A recent article from Web Worker Daily entitled “Web Working in a Borderless World ” points out some of the challenges international team members face: Working styles differ across cultures – I definitely agree with this one and the importance of having a clear communications structure is essential to make sure all team members understand their project/job responsibilities and have a well-defined mechanism to highlight problems before they become disasters. In working with people in Russia, the Middle East and South America, it is quite true that there are different work styles but the one consistent factor is that people seem to value being given the facts and knowing what people expect of them.

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While following Ms. Ellen Naylor (http://twitter.com/EllenNaylor) on Twitter, I noticed a reference to a blog post about using various tools to monitor what your competitors are doing, where they are working and what people are saying about them. I have to say I was surprised about what I found there!
The post begins with the sentence: [...]

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