最近考虑要为推进远程办公（telecommuting）和数字游民（digital nomad）做一些工作，正在看一些相关的书补充下知识。《The virtual manager》是一本讲如何对虚拟团队进行管理的书。看的过程中我会摘抄一些内容，全书一共有8章。这段时间事情有点多，还有6000多字的英文作业要写，所以可能会一点点更新。

《virtual manager》有kindle电子版

1. A new way of doing business: Virtual teams.

When organizations look to the future, the most innovative and successful leaders realize the potential that virtual workforces have to change the face of business.
As working at a distance continues to take root, virtual workplaces may soon become more common than physical office spaces, especially when you factor in the past growth rate.

2. Building trust in virtual teams.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them. - Ernest Hemingway.
判断一个人是否值得信赖的最佳手段是信任他 - 海明威
One of the greatest challenges of managing virtual employees - if not the greatest - centers on the issue of trust. In a recent survey of senior leaders of large and Fortune 500 companies, nearly 60 percent of respondents said earning trust was a challenge for leaders of virtual teams.

3. Qualities of top virtual employees.

4. What is all boils down to: Employee engagement.

5. The top 10 employee engagement drivers: maximizing them for virtual workers.

6. Overcoming challenges: changing the location without changing organizational principles.

7. Managing people you can't see

8. final thoughts