About the Author

Marcus Hildebrandt is founder and managing director of learning.de and head of Virtual Performance Improvement (VPI(R)) at intercultures. He has been working internationally as an executive coach and consultant in the fields of personnel development, leadership development, and organization development, and has created innovative learning and meeting formats for the past 16 years. He has done pioneering work on virtual teams, and on e-coaching and e-moderation. He codeveloped the Virtual Performance Assessment (VPA(R)) and the Interpersonal Feedback Profiler, two tools that help professionals to improve the performance of global teams, groups, and networks. Line Jehle is founder and managing director of perform-globally.com. She has been working internationally as an executive coach and consultant for the past 18 years. Her professional focus is on helping organizations to improve their global performance through executive training courses and coaching. She codeveloped the Virtual Performance Assessment (VPA(R)) and is a member of the International Coaching Federation. Stefan Meister is founder and managing director of intercultures, an international consulting and training company that helps organizations to work efficiently with global complexity. As a trainer, consultant, and coach he has worked with over 70 companies in more than 30 different countries. He cocreated the Virtual Performance Assessment (VPA)(R) and the Interpersonal Feedback Profiler. Susanne Skoruppa works as a consultant, coach, and author at the nexus of Organization Development and conflict resolution. A lawyer and organizational psychologist, she has worked for the United Nations, the World Bank, and a number of national public and private organizations, and has ample experience working in and with intercultural, virtual teams, and groups. She teaches at the Free University of Berlin.

Reviews

"Reading this book was a delight. There are so many new ideas here--from references to interesting developments like the Virtual Choir, where people from around the world join voices online, to very practical ideas like giving feedback in structured and productive ways. . . . I'm certain that when you read this book you'll be making margin notes galore (or digital comments, as I did), and will find yourself far better equipped to experience Closeness at a Distance." --Jessica Lipnack, coauthor, Virtual Teams: People Working Across Boundaries with Technology