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Collaboration Across Borders (Online Course)

The Global Small Business Blog

Here's the curriculum: Orientation Welcome to your Online Campus Designing teams and processes for virtual work Decision-making in virtual contexts Collaboration across borders Power dynamics in global virtual teams Creating connection and working sustainably Working as a global virtual team To register and learn more, visit here.

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The Rise of Agent Protocols – MCP, A2A, and ACP for Collaboration 

Everest Group

These agents function not just as tools, but as collaborators that coordinate with humans and other agents across platforms to complete complex tasks. Agents must now operate over longer timelines, collaborate with humans, and adapt to real-world variability. Agentic AI introduces a more dynamic model.

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Today in Global Small Business: Get Beyond Collaboration Overload

The Global Small Business Blog

In the book Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead, and Restore Your Well-Being (Harvard Business Review Press, 2021), Cross reveals how high performers collaborate in ways that enable them to be 18 to 24 percent more efficient than their peers while simultaneously improving their well-being.

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Today in Global Small Business: Making Supply Chains More Resilient, Collaborative and Networked

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/thitivong What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Research shows severe disruption through the pandemic is driving enterprises to make their supply chains more resilient, collaborative and networked. New trade pacts show trade collaboration is still possible.

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No Excuses: The Definitive Guide to Managing a Remote Team

In it, you’ll learn: Proven strategies for hiring top remote talent and building a cohesive team Best practices for overcoming common remote work challenges, including communication and time management How to foster accountability and productivity with effective systems and tools Techniques for creating a culture of trust and collaboration across distributed (..)

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From competitors to collaborators: Indian IT companies find opportunity in GCC threat

Everest Group

The growing trend of multinationals setting up global capability centers (GCCs) to insource technology services may seem to be a negative for Indian IT companies, but they are turning this to their benefit.

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AI In Collaboration Tools Is A Tech Problem In Need Of A Human Solution

Forrester Digital Transformation

Generative AI — where AI generates novel content in response to a user’s natural-language request — is about to get baked into our collaboration tools. On March 16, Microsoft announced Microsoft 365 Copilot, which injects generative AI directly into the company’s productivity suite (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and more).

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Streamline Your HR Processes with a Free HR Process Checklist Template

A process checklist is a valuable tool for any HR professional to help ensure that all tasks are completed on time and accurately and improve communication and collaboration among team members. This free checklist from Paycor includes sections for: Onboarding Payroll Benefits and more

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7 Secrets of Effective Management for Remote Employees and Teams

Putting these processes into practice can help provide clarity when teams collaborate in real-time. Processes tested by other companies, alongside extensive research, have revealed several “secrets” that many organizations overlook when developing their virtual team management approaches.

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The Secrets to Managing Offshore Teams: Virtual Body Language, Cultural Unity, Maximizing Performance

Speaker: Jamie Getgood, Chief People Officer at TeamRecruit

a handshake), how do we build that same level of collaborative connection, culture and performance with this new world of virtual disconnect? Offshore teams come with a variety of challenges: Cultural blends, virtual disconnect and unique paths towards getting the most out of staff.

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3 Ways HR Can Enable Your Employees to Thrive in the Modern Work Environment

Speaker: Candace Giesbrecht - Director of the Remote Performance Academy at Teamit

As a result of this disruption, the digital workplace has transformed into a battleground for attracting and retaining top talent, as well as determining who can foster the best digital culture of collaboration, productivity, and inclusion. Hiring faster, building better teams, and improving retention have never been more important.