Sun's Open Work Services Group developed this white paper It is based on research by Glenn Dirks and Edel Kelville. The pair interviewed successful virtual managers at Sun, including people from MySQL, a company that merged with Sun earlier this year. MySQL's 400 employees are located in 30 countries and 70 percent of them work from home.
The white paper contains practical tips for ways to improve virtual team management skills. Topics include: principles for successful virtual management, good practices for team formation and day-to-day success, keys for effective virtual meetings, and the need for "Big Rules." Sun has made the paper available for member download: http://www.newwow.net/members/node/1032
