Managing Global Management Teams in COVID and Post Lockdown Period

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With the massive boom in Technology, managing a Global Team has turned increasingly popular. Global Team is a team whose members are comprised of employees who work remotely across different countries and time zones. Such teams can work efficiently when it is built with a strong base of trust. Leading a global team has to be done by individuals with a strong sense of Cultural Relativism, so that there is a strong sense of empathy among team members. Being a part of global team has its merits of flexible work hours, less expenses with regards to office spaces of employees, more time with family and friends making the employee feel comfortable even while working, more time saved with respect to commute allowing the employees to use the time to get productive work done. With the risk of infection of COVID-19 virus restricting a number of employees from foregathering in high numbers in workplaces, having a global team can be advantageous for both the management and the employees. With the increase in most of the employees working from home, principles and practices have changed in order to suit employees while they work remotely, this has also given an opportunity for employers to hire prospective employees across continents. There might be a lot of challenges in managing a global team which includes cultural differences, language differences, the level of trust also varies from country to country among team members and a global team also runs the risk of developing lack of empathy which might lead to a team which is rigid and has a hostile work environment. These challenges have to be overcome in order to successfully run a Global Team and reap its benefits.