Managing Cross Cultural Remote Teams | Ricardo Fernandez | TEDxIESEBarcelona

Ricardo talks about the every day complexities of working remotely and managing a team of 30 people from very different cultures and backgrounds. He discusses the benefits of working remotely and the ability to prise productivity over presence. However, there are some interesting challenges - people can have different perceptions of time management, speak the same language but have different interpretations, etc. Challenges like these get compounded when working remotely.

Ricardo is not an expert in cross cultural communication but has over the last 10 years been working remotely with several companies and teams from many different countries. He was born in Spain but spent most of his time living abroad between the USA, France, Netherlands, and Puerto Rico, where he learnt how to adapt to the differences in every day conversation and activities. He currently lives in Madrid and works remotely as Chief Marketing and Sales Officer for Prodigy Finance; a company that is spread around the world and has expanded the use of remote working to be more efficient in the workplace.

His work philosophy is making people happy and giving them the tools they need so they excel in their workplace – one of them being able to manage their time. Personal happiness will bring about success in the workplace and millennials or younger generations demand flexible work environments.

[getstuffdone_gordon]

Love this. 3yrs old but so fresh and real in 2021. Zoomlife is now the norm for so many more people.

[crusherace]

Hi to all the UMGC students watching this. :-)

[Joles]

Hi ! I just saw your scintillating talk, 3 years later, in India, in the time of the virus that has made all of us sit at home away from our co-workers and I cannot describe the goosebumps I feel listening to you say all this THEN ! Speaking of multiple cultures, India itself as you know is a mini continent and I have had the luck of working the East, West, North and South and English takes very different meanings and nuances in each part. Why English ? A simple nod is interpreted differently. Working in the South you find people agreeing to you my making a motion as it they are marking a tick across a paper in front of them with an invisible pen in their mouth- side to side movement. In the West at a Head Office meeting I subconsciously was doing that, agreeing to my superior when he got irritated and said, " First LISTEN to what I am saying"...As I analysed this on my way out it struck me...that same side wards head motion meant NO in the West and North of the country ! ( And I have spent all my life here ! SO you just nailed it with the cross cultural points

[theophilusakhimie]

I really appreciate taking MGT 630 course on Diversity & Inclusion in UMGC, Such an eye-opener. Learning every day about cultural differences and how to manage situations better in a multilevel culturally diverse team.

[shrutiranade]

Absolutely correct... Managing cross cultural team really really a great task. So many differenr things to face. Languages, Religions, Cultures, communication here is the most tough job... This discussion throughs a great light ....

[divyanigam]

Team management consisting of people belonging to different backgrounds, culture etc, well presented

[sharlene]

Excellent and informative video. MBA student from Florida.

[rubygovindan]

Wonderful video on practical difficulties on remote teams , cross cultural complications of comprehending communication ...

[dr.g.keerthi]

Excellent session on Managing Cross Cultural Remote Teams and the advantages of exercising flexibility in work environment

[avinashshete]

It is really interesting to know Managing cross cultural Remote Teams

[dr.rajendrachaudhari]

Very excellent information on maneging cross cultural remote teem. Thank you, .. sir.

[emerlsonmoses]

Informative session on Managing cross cultural remote Teams. Thank you so much sir

[laxmankumarsudam]

Sir,
It is a great inspirational speech for us to understand about managing teams.

[mukundshende]

Wonderful video on practical difficulties on remote teams , cross cultural complications of comprehending communication .

[dineshchandraghosh]

Thank for your valuable excellent lecture.

[dr.santoshkaulkak]

excellent session on managing cross cultural remote teams which is really a difficult task.

[amishan.prajapati]

Good explain on managing cross cultural promote teams . Thank you so much

[shashikalabhalkare]

Very informative topic, well explained sir thanku

[shaikhmahemudabdulraheman]

Superb presentation and content is extraordinary

[prashantshinde]

Wonderful presentation on managing cross cultural remote teams Thank you sir