Notes on the challenges faced by global teams.

1. Global Working
Kevan Hall CEO
www.global-integration.com

2. What is global working? Five Barriers

3. Working across cultures
• In global teams we work with
colleagues from different
national, functional and organisational
cultures
• Learn how to understand, respect and
reconcile the five major areas where
cultural differences have an impact on
work behaviours.
See more about our unique culture Abacus
tool at http://tinyurl.com/acr4el3

4. Working in global virtual teams
• In global teams, we work with
colleagues in different locations and
time zones, and where most
communication is through
technology rather than face-to-face.
• This has implications for 4C’s:
cooperation, communication, control
and community.
Find out more about our 4Cs at
http://www.global-integration.com/virtual-teams/leadership

5. Mastering complexity
• In global teams, we are often
operating across functions, product
groups, geography and other
organizational boundaries– such as
in a matrix organization structure.
• We may be working with
suppliers, partners and customers
where there is a commercial
dimension to our cooperation.
• We need to get things done faster in
a complex environment.

6. The shape of your global team?
• The precise mixture of distance, cultures, time
zones, communication technologies you use and the
complexity of the organisation you work in means that your
global team may face a wide range of challenges.
• These usually centre around 6Cs -
context, clarity, cooperation, communication, control and
community.
• At Global Integration, we tailor specific training programs
for each global team that deal with the critical issues that
are most relevant to them

7. Find out more
Find more articles, videos, podcasts and other resources on global, virtual and
matrix working or contact one of our specialists through our website www.global-
integration.com

8. Global Integration
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