Establish Expectations With Your Virtual Team

Nonprofit work groups should always ensure that everyone is aware of, and focused on, the mission at hand. Beyond that, it’s important to establish your expectations for how you’ll accomplish these mission goals together. But sometimes this step gets lost when working with a widely dispersed team. Getting together to review what everyone expects is a valuable exercise that can help head off complications and misunderstandings. In a work-from-anywhere environment, for instance, some may prefer to receive project details via email, while others might expect a videoconference presentation to kick off a new idea. And is it OK to show up on camera wearing sweats? Get your team started on the right foot by using this list of helpful questions at Establish Guiding Principles for Your Virtual Team.