In a world where the pace of change continues to accelerate, finance and accounting teams are becoming increasingly fluid. People across the globe are brought together for a particular project and then rapidly redeployed. The command and control systems of yesteryear have been replaced by decentralized, informal networks. This session will help you develop an understanding of the latest brain science and what it means for working effectively with remote team members. You'll learn how to leverage the growing trend towards a freelance workforce and get practical tips on utilizing the latest collaboration and communication technologies to improve the performance of decentralized teams.

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Managing Decentralized
Work Forces
May 6, 2016

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We live in a VUCA world. Things
are going to change.

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What happens when things change?

4. Killing Projects, a New Core
Competency
• [Rita McGrath]

5. Meet Dana
Born

6. “All of this means that
decentralized, more fluid work
teams are in our future.”

7. What challenges
are created by
this
decentralized
workforce?

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Fundamental Attribution Error

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The Fundamental Attribution Error
The tendency for people to place an
undue emphasis on internal
characteristics (personality) to
explain someone else's behavior in
a given situation rather than
considering the situation's external
factors.

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Fundamental Attribution Error

11. What happens
when there’s
limited face‐to‐
face interaction?

12. A Case Study in
Construction . . .

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In Every Interaction,
Your Brain is Scanning
for two things . . .
Warmth . . . And . . . Strength
• Do you mean me harm?
• Do you have the capacity to
carry it out?

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What Can You Do to Make it Safe?

15. What Can You Do to Make it Safe?

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Context is Key

17. Rise of the Freelance
Workforce

18. [Pictures of freelance websites]

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What’s Driving This?
Tech Tools
Demographics
Business
Disruption

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Talent Shortage

22. Reid Hoffman’s
“Tours of Duty”

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Collaboration Tools

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Collaboration Tools

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Collaboration Tools

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Outsourcing with a twist - BPaaS

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Let’s Connect
Dan Griffiths is the Director of
Advisory Services at Tanner, a
CPA firm based in Salt Lake City.
He provides strategic and
business planning, business
coaching, and leadership
development. Contact Dan at:
dgriffiths@tannerco.com
Or connect with him on LinkedIn:
www.linkedin.com/in/dangriffiths
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