughlin

Richard McLaughlin — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:11:47 +0000

Great post. I am an American living in France and I have ONLY worked on Cross-border projects and international teams. Since 1995 I have never had a manager in my country and only managed 2 or 3 people here in France. I have also only managed 3 or 4 native English speakers during that time.
I have one advantage, when people tell me that I don’t know what it is like to work in a foreign language, I can say that I do and I have for the last 18 years.
Stumbled your post.

By: A Girl’s Guide to Managing Projects » Blog Archive » Challenges for the project manager

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:25:06 +0000

[...] Girl’s Guide to Managing Projects Project Management musings for one and all « Cross-border projects Something to listen to [...]

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:17:42 +0000

Absolutely. I’ve worked with French people who are incredibly punctual, and those that have a more flexible view to starting on time. I think a broad cultural understanding is a good starting point to better appreciation of work style – that’s what I’ve tried to give here – but, as I’ve said above, spending time with your team members will give you the best understanding of how they work, and enable you to work with them in the best possible way.