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    The Distance Manager

     
    Getting peak performance from employees you rarely see
    12/4/2000
    Husband-and-wife management consultants Kimball and Maureen Duncan Fisher take their expertise on teams, leadership, and organizational effectiveness to a new dimension in The Distance Manager. The book is based on their work with distance managers from a wide spectrum of organizations, from Fortune 500 companies to dot-com start-ups in fields as diverse as high tech, consumer goods, and middle school education. The Fishers define a distance manager as "someone charged to lead people who are not normally located together at the same place at the same time." It's a scenario that presents a host of challenges to traditional management styles, and The Distance Manager offers a practical framework for managers in that situation. The authors begin with a description of the foundation principles governing distance management, followed by a review of the best practices associated with it. The second half of the book analyzes effective use of enabling technologies and presents examples of real distance managers in action from companies including Xerox, International Paper, and Hewlett-Packard.
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