Phil Montero
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Mobile Work, Telecommuting, Virtual Teams Expert
Phil Montero Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Virtual Teamwork and Collaboration Across Time and Distance
- Best Sellers
- The Art of Virtual Leadership on Demand Webinar
- Career Focus
- Entrepreneur, Consultant, Writer, Speaker, Dad, Husband, Musician
- Affiliation
- The Telework Coalition Advisory Board, The American Telecommuting Association, The Canadian Telework Association
An advocate of working virtually? It would be more precise to say that Phil Montero is an evangelist for distributed work. He’s been the spearhead of the remote work movement for more than a decade: teaching how to work effectively from a home office, the road, or practically anywhere.
The consultant, writer, speaker, and coach is the founder of YouCa WorkFromAnywhere.com – a site that assists organizations to leverage mobile work technology and create effective virtual teams.
His blog, TheAnywhereOffice.com, takes a big picture approach to the philosophies and strategies of navigating today's digital lifestyle while covering topics such as work life balance, virtual teams, mobile work technology, and internet marketing.
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Your Office on the Web! (Virtual Offices)
Chances are you work as part of a small team. It may be your whole office or just one department in a larger organization, or you may be part of a team that changes with each project. Regardless, your projects typically involve exchanging files back and forth, copious e-mail threads, and the need for viewing a shared group of contacts and calendar. Wouldn't it be great if you could have a central place to keep everything related to each project and the ability to access to it from anywhere?
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New Ways to Meet - Strategies For Virtual Teams and Alte atives to Face-To-Face Meetings
There is no doubt about it - meetings take up a good amount of our time on a weekly basis. Think back for a minute on all the time you spent in meetings this past year - whether they were one-on-one meetings or a group meeting in a conference room. WOW, that's a lot of time spent meeting! Was it all necessary? And how much time was spent traveling to and from those meetings? Would some of them have been just as effective without everyone in the same physical place? Do all meetings need to be face-to-face meetings? That's a question people don't ask often enough.
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Finding Work-Life Balance in the New Year
At this time of year I often find myself thinking that I didn't spend as much time with my family and friends as I would have liked. It's just so easy to get caught up in the day to day hustle of things that need to be done.
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The Art of Virtual Leadership - 4 Keys to Leading Remote Workers and Managing Virtual Teams
Many organizations believe that one of the biggest challenges they face when implementing a virtual office is managing mobile or remote workers. It is unfortunate that they let this perception stop them from reaping the many benefits of a more flexible workplace. Remote management is not radically different from managing people on-site.
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Save Time and Automate Your Web Searches with Google Alerts
If you’re like me you probably spend a good deal of time on the web searching for information. It might be industry news, mentions of yourself or business in the press, news stories for your blog or newsletter, or how to get ink stains out of your rug.
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5 Steps to Approaching your Current Employer About Telecommuting
A questio I am often asked by people who would like to telecommute is, "How do I approach my manager or boss about this subject?" Many people fear that if they suggest telecommuting, or even working from home occasionally, that they will be viewed as "less than serious" about their job. Of course, if your company already has a formal telework plan in place it is much easier, but what do you do if they don't? Before you approach your boss or manager there are 2 main things you need to consider: • Is my job right for telecommuting?
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5 Tips for Keeping Balance While Working at Home
Balance has always been important to me in my life. For most people, the balance between work time and personal time is, unfortunately, weighted too heavily in the direction of work. It is more common than ever before to have a two-income household with both parents working just to make ends meet. It can be difficult to make time for family and recreation. Even if you're not a parent, you probably still find yourself challenged with finding more time for your personal life and not being consumed by work.
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Phil Montero
MASTER THE ART OF LIVING
The person who is a master in the art of living makes little
distinction between their work and their play,
their labor and their leisure, their mind and their body,
their education and their recreation,
their love and their religion.
They hardly know which is which.
They simply pursue their vision of excellence and grace in whatever they do,
leaving others to decide whether they are working or playing.
To them, they are always doing both.
Attributed to the Zen Buddhist text
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Research systematically shows that virtual teams suffer from a high failure rate; enthusiasm it seems, is not enough. People don't just simply adapt to working on a virtual team without structured thinking, an understanding of time tested best practices and proven success pathways. Too many virtual work initiatives and programs have failed because of a lack of research, planning, and training.
But transitioning to a more virtual work-style doesn’t have to be a huge, monstrous task; it can be achieved through a series of small adjustments. Small adjustments such as learning about a new tool or service, discovering a feature of a program you are already using, establishing a new communication protocol, implementing a new collaboration strategy, or evolving a regular conference call into a virtual meeting. The secret of success is hidden in your daily routine.
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The Art of Virtual Leadership :: Online, On-demand Webinar
The Art of Virtual Leadership is a concentrated workshop designed to provide the essential knowledge, skills, and best practices needed to lead virtual teams and distributed workers. It contains both strategies and concrete tips to overcome the obstacles of communicating, supervising, collaborating, and team-building across time and distance.
If you are missioned with a leadership role for this style of distributed teamwork you face unique challenges. Whether you are senior management, a team leader, or a project coordinator, you are responsible for organizing dispersed project groups and team members. You must manage the flow of communication, collaboration, and information. This can be a daunting task given the dynamic nature of virtual teamwork, but done properly you can achieve better performance, productivity, and employee satisfaction than co-located teams.
EXPERT TRAINING ON YOUR SCHEDULE:
You can access this on-demand workshop right from your browser at your convenience! The workshop material is broken down into 25 short video modules. You have 60 days to access it as often as you wish. View and review the videos, listen to the interviews, and download the tip books and other bonuses.
All of our training is 100% video based. It's available for both Windows and Mac user's. It's designed so can can learn at your own pace and on your own schedule. And it's all available to you on-demand, right from your computer, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
TRAINING AS MOBILE AS YOU ARE:
The ultimate in training flexibility! We're excited to announce that our training is now compatible with pretty much any mobile device you have. You can watch your video modules from your iPad, iPhone, or Android device (phone or tablet).
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Anyone who must coordinate with co-workers, clients, vendors, or contractors across time and distance: project managers, program directors, team leaders, project coordinators, or anyone in a leadership role for a virtual team or distributed project group.
GOALS OF THE PROGRAM:
The Art of Virtual Leadership will help managers and their teams overcome the obstacles of communicating, supervising, leading, team-building and trusting at a distance. Our meeting, management tips, and communication strategies help participants maximize time and results.
Upon completing this training, you will be able to:
- Create clear communication and team guidelines to increase productivity.
- Identify and asses your team’s needs for information, communication and collaboration.
- Devise guidelines to create the framework for an effective virtual team.
- Navigate the shift in management priorities needed to lead virtual teams and other remote employees.
- Understand communication channels and methods for improving communication effectiveness.
- Increase quality of feedback across locations.
- Schedule and run effective meetings regardless of where employees are located.
- Overcome the isolation factor and make sure team members are not left out of the loop.
- Handle time differences, time zone challenges and improve cross cultural interactions.
- Create an atmosphere of trust and accountability among distributed team members.
Competencies addressed:
- Communication Methods and Techniques
- Performance Management and Coaching
- Appropriate Use of Technology
- Cross-cultural Management
- Building Trust
- Developing and Adapting Team Processes
- Providing and Soliciting Meaningful Feedback